Originally Posted by crank_addict

Well, one that stays with me and going waaay back. I was probably 7 or 8 and we had coaster brake bikes. We'd love to race down a large hill trail with a sharp right hander at the bottom. But at the bend was a barbed wire fence with a creek running behind. Me the knucklehead thought the bike would be faster without a chain. You guessed it - the downhill ride without brakes ended in a bloody mess tangled in the fence.