shauncollier said:
i like the holes in the tights look....the hill was so steep and so long even my tights were knackered...
Ho ho! Actually, they are leg warmers. I got the hole when I fell off my MTB.
I was bombing down a bridleway which had a section of broken cobbles on it, with mud and wet mushy leaves at the side. I'd aimed at the leaves, thinking that I wouldn't get so battered, but then the bike started slithering about all over the place. Time kinda went into slow motion then...
I thought to myself that I'd be better off on the cobbles and my brain sent a message to my hands to start braking. Another thought popped into my mind while the message was making its way down my arm - "Don't brake on this stuff!" - but it was too late. I'd got the front brake on and immediately locked the wheel up and it slid out from underneath me. As I was being launched forward off the bike, the following thoughts went through my mind:
- Great - I've got a cycling holiday booked for 2 weeks time and I'm about to break something!
- I'm wearing a new jacket!
- Please don't let my bike get damaged!
- Those cobbles look hard!
- This is going to hurt!
- I want my mummy!
THUD!
I ripped my jacket, leg warmers and gloves. I took a chunk out of a knee, a shoulder and a hand, and had multiple cuts and bruises, but didn't break any bones. My bike escaped with superficial damage.
It could have been pretty nasty, but I was lucky. I won't make that mistake again!