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.
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04-27-2009, 03:57 PM #1
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04-27-2009, 08:24 PM #2
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violently sneeze multiple times while turning..... whoops... off into the grass i went...
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04-27-2009, 09:29 PM #3
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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!)
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04-28-2009, 12:08 AM #4
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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.Conquering illness, one step at time.
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04-28-2009, 03:44 AM #5
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Ride with flip flops.
Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes
. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!
SheFly"Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
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04-28-2009, 03:49 AM #6
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Originally Posted by SheFly
entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes. ow ow ow, how long did it take for that to heal?
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04-28-2009, 03:57 AM #7
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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...
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04-28-2009, 04:42 AM #8
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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! Originally Posted by OakLeaf
ow ow ow, how long did it take for that to heal?
SheFly"Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
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04-28-2009, 05:52 AM #9
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Yikes! Originally Posted by SheFly
Ride with flip flops.
Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!
SheFly
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.The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
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2006 Colnago C50 road/SSM Atola
2005 SC Juliana SL mtb/WTB Laser V
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04-28-2009, 06:07 AM #10
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Trek - tell him I can relate! Hope he heals quick, and no more Crocs on the bike! Originally Posted by Trekhawk
Yikes!
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"Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
http://twoadventures.blogspot.com
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04-28-2009, 07:05 PM #11
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Owwwwch!!! Originally Posted by SheFly
Ride with flip flops.
Foot slipped off pedal, flip flop caught in wheel, entire bottom of foot sliced off by spokes. I shudder everytime I see anyone riding in flip flops!
SheFly
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04-28-2009, 07:16 PM #12
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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!
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04-28-2009, 02:54 PM #13
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That's what saddles with cut-outs are for! Originally Posted by cylegoddess
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