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Parrulo said:regular computers yes, i think they are talking about those fancy garmin gps's
Yep, one of the fancy garmin gps ones. Hey it was a birthday present. from me.
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Yep, one of the fancy garmin gps ones. Hey it was a birthday present. from me.
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RedheadDane said:Haha! Embarasing!
That's one of many! Another good one I've done was in the car park at work when I was on work placement at university.
I happened be showing off in front of a couple of the Admin Assistants (rather attractive) by doing a wheelie the entire way out of the car park when I tore several spokes straight out of the nipples of my rear wheel getting up enough speed to go up the car park ramp
I stayed upright but I had to take the train home and rebuild my rear wheel with a new rim and spokes
- Apr 8, 2010
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Forgetting to stop the GPS on trains is pretty standard for me... (I excuse myself by claiming that I only forget because I have ridden so hard)
I guess the most stupid ever was leaving this
behind on the one ride when my saddle worked itself loose and I had to ride 10 km en danseuse on flat road with the saddle in my jersey pocket. I mean, that was literally the only trip i did last year without Allen keys. Ridiculous. Oh well, I still managed to pass some tri-dude on a Cervelo P2
)I guess the most stupid ever was leaving this
behind on the one ride when my saddle worked itself loose and I had to ride 10 km en danseuse on flat road with the saddle in my jersey pocket. I mean, that was literally the only trip i did last year without Allen keys. Ridiculous. Oh well, I still managed to pass some tri-dude on a Cervelo P2
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gregod said:
A couple of weeks ago I did a ride and as I was climbing I got caught behind a car and was doing close to 45km/h and had to roll through the corners. Mind you the gradient had flattened out a lot by then. Years ago on a ride home from work, for some reason I got caught in the draft of a car at a set of lights and I was riding alongside the passenger window at close to 50km/h, I don't think the person in the car knew what was going on.
- Mar 10, 2009
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gregod said:
The speed limit for 2 wheeled vehicles was lower than the speed limit for vehicles with more wheels? Come on really? There is a place where a transport truck is allowed to go faster than a motorcycle? How does a traffic department justify that? Got to call BS on this one. I just cannot imagine the reason for that. Maybe you were in Nutbush from the Tina Turner song?
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Cycling is for those who dress for it
I don't know why but I tend to under dress more than over dress which is always a fatal flaw
In addition I have put a race wheelset with the uberlight tires and tubes on for a group ride to get an advantage for lack of fitness only to be stuck short a tube for the second flat.
it is also never a good idea to talk about how long it has been since your last flat on a ride. this is about the only karma stuff I know to be true
I don't know why but I tend to under dress more than over dress which is always a fatal flaw
In addition I have put a race wheelset with the uberlight tires and tubes on for a group ride to get an advantage for lack of fitness only to be stuck short a tube for the second flat.
it is also never a good idea to talk about how long it has been since your last flat on a ride. this is about the only karma stuff I know to be true
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I've been the stupid one countless times, but in this instance I reaped the benefits of being on the other side of the equation.
Three years ago I was visiting the parental units and had gone for a ride on a Southern California bike path (paved flood control channel access road), when up on a concrete abutment I saw a dead tube, a set of tire levers and an empty tube box. When I stopped to pick up the litter I also spotted an 80G IPod!
I thumbed through the info screen and saw that the owner hadn't filled in a name or contact info. The next day I put up a sign on that spot, "Call (xxx) xxx-xxxx to claim lost items found on this spot," and listed my cell phone. I never heard from anyone.
The Pod was full of mostly hip-hop and modern R&B all in Mac format. So I nuked it all and reformatted it for PC and it's been my main Pod ever since. And I'm guessing that whenever the original owner now gets a flat, he/she carefully gathers up everything before rolling on.
Three years ago I was visiting the parental units and had gone for a ride on a Southern California bike path (paved flood control channel access road), when up on a concrete abutment I saw a dead tube, a set of tire levers and an empty tube box. When I stopped to pick up the litter I also spotted an 80G IPod!
I thumbed through the info screen and saw that the owner hadn't filled in a name or contact info. The next day I put up a sign on that spot, "Call (xxx) xxx-xxxx to claim lost items found on this spot," and listed my cell phone. I never heard from anyone.
The Pod was full of mostly hip-hop and modern R&B all in Mac format. So I nuked it all and reformatted it for PC and it's been my main Pod ever since. And I'm guessing that whenever the original owner now gets a flat, he/she carefully gathers up everything before rolling on.
craig1985 said:
Same here, several times. I think it comes from riding on the same roads a lot, and one day something is different, i.e. a men working sign or a parked car or something, and bam.
But the STUPIDEST thing I do while riding is counting. I'll just start counting pedal strokes or breaths for no particular reason. I have no clue why. I can get up to a pretty big number before I even notice I'm doing it.
