#1, was riding an old Vitus Carbon frame. I was a circus clown and part of the act was to put a full-size elephant on the handle bars and jump over three cars. I overshot the landing ramp and landed on the flats. I would have stayed upright, but the elephant's tail got caught in the front spokes and we went down. Both the bike and myself got squished underneath the pachyderm...the bike was unschathed but I broke five ribs.

The next week, I was back at it on the same bike.

True story, I swear.