Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Trackstand -> Falling into construction ditch

Embaressing as hell, but too funny not to tell. 5 minutes ago I was trackstanding at a red light, when I lost control, couldn't get either of my feet out, and fell into a construction ditch on the side of the road at about 1 mph.

It was raining too. Wth?

:fight:

you fail

This thread is useless without pictures. :)

Glad you are OK.

how deep was the ditch, and were there workers in it ?

Were the construction workers hitting on you again?

hahahaa

how deep was the ditch, and were there workers in it ?

It was maybe 4 feet deep, but the orange netting stuff caught most of my fall. There was a guy on the sidewalk that asked if I was alright though.

thats the worst when people see you get owned. i made a jackass move when i was riding the mountain bike trails and ate it bad.. sure enough some hot chick on a sweet bike ride by and asked how i was doing.. i should of asked her to kiss my wounds.

At least you fell into a harmless ditch (yes?) and not one filled with pointy pieces of metal and other implements of industrial death.


Was the ditch all muddy? That would add another comic element that's not really needed, but it's always nice to have more elements.

At least you fell into a harmless ditch (yes?) and not one filled with pointy pieces of metal and other implements of industrial death.


Yeah actually my immediate thought was "HOLY CRAP REBAR!!!" but it was ok.

"Holy crap rebar" and "but is was okay" are two phrases I never thought I would hear together.

That's going down in style. If you're gonna do it, do it up.

so did you blame it on the bike
?

picturing this made me laugh out loud, congratulations

Hahahahaha, glad you're ok, that rules.

It was maybe 4 feet deep, but the orange netting stuff caught most of my fall. There was a guy on the sidewalk that asked if I was alright though.

:roflmao:
Next time you tell that story include the orange netting stuff in the original account. It's always funny when people fall on or crash into that stuff.

euclid corridor ftw!

lol where was this at?

Embaressing as hell, but too funny not to tell. 5 minutes ago I was trackstanding at a red light, when I lost control, couldn't get either of my feet out, and fell into a construction ditch on the side of the road at about 1 mph.

It was raining too. Wth?

:fight:

So long as you climbed out and shouted "YES!" you should be cool ;)

i fell into that orange netting once. only i was on skis and that netting saved my ass from falling off the mountain.

At least you fell into a harmless ditch (yes?) and not one filled with pointy pieces of metal and other implements of industrial death.


brother man has a point. pungee pits are becoming increasingly popular these days. though they usually cover them with leaves and other various shrubbery

I blame it on VC road crews.

So long as you climbed out and shouted "YES!" you should be cool ;)

Heels together, back straight, arms up. Stick that landing. Once for the judges and once for the crowd. :D Glad you're OK!!!

awesome. did you get unclipped before the 4 foot fall or did the bike fall all the way with you?

When the guy asked if you were okay, you should have said "yeah, why?" and acted like nothing had happened. Then continue to attempt track standing again.

construction ditches down around battery park nyc b like 25-30 ft deep.....with no netting or barriers

next time i go down euclid ave (probably tomorrow morning) i'll think of you and laugh out loud..

good thing you were clipped in, platforms are so unsafe on a fixed gear...not.

so did you blame it on the bike
?

ahhh yes the good ol' "fall off my bike then get up and looked really confused and fiddle with the pedals like something is broken but you know it's 100% your fault"


yeah i've pulled that one.

One time I was riding to class and was kind of late when I came upon a lady walking in the middle of the sidewalk (small college campus, all the bikers use the sidewalk). I was sort of grumpy and decided to rudely cut around her, but ended up going off the sidewalk a bit. When I tried to get back on my tire got jack knifed on a raised curve which sent me flying in front of the women straight into a tree-bush. I think I deserved it.

Not track standing...but pretty damn embarrassing...not to mention it was a college campus before class, everyone saw.

Ok. I'll admit it. I did the same thing but I wasn't saved by a construction ditch. I was saved by the pavement. Not only that, it was my new bike's second voyage.

