Not boaty - bikey. Got a new bike: want to come out to play?

[shmoo]

You do quickly get used to it, but its most embarasing as you become stationary and then topple off, unable to put your foot on the floor, not a problem for trikes!

I fell off my new bike in just the way you describe the day I started using it, outside Ipswich station in the morning rush hour. I would have been ok if they had all pointed and laughed, but was a bit put out by all the "Look! that poor old man has fallen off his bike: lets help him up"