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Old 03-19-08 | 05:47 PM
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kjohnnytarr
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From: Columbia, Missouri

Bikes: Motobecane Jury

No photo, but I've been waiting to tell this story:

I was sprinting side by side with a friend uphill. Him on a roadbike, me fixed. Anyway, as we got to the top, I guess seeing him start to coast messed with my head, and I tried to coast. I got bucked bigtime, both of my feet came out of the clips, and I was launched with my feet above the toptube, but hands still on the bars. My broken ankle was still healing at the time, but miraculously I managed to land on one foot, still straddling the moving bike. Rather than fall forward I skidded on my good foot (thanks to wet pavement) while using the bike for balance, and I came to a stop right at the intersection.

I like to think everyone who saw it thought it was on purpose, because it was the coolest stop ever. But I'll never be able to do it again.
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