Stupid Things We Have Done

[Zen]

Just think of them as learning opportunities.

[derailed]

Riding a frame that I crashed into the back of a car for another few months. When it failed, it really really failed.

[jesvetmed]

OK.. this one's not me (I swear!). My friend drove her car into the automatically lifted up garage door... with the bike on the roof rack! To make it worse, after the bike / rack and car were repaired, her husband did the exact same thing to his bike a couple of weeks later. (It was a new house, new concept ). At least his lightspeed wasn't injured. But -- I hope that I have learned from them!

[ny biker]

OK.. this one's not me (I swear!). My friend drove her car into the automatically lifted up garage door... with the bike on the roof rack! To make it worse, after the bike / rack and car were repaired, her husband did the exact same thing to his bike a couple of weeks later. (It was a new house, new concept ). At least his lightspeed wasn't injured. But -- I hope that I have learned from them!

When it comes to roof racks for bikes, there are two kinds of people: those who have, and those who will.

[Aggie_Ama]

Not me but DH and I still make fun of him (so do many people). Ran into the back of a parked 18 wheeler leaving campus back in 2004. Ambulance ride, sprained wrist and hefty hospital bill later he deserves a little ribbing. I sent photos to everyone of him sporting bruises, with a bandaged wrist, holding a sign that said "Roll on 18 Wheeler". (It is an old country song).

[Aggie_Ama]

And because I am dumb the one that comes to mind. I fell over because I leaned to the side I was clipped in on. The bad part, it was at the intersection of 2818 and George Bush Dr in College Station, yes a large intersection right by the big old Bush Library. It didn't go unnoticed.

[7rider]

OK.. this one's not me (I swear!). My friend drove her car into the automatically lifted up garage door... with the bike on the roof rack! To make it worse, after the bike / rack and car were repaired, her husband did the exact same thing to his bike a couple of weeks later. (It was a new house, new concept ). At least his lightspeed wasn't injured. But -- I hope that I have learned from them!

Standard operating procedure for me when I had a roof rack - and parked my truck in the garage - was: bikes on the roof = garage door opener came OFF the visor and got pitched into the back seat! I never wanted to do that. Now....the bikes ride on the back of the truck, and I sweat everytime I stop at a stop sign or light with someone behind me ("Oh, please stop. Please stop. Please, please, please.....").

Some of the local gals here know I'm something of a half-arsed birder. One time, I was out for a ride, and I heard a bird call, and spun to look for it. I rode right OFF the road -- onto just a dirt shoulder and stayed upright, thankfully. But the surprise + the twist + the jolt of the dirt = I threw out my back! Ugh, it was a loooong, painful ride home to the ice packs, the Advil, and the phone number to my chiropractor!!!