Cycling shoes and carpeted stairs.

Yesterday I slipped and fell down my carpeted basement stairs.

I was getting ready for a bike ride and had to go downstairs for something. Why did I fall? Because I had my bike shoes on. My shoes have carbon fiber soles and the carpet is made of synthetic fibers. Put the 2 together and it is literally a slippery slope. When I slipped and fell my feet went out from under me, I went down on my back, impacting my right arm near the elbow and then slid the rest of the way down the stairs on the steps and the wooden frame of the stairs. My arm took the brunt of the impact. My back, neck, head and back of my legs/glutes really didn't hit hard at all. I think this is because I was near the bottom and my feet helped stop the areas of my body, except my arm, from hitting too hard. My injury consists of a pretty good rug burn and a contusion that swelled up and is now bruised pretty bad. It looks like someone took a baseball bat and hit that part of my arm. Had the impact happened closer to my wrist or right at the elbow I have no doubt I would have broken my arm or elbow.

I did still go for a ride.

The lesson learned and moral of this is DO NOT ever try to walk down carpeted stairs with carbon fiber sole bike shoes on. This is the first time I ever did this, before yesterday I never had any reason to go downstairs with my bike shoes on. I know I'll never do that again.