Sometimes I do this when I'm feeling a bit evil: I'll spot a guy in front of me on a climb whom I'm catching up with. This guy seems to be on his absolute limit and is showing clear signs of exhaustion, the sweat is dripping and he's breathing loudly. When I get closer I'll calm down the pace a bit, get my breath back before I suddenly start sprinting past him (seated) while trying to look as comfortable as humanly possible - i.e mouth closed, not breathing, looking fairly bored...I can't help it, the desperate look on their exhausted faces is so priceless! Obviously I have to slow down considerably once I'm out of their line of sight as my lungs are burning and I'll have a serious case of oxygen deficiency
Many years ago (long before my about to be mentioned wife), heading into a town with traffic backed up and was getting to the last car in the line. My mate and I both looked down and saw the tell tale rainbow colors of spilled fuel on the rain wettened road. He eased up straight away, I kept going the put the brakes on, kind of already expecting what was going to happen. Both wheels gone from under me and I skidded right up to, and under the back of the parked car. Cute chick got out all panicked about if I was ok. I was laughing and asking her to check her car for damage (kinda hoping that I'd need to swap phone numbers) but everything was fine.
Recently though out riding with my wife on a road loop close to home on mtb, she started the sprint to the last speed sign before home. I'm a whimp on trail so have my pedal tension set real loose. Out of the saddle and I pull my left cleat clean out the pedal and remember watching my foot drift up forward thinking 'I should do something about that' Too late, shoe into the front wheel and instant over the handle bar whipping action into the road. Right clavicle fractured in 3 places and a very swollen foot for several weeks. Don't ever race the wife!
Done the drafting of farm tractors locally and also used to just hang onto the back of trucks on steep climbs sometimes.
Probably the most stupid thing though done more than once (in younger days) is turning in front of oncoming traffic following someone elses lead or call up ahead. Always take responsibility for your own decisions in situations like this!
Recently though out riding with my wife on a road loop close to home on mtb, she started the sprint to the last speed sign before home. I'm a whimp on trail so have my pedal tension set real loose. Out of the saddle and I pull my left cleat clean out the pedal and remember watching my foot drift up forward thinking 'I should do something about that' Too late, shoe into the front wheel and instant over the handle bar whipping action into the road. Right clavicle fractured in 3 places and a very swollen foot for several weeks. Don't ever race the wife!
Done the drafting of farm tractors locally and also used to just hang onto the back of trucks on steep climbs sometimes.
Probably the most stupid thing though done more than once (in younger days) is turning in front of oncoming traffic following someone elses lead or call up ahead. Always take responsibility for your own decisions in situations like this!
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maltiv said:Sometimes I do this when I'm feeling a bit evil: I'll spot a guy in front of me on a climb whom I'm catching up with. This guy seems to be on his absolute limit and is showing clear signs of exhaustion, the sweat is dripping and he's breathing loudly. When I get closer I'll calm down the pace a bit, get my breath back before I suddenly start sprinting past him (seated) while trying to look as comfortable as humanly possible - i.e mouth closed, not breathing, looking fairly bored...I can't help it, the desperate look on their exhausted faces is so priceless! Obviously I have to slow down considerably once I'm out of their line of sight as my lungs are burning and I'll have a serious case of oxygen deficiency
Haha, been there done that on many occasions!
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Had just met a beautiful young lady during a stop on a tour, we talked about a ride that my club does in my area that really seemed to interest her.
She asked for my contact info and shortly after we parted ways I was rolling towards the road when someone cut in front of me. Going too slow to change direction and clipped in the side that my weight was leaning led to me falling--in clear sight of everyone!
Still upset by this embarrassing moment (embarrassing because I take great pride in my bike handling skills), I'm descending the longest climb I'd ever done in my state in pursuit of my riding buddy who had been sandbagging the entire ride. This right up to the point where 4 beautiful women cruised by us carrying on a conversation on that very same climb, he suddenly turns into Der Kaiser and after riding my wheel for most of the climb, he cranks by me in hot pursuit in the big chain ring! I neglected to mention that I'd been cramping badly for the last portion of this ride so my matching his and their tempo was just not going to happen.
Long story short, I crested the top of the climb and was descending like a bat out of hell until I came upon two 90 degree turns one after another, where upon just going into the first I caught sight of them and foolishly thought to myself that I would brake going into the first turn but not the second to insure that I caught them. BIG MISTAKE! Going into the second turn I immediately thought to myself "I'm going to fast too make this turn" all while the curb was rapidly getting closer and closer and my line was taking me right into it. I panicked and hit my brakes slightly, my rear wheel went out from under me and I must have slid on my hip and eventually my hand (primarily my thumb) for what seemed like an eternity.
The damage other than my pride? My favorite pair of shorts ruined, a dent in my top tube where the handlebars snapped around from the impact, my thumb scraped to the bone and bleeding profusely everywhere and of course a nice size rasberry on my hip plainly visible for all to see.
