Ironic?

I suspect that the bikes that many people are using don't cost anywhere near $15k.

Don't you keep talking about being dropped?

More expected than ironic.

Yeah because in years of cycling and dozens of crashes in tens of thousands of miles, I never hit my head. I also never had so many people in such a short amount of time tell me to wear a helmet, and I crash on my face within an hour of people telling me to get one. Thats hella ironic

I get dropped on the legit fast days on the racing ride, there is no shame in that. I was saying that Alto Velo has their fair share of slow grumpy freds who don't like getting passed by me. Average price of a bike on that ride is closer to 10k according to people on the ride. I got dropped by the fast dudes on Egan which was expected, if I was allowed to ride with them I doubt I would finish in the bottom half. I beat the ride leader and deputy up the first hill before they told me to **** off.

So you've got a history of crashing and it's ironic that you crashed - got it. Thanks for clarifying.

You should be. California has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the US. Just because it's not hot doesn't mean it's not mutating the DNA in your melanocytes.

just ironic that I hit my head. Also you try riding in the ice and slush, I had to ride year round for my job, didn't get to take breaks for the weather. So yeah I have a history of crashing

BTW, at your age I didn't worry about melanoma either. Then 20 years later, I had a big slice taken out of the skin right above my right knee, because I had a mole that started getting larger and turned out to be a low grade melanoma.

My dad had one on his shoulder blade. Irish skin, NorCal sun, and years of shirtless tennis. They took a pretty big chunk out with a fancy sterile peach pitter.

I had a big chunk of skin taken out of my back, which I attribute to riding cross country in my youth,

including weeks shirtless across the northern plains.

Ah, it's ironic to hit ones head when crashing. Got it.

Yeah, I wouldn't know anything about ice and slush in MN.

I think model builders do also.

All sarcasm and bickering aside, this is good advice.

That's not ironic. With that many crashes, it's to be expected. Just like if someone said the sun is going to come up in the east, and then, just like that, it came up in the east.

I was dumb and thought I "knew" how to crash because crashing was a big part of my job as a bike courier (those ****ers expected me to carry fountain drinks), this crash was the first time going over my handlebars since I was a kid so I had no idea how to fall and protect my head

Then you know that no matter how careful or skilled you are, in the worst of conditions even the best riders are prone to crashing

You're convincing me that I don't want to ride with you, even more than I already didn't.

I haven't crashed since 1995. In the 7 years I've been recording rides on Strava, I've done 13,000 miles without crashing even once. It's not really something a lot of us do a lot of, or even any of, so when you talk about crashing dozens of times, and you say you're, what, 25? it doesn't fill us with admiration for your bikehandling skills.

Is that with the English or the French pronunciation?

Nope. I'm studly.

I crashed a bunch having to carry stuff in terrible weather. Since ive moved to cali ive done like 4k miles and this was my first real crash (the car one a month ago doesn't really count cause I was drunk and asking for it.) You try holding a fountain drink in your hand navigating on ice, its sketchy, stuff happens

Maybe you should learn how NOT to crash?

I eventually did but stuff still happens. I remember on my first week of the job, we had an ice storm. Must have fallen a dozen times before learning how to ride on ice. The next day I only crashed once or twice. Trick is you can't turn or brake, so you gotta plan everything in advance

C'mon guys, have a bit of respect. Couriers who don't crash don't pay as many bills.

I have 15k$ of bikes and never get passed by flat bar bikes.

Well, unless you count tri bikes as having flat bars. They do, I suppose. Technically.