Any funny stories
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400bhp
Guru
I've fallen off the bike many many times.
One occasion I slid 20 yards down a dark path across a field - I couldn't then stand up it was that bad. I then see a light coming towards me at a very low level. Turns out another cyclist had done the same. Cue comedy walking by both of us across the field.
One occasion I slid 20 yards down a dark path across a field - I couldn't then stand up it was that bad. I then see a light coming towards me at a very low level. Turns out another cyclist had done the same. Cue comedy walking by both of us across the field.
Octet
Veteran
Foot slipping off the pedals in the middle of a junction.
I pulled up to the traffic lights which were red at the time, it was on a hill and I knew I was in a higher gear than I wanted to be so I was preparing for a tough start (embarrassing enough).
As the lights went green, I stood up on the pedal in an effort to get moving as quickly as possible however since it had been raining my pedals were wet. Trying to stand on a wet SPD when you're on a hill in a high gear can only lead to one thing... your foot not catching the plate and you lurching forward and coming to a rolling stop in the middle of it. The only thing I could do was keep my head down, and try again despite knowing there were cars in all three directions with drivers and passengers glaring at me.
I pulled up to the traffic lights which were red at the time, it was on a hill and I knew I was in a higher gear than I wanted to be so I was preparing for a tough start (embarrassing enough).
As the lights went green, I stood up on the pedal in an effort to get moving as quickly as possible however since it had been raining my pedals were wet. Trying to stand on a wet SPD when you're on a hill in a high gear can only lead to one thing... your foot not catching the plate and you lurching forward and coming to a rolling stop in the middle of it. The only thing I could do was keep my head down, and try again despite knowing there were cars in all three directions with drivers and passengers glaring at me.
lip03
Guru
- Location
- beds/ london
Looking at a pretty girl... hit a rather large speed bump, nearly lost controll and managed to stay on two wheels by a hair.... safe to say the girl was not great at hiding her amusement.
Gixxerman
Guru
- Location
- Market Rasen
Not happened to me but happened to a relation of mine. He was cycling down Tealby front street and he saw 2 girls in front of him in mini skirts, he wolf whistles at them and gives it the "Phwoooaarrr!" whilst turning into The Smooting without really looking and runs head first into the end wall of a house. Walt Leaning the local butcher saw it all happen and told my dad (cyclists uncle) "that stopped him". He was sort of OK, but bike was a bit of a mess handlebars bent and seat pointing backwards.
One that did happen to me though when I was a teenager. I was biking up Walesby Hill standing on the pedals of my old singlespeed and the chain broke, which caused me to drop on my gonads on the crossbar with considerable force. The pain was indescribable. I coasted to a stop and just fell off the bike onto the grass verge and lay there with my hands holding my plums in agony. A few moments later a little old lady in a Morris Minor stopped and asked me if I was OK if there was anything she could do. "Not at this present time was my reply".
One that did happen to me though when I was a teenager. I was biking up Walesby Hill standing on the pedals of my old singlespeed and the chain broke, which caused me to drop on my gonads on the crossbar with considerable force. The pain was indescribable. I coasted to a stop and just fell off the bike onto the grass verge and lay there with my hands holding my plums in agony. A few moments later a little old lady in a Morris Minor stopped and asked me if I was OK if there was anything she could do. "Not at this present time was my reply".
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
1. First ever time clip less. Waterloo roundabout, in the rush-hour, with about 500 spectators. Pull up at lights and gracefully topple onto my side. Just in case anyone hadn't noticed the cyclist with a bicycle on top of him, and needed their attention drawn to the sight, a police car pulled up alongside and put its blue lights on.
2. London to Brighton, on the trike. We were stopping at every other stop, but others from my group called to say they'd gone into the stop I was passing. No way to turn around against the stream of cyclists, and marshals wouldn't let me in the exit (not unreasonably). 'No problem,' I thought. There was just a four-foot grass bank separating the road from the school. 'I'll just take a run up at a 45-degree angle and cycle over the bank,' I thought. Cue cyclist upside-down with trike on top of him in front of hundreds of people.
3. Had the trike a few weeks, cornering faster and faster and being amazed at how stable it was round bends. Eventually the laws of physics reasserted themselves and I flip the trike. End up upside-down with a trike on top of me in front of a bunch of spectators.
You may be detecting a bit of a theme here.
2. London to Brighton, on the trike. We were stopping at every other stop, but others from my group called to say they'd gone into the stop I was passing. No way to turn around against the stream of cyclists, and marshals wouldn't let me in the exit (not unreasonably). 'No problem,' I thought. There was just a four-foot grass bank separating the road from the school. 'I'll just take a run up at a 45-degree angle and cycle over the bank,' I thought. Cue cyclist upside-down with trike on top of him in front of hundreds of people.
3. Had the trike a few weeks, cornering faster and faster and being amazed at how stable it was round bends. Eventually the laws of physics reasserted themselves and I flip the trike. End up upside-down with a trike on top of me in front of a bunch of spectators.
You may be detecting a bit of a theme here.