The worst part is that there was a wide open field just over that curb on that corner and had I simply jumped the curb I'd have saved my self alot of pain suffering and dollars spent replacing the damaged goods.
My buddy did look back and saw me sprawled out on the road although I made sure that I got up as quickly as possible such that by the time all the people I had passed on the climb and the descent came rolling by I was already getting back on my bike.
Mind you I haven't had a crash in 6 years! So to have 2 in the same day was really traumatic.
She asked for my contact info and shortly after we parted ways I was rolling towards the road when someone cut in front of me. Going too slow to change direction and clipped in the side that my weight was leaning led to me falling--in clear sight of everyone!
Still upset by this embarrassing moment (embarrassing because I take great pride in my bike handling skills), I'm descending the longest climb I'd ever done in my state in pursuit of my riding buddy who had been sandbagging the entire ride. This right up to the point where 4 beautiful women cruised by us carrying on a conversation on that very same climb, he suddenly turns into Der Kaiser and after riding my wheel for most of the climb, he cranks by me in hot pursuit in the big chain ring! I neglected to mention that I'd been cramping badly for the last portion of this ride so my matching his and their tempo was just not going to happen.
Long story short, I crested the top of the climb and was descending like a bat out of hell until I came upon two 90 degree turns one after another, where upon just going into the first I caught sight of them and foolishly thought to myself that I would brake going into the first turn but not the second to insure that I caught them. BIG MISTAKE! Going into the second turn I immediately thought to myself "I'm going to fast too make this turn" all while the curb was rapidly getting closer and closer and my line was taking me right into it. I panicked and hit my brakes slightly, my rear wheel went out from under me and I must have slid on my hip and eventually my hand (primarily my thumb) for what seemed like an eternity.
The damage other than my pride? My favorite pair of shorts ruined, a dent in my top tube where the handlebars snapped around from the impact, my thumb scraped to the bone and bleeding profusely everywhere and of course a nice size rasberry on my hip plainly visible for all to see.
The worst part is that there was a wide open field just over that curb on that corner and had I simply jumped the curb I'd have saved my self alot of pain suffering and dollars spent replacing the damaged goods.
My buddy did look back and saw me sprawled out on the road although I made sure that I got up as quickly as possible such that by the time all the people I had passed on the climb and the descent came rolling by I was already getting back on my bike.
Mind you I haven't had a crash in 6 years! So to have 2 in the same day was really traumatic.
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maltiv said:Sometimes I do this when I'm feeling a bit evil: I'll spot a guy in front of me on a climb whom I'm catching up with. This guy seems to be on his absolute limit and is showing clear signs of exhaustion, the sweat is dripping and he's breathing loudly. When I get closer I'll calm down the pace a bit, get my breath back before I suddenly start sprinting past him (seated) while trying to look as comfortable as humanly possible - i.e mouth closed, not breathing, looking fairly bored...I can't help it, the desperate look on their exhausted faces is so priceless! Obviously I have to slow down considerably once I'm out of their line of sight as my lungs are burning and I'll have a serious case of oxygen deficiency
everyone does this. When you are catching a guy on a ride (the poor guy probably does not even know he is in a race) going flat out panting away, then if they turn round, poker face on.
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daveinzambia said:
Well that's why I do the counter to that with more success. Pretend to be out of gas and slowly spin waiting for the sucker to pass. Now the best part is I have my drive train to be stealthy quiet even if I coast. As the sucker passes I slip on to their wheel and wait for them to blow up. As they slow I just slip by at their previous pace which they can't maintain any longer. Then slowly increase my speed without showing the increased effort, no standing, no swinging the bike, no noisey shifts just one cog slowly smoothly, never looking back, no moving to the drops. Always making sure there are no stop lights coming up too soon to allow them to catch up if you must stop, if there are any turns you move so as to disappear if possible.
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Flew into Reno one year for the The Death Ride. In the chaos of jamming a bike case and assorted bags into the back of a rental car, I took my relatively new Sidi road shoes out of a bag and set them on the ground under the bumper. I never saw them again. Discovered my loss at 4:00 AM the next morning at the start in Markleeville. Let's just say, I've had better days.
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VeloFidelis said:
Kind of the same thing happened to me. After a muddy ride on my MTB I was hosing it down and removed the cyclocomputer to avoid blasting it with water. I also didn't want to put it on the floor where I might step on it so I put it on top of the bumper of a car. I then finished and took the bike inside and forgot the computer. I guess the owner of the car took off and the computer had to ride on top of the bumper for a while since I looked for it around the parking space hoping to at least find some pieces but there was no trace of it.
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Even better is when there is a conversation and you act as if you're not out of breath. I mean it is totally stupid.daveinzambia said:
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