things not ro do on a bike

[cylegoddess]

I liked the 'things you leart the hard way' so started this one.

Mine;

admire your thighs, while doing 25kph

[DebW]

Bird watching of high-flying hawks.

[bmccasland]

Bird watching of high-flying hawks.

while riding the crest of a levee

But Mississippi Kites and Bald Eagles are so cool!

[Melalvai]

Check to see if your rear lights are blinking, particularly if you have a tendency to follow the direction of your gaze.

[7rider]

Try to remove a leaf stuck on the leading edge of your downtube down by your cranks while moving at 18 mph.

[andtckrtoo]

Answer your cell phone without stopping.

[AnnieBikes]

Drop your water bottle when you are not the last person in line! :(

[papaver]

eat flies.

Oh... and keeping your eyes on someone really really cute while descending a steep hill... I ended up on the backseat of a car with my bike included. And it was NOT a convertible.

[Heifzilla]

Put your foot up on your top tube in order to tuck your shoelaces back into your shoes, while moving.

[ZenSojourner]

Sex.

Think I'm kidding?

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.misc/browse_thread/thread/fb63c7313678c34e

:eek:

[Biciclista]

being indecisive at a fork in the road.

[Andrea]

...try to smack a loose bar plug back into the end of your drop bar.

[Christopher]

slam on v-brakes after missing a turn (ended up in the ER after that one)

catch the kerb with the descending pedal while riding fixed - bent a pedal in 2 planes doing that

hold the bars so loosely that an unseen pothole knocks them out of your hands

[OakLeaf]

Pedal through a turn when you're leaned over more than your bike's ground clearance will allow.

That one landed me in the ER (and very very lucky I didn't break my neck)

[redrhodie]

Adjust your saddle. Well, Eddy Merckx did (while racing), but no one else should.

[mayanorange]

Okay, so when I was little on my bmx (2nd bike) I believe, I used to be able to ride standing and I could ride with no hands. One day I decided to try both at the same time! Nearly impaled myself on the end of the handlebar- lucky I got just a bruise.

Second one is to not reach up to steady a wobbly front fender with your toe. Sometimes one's toe gets caught in the spokes and you get to go for a nice trip over the handlebars. Still have a scar from that one.

[HoosierGiant]

...try to smack a loose bar plug back into the end of your drop bar.

HA! Been there done that! Certainly learned my lesson...

[SadieKate]

Breathe and drink pink Cytomax at the same time. For some reason, I only do this during organized rides when someone is passing me. It provides a nice first (and probably lasting) impression.

[polly4711]

violently sneeze multiple times while turning..... whoops... off into the grass i went...

[chatterbox]

Slam on what turns out to be your front brake when someone cuts you off. Unless of course you prefer meeting the pavement at force over swerving a bit....


(also, these posts have me giggling in my living room - thanks ladies!)

[cylegoddess]

ride past the marshes, on the last leg of your run, breathing heavily thru your mouth( spot the happy cyclist by the gnats on her teeth!)mmmn, protein!

genital piercings. I leave it at that.

Drink while riding uphill, and inhaling.

[SheFly]

Ride with flip flops.

Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes :eek:. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!

SheFly

[OakLeaf]

entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes :eek:.

:eek::eek::eek: ow ow ow, how long did it take for that to heal?

[Christopher]

Another couple:
don't try and be so vain to try difficult climbs on a MTB without stopping when you're spent but carry on instead, fall off and cut your knee open on the rocks. Twice.

& don't just bolt lights onto tapered front forks... the lamp slid down the forks and went into the spokes which ripped it to pieces (didn't crash though). Bits of plastic everywhere...

[bmccasland]

Thinking i could clean off the spoke mounted portion of my bike computer, while rolling slowly. :rolleyes:

[SheFly]

:eek::eek::eek: ow ow ow, how long did it take for that to heal?

I don't remember exactly - it was a long time ago (I was in the 6th grade). I do remember that the worst part was that they had to get all of the gravel and dirt out of the bottom of my foot.... YOUCH!