I rode up to a red light and about 10 seconds into a trackstand I lost it and slowly keeled over - shoes still in cages. The car behind me didn't so much laugh as much as stare in fear and confusion. It's one thing to being an American in a relatively small Japanese city. It's another thing when you fall over on your bike in the middle of the road for seemingly no reason.

Oh. The best part was that one of my bar ends popped out and rolled into a sewer grate as I hit the ground...never to be seen again. I feel your pain.

I fell over on the first day of snow this year :(

Lots of people saw, someone yelled something about a helmet that I should be wearing.

The first time I ever rode my new bike (not new anymore, but you know) I was pounding up a hill out of the saddle and I wasn't used to the pedals so I unclipped and flew over the bars next to a school bus full of children.

I gave them the finger.

The first time I ever rode my new bike (not new anymore, but you know) I was pounding up a hill out of the saddle and I wasn't used to the pedals so I unclipped and flew over the bars next to a school bus full of children.

I gave them the finger.

Dude. I'm supposed to be hard at work at my desk, and nobody is around and I just snorted out a laugh. You're going to get me in trouble.

The first time I ever rode my new bike (not new anymore, but you know) I was pounding up a hill out of the saddle and I wasn't used to the pedals so I unclipped and flew over the bars next to a school bus full of children.

I gave them the finger.

uhhh

One time I was riding to class and was kind of late when I came upon a lady walking in the middle of the sidewalk (small college campus, all the bikers use the sidewalk). I was sort of grumpy and decided to rudely cut around her, but ended up going off the sidewalk a bit. When I tried to get back on my tire got jack knifed on a raised curve which sent me flying in front of the women straight into a tree-bush. I think I deserved it.

Not track standing...but pretty damn embarrassing...not to mention it was a college campus before class, everyone saw.

Shoulda been in the road :P

in my mind you fell in on your side, bounced off the rebar and landed upright back in the street

Thats brilliant! May as well crash in style!

at least you didnt get a shovel handle up your arse.
i heard about that once.

it's aighht, i've done it plenty of times.

ouch, your arsehole must be like a leather pouch.

Thanks best laugh all day

ehh whatever, you win some you lose some. trackstands included.

imagine a world of all BFSSFG'ers.
you just couldnt afford to make this kind of mistake.

The other night I was giving a girl directions to a friends house while she was on the phone relaying these directions to another girl. I was trackstanding next to her, near the curb. The girl is a ditz, and it was taking a long, long time. Eventually my front wheel got locked in the gap between concrete curb and asphalt street. I says, "I'm gonna fall, I'm gonna fall, I'm gonna fall" (this was the day I re-laced my toshi straps and wasn't able to slide out of them anymore). I fell and my big melon whonked the girl on the thigh and then I hit the curb with my ass meat and it hurt so bad. So bad. The girl on the phone heard my shouting/cursing and laughed at me later when I saw her. It's ok, cuz we made out though. The girl whose thigh I hit had a bigger bruise than I did then next day.

I was at a busy intersection on a bike with clips. I had never used clips before, I'm a powergrips man. Fell over trying to trackstand. Had about 6 pedestrians around me and nobody so much as turned their heads. That's LA for ya.

haha. For some reason, Chris Farley falling onto a coffee table comes to mind. Great story.

The first time I ever rode my new bike (not new anymore, but you know) I was pounding up a hill out of the saddle and I wasn't used to the pedals so I unclipped and flew over the bars next to a school bus full of children.

I gave them the finger.

i did that too, but it was because the bus was laying on the horn while i cut him off with a pizza box on my bars. go figure...

(not advocating these actions in any way)

I was riding around the Charles on the bike path, and I was doing the very megakool no-hands-spin-bag-around-front-get-Dr.Pepper-out-swig-replace, but somewhere around swigging my front wheel went haywire and I flew over the handlebars in front of piles of cuddling lovers spooning in the grass. I got up and drank my Dr. Pepper, in case you care.

the only think worse than a loser who rides a bike is a loser who crashes while riding a bike