Most embarrassing moment

[JayMac]

Just done a little search of the forum and cannot find any really good embarrassing moments threads!

I seem to of had one today, just as im leaving the house to go for a bit of a midday ride, i have the clever idea to right foot, left pedal roll to the end of my path like some kind of lycra clad push scooter rider.

Now that dont sound too embarrassing until i get to the "step off and walk" part. Only that never happened, as my spd had engaged unknown to me!

Fair to say i now have a helmet imprint in my grass and one very hurt ego!

Anyone else want to share with the group?

 

[themosquitoking]

I had a clipped in moment outside the boxhill cafe. Right foot clipped in and i'm pushing myself along with my left foot to get up to the road. Moving around the back of two police officers on bikes a little girl walks out in front of me so i brake, unfortunately my left leg was on the downhill side of the bike and for some reason wouldn't reach the floor. Fell off in front of two police officers, little girl and family and various cyclists, i've still got four (small) holes in my right leg from where it met the chain.

 

[JayMac]

It seems that im having one of those days, where you wake up and the worlds just decided its gonna get you.
Well thats me today, fell off my bike, had the dog eat half a pack of highlighter pens and vomitting rainbows... and just now eating chilli nuts and decide to scratch my eye.

Im gonna go to lay down before something else decides to go wrong!

 

[themosquitoking]

It seems that im having one of those days, where you wake up and the worlds just decided its gonna get you.
Well thats me today, fell off my bike, had the dog eat half a pack of highlighter pens and vomitting rainbows lol... and just now eating chilli nuts and decide to scratch my eye.

Im gonna go to lay down before something else decides to go wrong!

I used to work as a chef in a mexican restaurant and going for a wazz after cutting chillies was an experience.

 

[JayMac]

I can see how that could be an inconvenience to say the least

 

[jhawk]

Read one of my first ever posts about my grocery shopping trip on the ol' MTB.

 

[Inthecup]

Going out in tights & Lycra.

Enough said!!

 

[glenn forger]

Bumped into an old friend in the LSE student bar and hugged her then sort of held my hands up in a sort of "What the hell have you been up to?" gesture and after a minute or so of conversation I realised I was cupping her breast. She was shorter than me. Then I thought I can't snatch my hand away, I must make it look natural. I was sweating at this stage. I finished my lame anecdote and shrugged and let my hands fall to my side. We parted amicably, but we both knew.

 

[WellyWonkey]

Bumped into an old friend in the LSE student bar and hugged her then sort of held my hands up in a sort of "What the hell have you been up to?" gesture and after a minute or so of conversation I realised I was cupping her breast. She was shorter than me. Then I thought I can't snatch my hand away, I must make it look natural. I was sweating at this stage. I finished my lame anecdote and shrugged and let my hands fall to my side. We parted amicably, but we both knew.

Haha. Made me chuckle that!!!

 

[jefmcg]

Similar to some of the above, I'd been cycling a lot on a folder, with no cross bar, went out on the roads on a mountain bike and - ahem - tripped over the crossbar when trying to dismount.

Very embarrassing, with strangers in cars and on bikes to witness it.

This was just before I started test riding road bikes, so I'm glad it happened, or I'd have done the same thing on my first test ride, and ended up the proud owner of that first bike

 

[Boothy]

I was cornering on a mini roundabout having just got my first road bike. Unfortunately I didn't allow for the rain, or the narrow tyres and being fairly green behind the ears, I had the wrong pedal pointing down as I leaned into the corner. I wasn't going at all fast as I'd queued to get to the front and had started off from a standing start whilst other cars were stationary.

Well as you can imagine as soon as the pedal hit the ground, the bike went sideways and I ended up sprawled in the road with a queue of traffic at each roundabout entrance all laughing.

I jumped up and dusted myself off for a quick getaway to save a bit of face and the chain had come off so my attempts to pedal away were fruitless. I had to carry the bike off the roundabout and give all the stationary bikes a wave to carry on haha I was very embarrassed!

 

[Scoosh]

Slightly OT but I watched @User 's little video above (The Greggs Factor ?? ) and, as is usual, at the end of the vid, up come some other things to watch.

Choices are:

• Rory Gallagher - "Off the Handle"
• Merle Travis - "The REAL DEAL"
• Capt Beefheart - "Ice Cream for Crow"
• Side-by-side tandem bicycle
• WLT - "Absynthe Minded"
• Martyn Joseph - "Change your World"

Somehow, many of these seemed rather appropriate !

 

[James Ots]

A potentially embarrassing moment today: I went for a ride around the park at lunchtime, and there was about ten metres of the path covered in water on the path near the gate. Assuming it was probably mostly surface water I slowed a little and rode through it, and discovered it was actually nearly a foot deep. Had to ride back to work with wet trousers and soggy shoes.

Not too embarrassing though, as the old couple walking towards me didn't bat an eyelid, and my trousers were mostly dry by the time I was back to the office, and no-one seems to have noticed.

 

[s7ephanie]

I think i have mentioned mine before. When i first started cycling i was struggling up a hill and with all the effort i farted, at that moment another cyclist went past me

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Had one today: cycling in a group very slowly the rider in front of me slipped on mud, I was not keeping distance also chatting to rider next to me. It was a pile up: could not take a seat at the cafe, was caked in mud