I nearly got come-upped

[Bollo]

he he! In future, just bunny-hop all kerbs!

I've tried that, only to learn that my bunny-hop had myxomatosis. Splat.

 

[HobbesChoice]

When the same sort of thing happened to me I was wearing a heavy ruck sack! So with the help of gravity I did fall in an ungainly heap and ended up looking like an oversized beetle on it's back!

Oddly, I was up faster than I fell!

 

[dub-no-bass]

Been there, done that, broke the wrist and sprained all the fingers! Glad you were not similarly harmed.

 

[Arch]

Why did you forget have your helmet camera on....?

Oh you'd all have loved that, slowing down, turning, jolt, squeak*, topple....

Mind you I fear it would have been too dark to see anything.


*that would have been me squeaking in terror.

Hackbike, quite right (the patient bit, not the old fart bit). 99.9 times out of a hundred I'd have got off and walked past. I think I was tired and not thinking properly.

 

[BentMikey]

Why would you call this your come-uppance? Surely you weren't doing anything wrong?

Oh, and I've been there, luckily both times off the recumbent, so not very far to fall.

 

[BentMikey]

Oh, OK, just saw that you meant to ride along the pavement. I misread that and thought you were just trying to get up the dropped kerb, which is perfectly fine. I'd still not think that deserving of a come-uppance though.

 

[Cab]

Saw a chap come off his bike in a very similar way today. I'll see if shows up well on the camera when I get a chance later. Strikes me that a few bits of footage showing cyclists coming off that way might be useful.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I'm just amazed Fnaar hasn't been in here with some innuendo about the thread title...

 

[XmisterIS]

I've tried that, only to learn that my bunny-hop had myxomatosis. Splat.

Lessons, innit:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAem3L7Rlpk

 

[Bollo]

Lessons, innit:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAem3L7Rlpk

I don't think the bike trailer I was pulling at the time helped!