XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Today I was riding my town bike back from the gym ... it has flat pedals without cleats so I can ride in my gym shoes.
I've been riding my road bike a lot, which has cleats.
So I pull up at a pelican (?) crossing, loads of people walking across, lights change, I go to pull backwards and downwards on the pedal (as one does with cleats to get a good powerful downstroke) ... my foot slips straight off the pedal, I go down and forwards, I whack (and I do mean really *whack*) my crown jewels on the headset, give a loud little scream ("Heep!") and 10 or so pedestrians turn round to see me staggering forwards with the bike and making a noise like, "Ooohyeahf*ckmeballs!" How funny for them. At my expense! The cheek ...
I've been riding my road bike a lot, which has cleats.
So I pull up at a pelican (?) crossing, loads of people walking across, lights change, I go to pull backwards and downwards on the pedal (as one does with cleats to get a good powerful downstroke) ... my foot slips straight off the pedal, I go down and forwards, I whack (and I do mean really *whack*) my crown jewels on the headset, give a loud little scream ("Heep!") and 10 or so pedestrians turn round to see me staggering forwards with the bike and making a noise like, "Ooohyeahf*ckmeballs!" How funny for them. At my expense! The cheek ...