Stupid stuff you do on a ride.

[Boeing]

Well I always forget to turn off the garmin when I put it on the car to go home. Did the same a few weekends ago getting the train back from San Diego
didnt realize till someone on strava pointed it out


among other things

 

[Marcus135]

Attempt to track stand and fall over in front of everyone is a common occurrence for me (well not so much now i finally got the hang of it).

 

[BroDeal]

On a few occasions I have forgotten to put water bottles in their cages. That sucks when you realize it about an hour into a ride.

 

[daveinzambia]

Attempt to track stand and fall over in front of everyone is a common occurrence for me (well not so much now i finally got the hang of it).

pretty sure everyone has done this.

once went to cut through a bus station, going through entrance rode through large puddle, in the middle of which was obviously a blocked drain. Hit the drain, stacked it into puddle on pavement tangled up in bike. Had to call out to a passer by to help me unclip as was completely stuck. first two people just walked past.

think that is my most embarrassing moment. well on a bike anyway.

 

[daveinzambia]

Well I always forget to turn off the garmin when I put it on the car to go home. Did the same a few weekends ago getting the train back from San Diego
didnt realize till someone on strava pointed it out


among other things

hang on, miles in the car on the way home do not count. well thats going to halve my monthly mileage.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

not thinking to ease off and cornering too fast into a rainy day wet turn. Bad, bad, bad.

 

[Alpechraxler]

I once cycled over a cat's tail going uphill. I meant that beast would runaway. Nothing that i'm really proud of as you could see that it was in pain afterwards.

 

[Marcus135]

On a few occasions I have forgotten to put water bottles in their cages. That sucks when you realize it about an hour into a ride.

Another thing i have done a few times, horrible that is.

 

[RedheadDane]

I sometimes, when I reach a very flat descend out in the woods (couldn't be anything else but flat considering where I live) pretend to go into "egg" mode. Mind you; my bike is just a regular city-bike with an almost straigt handlebar, so... I have a feeling it looks rather dorky, and doesn't exactly make me any quicker either.

Sometimes I do it when going to/from school...

 

[craig1985]

I left a friend's place and I was looking down and I rode into the back of a car. I didn't hurt myself or the bike, but more more crucially that nobody saw me do it as it was rather funny (for them).

 

[MarkvW]

For me it's usually clothing-related. Descending a mountain in the evening after hours of riding without a good thermal layer.

 

[42x16ss]

Bunny hopped a train line, landed in a small patch of gravel that made me go straight over the bars. To top things off it also made me puncture the front tyre.

Only about 25 - 30 people saw it

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Talking on the mobile phone.

 

[daveinzambia]

Talking on the mobile phone.

that must be an age thing. I go out on my bike to hide from the rest of the world and my phone

 

[usedtobefast]

fell going about 1/2 mile an hour in brothers driveway and landed on my back and smashed my phone in the process...DOH!!!

 

[Parrulo]

Talking on the mobile phone.

that and texting, i have also decided to talk on my phone while climbing many times only to realize when i hung up that my breathing is all messed up and my heart rate is through the rough . . .

 

[Louison]

The worst for me was one time when I was running late for a team training session due to getting out of a faculty meeting at school late and forgot my shoes at home when I rushed to pack my gear. I rode in running shoes, but damn was my crotch sore the next day!

 

[ElChingon]

The worst for me was one time when I was running late for a team training session due to getting out of a faculty meeting at school late and forgot my shoes at home when I rushed to pack my gear. I rode in running shoes, but damn was my crotch sore the next day!

Shouldn't that of been your feet

 

[Louison]

Shouldn't that of been your feet

Honestly I was confused as well then I realized that the stack height on my running shoes is less then that of my cycling shoes with look cleats thus I had more pressure on the saddle then usual.

 

[gregod]

i once drafted a big truck for about 22 kilometers. we were going from about 45 to 70 KPH along a coast road with only a few lights. it was pretty nerve-wracking and my HR was in the red for the duration, but it was fun and i knocked off a lot of time.

on another drafting episode, i was following a truck on a long, straight, flat road at about 60~65 KPH and we went through a speed trap. the speed limit for two-wheeled vehicles was 50 KPH and i got pulled over and had to pay a fine. it was worth it, though.

 

[daveinzambia]

i once drafted a big truck for about 22 kilometers. we were going from about 45 to 70 KPH along a coast road with only a few lights. it was pretty nerve-wracking and my HR was in the red for the duration, but it was fun and i knocked off a lot of time.

on another drafting episode, i was following a truck on a long, straight, flat road at about 60~65 KPH and we went through a speed trap. the speed limit for two-wheeled vehicles was 50 KPH and i got pulled over and had to pay a fine. it was worth it, though.

Getting stuck behind a truck coming up to the seed limit sign sprint so winner was the person who was closest to back of truck crossing the line.

 

[Louison]

One time I had to ride on a state highway (55mph two lane road used by trucks) die to a road closure and going back would add 50 miles to my ride. It was pretty dumb. I had a truck fly by me at great speed so close that I actually got sucked along in it's side draft!

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

It was a mountain ride and it was snowing. At one of the rest stops I had to fetch my ski glove out of a port potty, then used it to finish the ride.
I didn't think it was so stupid, but my wife did.

 

[RedheadDane]

hang on, miles in the car on the way home do not count. well thats going to halve my monthly mileage.

Wait! Bike computers also count when the bike is in/on the car? I thought they mileage counting had something to do with the wheels moving?

Bunny hopped a train line, landed in a small patch of gravel that made me go straight over the bars. To top things off it also made me puncture the front tyre.

Only about 25 - 30 people saw it

Haha! Embarasing!

 

[Parrulo]

Wait! Bike computers also count when the bike is in/on the car? I thought they mileage counting had something to do with the wheels moving?



Haha! Embarasing!

regular computers yes, i think they are talking about those fancy garmin gps's