SheFly

[Trekhawk]

Ride with flip flops.

Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes :eek:. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!

SheFly

Yikes!:eek:
I will read this to my son who had a crash on the weekend while cycling and ended up with a quick trip to the hospital and thirteen stitches in his little foot. Yep things not to do on your bike - ride with Crocs on after Mum and Dad said not to.

[SheFly]

Yikes!:eek:
I will read this to my son who had a crash on the weekend while cycling and ended up with a quick trip to the hospital and thirteen stitches in his little foot. Yep things not to do on your bike - ride with Crocs on after Mum and Dad said not to.

Trek - tell him I can relate! Hope he heals quick, and no more Crocs on the bike!

SheFly

[Biciclista]

I actually tried that two years ago (the flip flops) I got halfway down the block when i realized what a terrible idea it was. Lucky for me, I figured it out before
something horrible happened! :(:confused::eek:

[sundial]

Catch a bee in your mouth will speeding down a hill at 45 mph.

[gnat23]

genital piercings. I leave it at that.

That's what saddles with cut-outs are for!

-- gnat!

[OakLeaf]

Catch a bee in your mouth will speeding down a hill at 45 mph.

:eek:

To which I'll add:

Catch a bee on your thigh while CLIMBING a steep hill at < 10 mph, and have to stop and take the stinger out. :rolleyes:

[channlluv]

Hit the right front hard at 13mph. Okay, so the one and only daughter who steered into my path and was about to be t-boned is safe and well and sitting in the living room doing her homework right now...but Mama is still nursing a sore shoulder six months later.

Oof.

Roxy

[Andrea]

Don't have a staring contest with anything that you don't want to run into. You will usually lose.

[sundial]

Andrea, lol. :D

[IvonaDestroi]

Ride with flip flops.

Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes :eek:. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!

SheFly

Owwwwch!!!

[IvonaDestroi]

1) Assume that you can make it over that same railroad track the second time around, directly after landing on your face the first time...

2) Ride too closely to the car mirrors along the side of the road

3) Assume that person standing in the middle of the road will not jump out in front of you when you try to go around them
-this one was a close call... this lady had her car parked dead center in the middle of the street, between a row of parked cars on each side. She was standing by her open door chit chatting, and there was maybe 2 feet of room between her, her car, and the parked cars. Another cyclist was coming at her opposite of me (about equal distance as I was), and we just about all ended up on the ground right where she was standing!

[Tuckervill]

Don't try to jump the curb like you've seen your brothers do, going too slow, and have the bars ripped out of your hands, and let the end of the bar with the missing grip strike you centered on your tiny little nipple on the front of your baby-flat chest.

I can still remember the shape of the bruise. I was 8.

Karen

[sundial]

Tuck--LOL!!! :D

Don't try to ride barefooted like your big brother and leave your pedal down as you take the curb and skin the hide off your big toe. :o

[malkin]

New to clipless pedals, one should not wonder, "Just how slow could I go before I fall down..."

[Flybye]

Pop a wheelie unless you are certain your handlebars are securely fastened to the rest of your bike.................

*Carry two miniature wiener dogs inside of your zipped up jacket............*





*One's leash slipped out of my jacket, got caught in the wheel, and the three of us flipped over the handlebar. The wiener dogs remained safely tucked into the jacket for the entire stunt.

[Tuckervill]

Now THAT is a hilarious picture! lol.

It just wouldn't have been as funny if the dogs had been, say, black labs.

Karen

[cylegoddess]

I think I prefer to watch guys riding in packs from afar. They smell better that way.( lets keep the illusion alive)\\

Bee in the mouth. man, that makes gnats seem mild! yikes!

[Andrea]

If a trail is overgrown with tall grass and vines, don't ride through it and destroy your shiny new rear derailleur.

[SheFly]

If a trail is overgrown with tall grass and vines, don't ride through it and destroy your shiny new rear derailleur.

OH NO! Now the real question though - did you SS it out? :)

SheFly