asterix
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- Limoges or York
And yet more Idiots.. Ccchhh!!
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Globalti
Legendary Member
*Yawn* My brother and I were climbing tower cranes a few years before those kids. Climbed one in Newcastle that was so tall that the stream of pee I did from the end of the jib was still splattering on plastic sheeting down below for several seconds after I shook off and zipped up.
Another idiot story from today.
A mile from home is a gentle slope with a staggered double right angle bend at the top and a slope down after it. The road either side of the bends is single track and unobstructed so there is a clear view for anyone approaching it from either way. Today, the road is wet but the rain has stopped.
I am halfway between the two bends, in bright coloured clothing on a bright yellow bike. Coming the other way is a medium size motorbike at about 30 to 40mph so I make sure I'm hugging the left hand side of the road. As I approach the bend, the motorbike leans hard over and takes it on my side of the road, so much so that the rider is overhanging the verge to my left and is coming at me head on.
I have no time at all to react. All I see is a slight twitch as the bike goes past me by inches. There is the sound of a skid, a dull crunch, a brief engine rev and then silence.
I turn round, dreading what I will find, but fortunately things are ok. A young lad is prising his motorbike out of a hedge: the engine is caked in several inches of mud and grass turf and the boy's leg is sodden and plastered in mud but he is unhurt.
He is so clearly shaken up and I'm so relieved he is ok that any thoughts of berating him for nearly hitting me head on disappear. His take on it? "I was trying to take the corner grand prix style" Clearly he thought this useless excuse was somehow better than "I'll scare this cyclist by cutting across him but then I lost it on a wet road".
Anyway, I'm unhurt, he was scared and hopefullly he learnt a lesson.
John
A mile from home is a gentle slope with a staggered double right angle bend at the top and a slope down after it. The road either side of the bends is single track and unobstructed so there is a clear view for anyone approaching it from either way. Today, the road is wet but the rain has stopped.
I am halfway between the two bends, in bright coloured clothing on a bright yellow bike. Coming the other way is a medium size motorbike at about 30 to 40mph so I make sure I'm hugging the left hand side of the road. As I approach the bend, the motorbike leans hard over and takes it on my side of the road, so much so that the rider is overhanging the verge to my left and is coming at me head on.
I have no time at all to react. All I see is a slight twitch as the bike goes past me by inches. There is the sound of a skid, a dull crunch, a brief engine rev and then silence.
I turn round, dreading what I will find, but fortunately things are ok. A young lad is prising his motorbike out of a hedge: the engine is caked in several inches of mud and grass turf and the boy's leg is sodden and plastered in mud but he is unhurt.
He is so clearly shaken up and I'm so relieved he is ok that any thoughts of berating him for nearly hitting me head on disappear. His take on it? "I was trying to take the corner grand prix style" Clearly he thought this useless excuse was somehow better than "I'll scare this cyclist by cutting across him but then I lost it on a wet road".
Anyway, I'm unhurt, he was scared and hopefullly he learnt a lesson.
John
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
+1 [but I do take some pleasure from him ending up in the hedge, now that I know he was OK]
rollinstok
Well-Known Member
- Location
- morecambe
I remember one occasion I was cycling along the Leeds to Liverpool canal in Blackburn
I was just emerging from one of the tunnels when I simultaneously heard an "aagh" and something flashed in front of me...... SPLASH !!
A young lad ( 14/15 ) and his bike were in the water. I grabbed his bike by the back wheel and he grabbed the bars and I pulled him in to the side and gave him a hand out.
He had no brake pads and the cables for his v brakes were disconnected... " I was just going to the bike shop to get them fixed " he said
I made sure he was ok ( lucky enough, a pretty warm day ) and advised him to walk his bike to the shop
An hour or so later on my way back I decided to pop into the shop ( Ewood Cycles ) to see if the lad had his bike fixed up. There was still a trail of water where he had walked to the counter.
His bike got sorted anyway !!
I was just emerging from one of the tunnels when I simultaneously heard an "aagh" and something flashed in front of me...... SPLASH !!
A young lad ( 14/15 ) and his bike were in the water. I grabbed his bike by the back wheel and he grabbed the bars and I pulled him in to the side and gave him a hand out.
He had no brake pads and the cables for his v brakes were disconnected... " I was just going to the bike shop to get them fixed " he said
I made sure he was ok ( lucky enough, a pretty warm day ) and advised him to walk his bike to the shop
An hour or so later on my way back I decided to pop into the shop ( Ewood Cycles ) to see if the lad had his bike fixed up. There was still a trail of water where he had walked to the counter.
His bike got sorted anyway !!
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
Piemaster
Guru
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- UK City of Culture
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I used to be a member of some forums such as 'Hidden Glasgow' and explored a few places in my time.
The only problem was that some of the people on the forum (at the time) were quite the most boring self righteous twats I'd ever met, so I quickly got bored and left.
The only problem was that some of the people on the forum (at the time) were quite the most boring self righteous twats I'd ever met, so I quickly got bored and left.
Globalti
Legendary Member
Boring? How can they be boring? These people are risking arrest and doing necky stuff that mere mortals like you and me are far too dull to want to undertake. They are the pioneers, the radical free-thinkers, the uber-cool and ultra-hip unfettered by convention and fearless of Authority.
Tsk tsk, shame on you....
Tsk tsk, shame on you....
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
You'd think that about them, wouldn't you? But half of them seemed to be so Politically correct about everything that they were practically up their own arses.
This WAS a few years ago now, and it might have changed.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
If it's there and you've got the balls, go for it.
If you fall and graze your knee, it's your own fault!
If you fall and graze your knee, it's your own fault!
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Well, yes, I've always meant to get back to doing one or two things.
