i wish someone had filmed this....
08-14-06, 11:16 PM
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i wish someone had filmed this....
i was riding yesterday to meet up with a friend. i love riding no handed, so i was cruising sans hands for a while, and a ped starts jaywalking into my path. i reached for the flats on my bullhorns,to pull up for more leverage while backpedaling.
i missed the bars completely and flew onto my face. no big problems as a result, some scratches and crap, but damn, i wish i could have seen myself just randomly go flying.
i missed the bars completely and flew onto my face. no big problems as a result, some scratches and crap, but damn, i wish i could have seen myself just randomly go flying.
08-14-06, 11:45 PM
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meh, just a couple scrapes (though my left thumbnail was nearly torn straight off)...ego could have been bruised, but i decided to think of this as funny, and that wasn't such a problem anymore.
08-15-06, 12:00 AM
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Fingernails are merely for decoration...
"They can't laugh at you if they are laughing with you" must be the greatest psych tool ever invented.
"They can't laugh at you if they are laughing with you" must be the greatest psych tool ever invented.
08-15-06, 12:12 AM
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Did you roll by Oasis pizza Sunday? I made it to the east side to escape the bridge riders and thought I saw you ride past.
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08-15-06, 02:47 AM
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I understand you can only become a better rider by learning from you mistakes.
I love your attitude, Ian. So many crash stories involve a huge helping of self-pity. It's good to read a light-hearted view of falling off a bike.
Cheers.
I love your attitude, Ian. So many crash stories involve a huge helping of self-pity. It's good to read a light-hearted view of falling off a bike.
Cheers.
08-15-06, 07:07 AM
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**** son 
i only ever get in those inexplicably stupid wrecks. i always get up feeling like an idiot.
i only ever get in those inexplicably stupid wrecks. i always get up feeling like an idiot.
08-15-06, 08:13 AM
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Yeah, I'm pretty stupid too. Yesterday my bag shifted on my back while doing a trackstand at a light. I still had the tension set way up from the track and a strap on top of that, so i couldn't clip out in time to save it. Fell and broke my thumb pretty badly. Worst part was I kept trying to use that hand to get up and I couldn't, so I just kinda flopped around for a little bit.
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i was riding no-hands down a pretty cut up road once, i thought it was no problem since i always no-hands this road, and i hit a pothole i've hit billions of times before... bad news. rear wheel flatted, and as my rear spun up to the right i tried to reach for my bars, which had moved to the left. hit the ground on my right side. didn't get hurt though.
08-15-06, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
Yeah, I'm pretty stupid too. Yesterday my bag shifted on my back while doing a trackstand at a light. I still had the tension set way up from the track and a strap on top of that, so i couldn't clip out in time to save it. Fell and broke my thumb pretty badly. Worst part was I kept trying to use that hand to get up and I couldn't, so I just kinda flopped around for a little bit.
08-15-06, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by zerobug
Did you roll by Oasis pizza Sunday? I made it to the east side to escape the bridge riders and thought I saw you ride past.
08-16-06, 07:35 PM
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heard that name go by, but not really familiar with it...what is this now?
