Comments on: 10 biggest goofs on a bike

By: Amelia

Amelia — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:04:37 +0000

There was a whole hydrangea head stuck in my front wheel and it was bugging the crap out of me. I nudged it with my right foot. Nudged it again. Kicked it and then my foot got caught in the wheel and I went over the handlebars.
Got away with nothing my some skinning, some sore joints and a kind of mashed foot (was wearing Chuck Taylors, which are, of course, canvas).
I’m not a cyclist, just somebody who bikes to get places…
Still, stupidest bike accident ever.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:46:08 +0000

Probably my most recent stupid move: I changed tube on my fixed gear bike but then neglected to tighten rear-wheel nuts adequately.

I was trackstanding at an intersection looking cool waiting to make a left turn. With a gap in oncoming traffic I put the hammer down, my rear wheel popped out and down I went right in the middle of the street.

Recovery was kinda slick, actually. I landed on my feet, caught the frame and the wheel before they fell over, and ran to the sidewalk.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:58:26 +0000

I’ve never done anything stupid on a bike. Well, maybe once. Out for a ride on our tandem, I was distracted by a woman washing her car in a bkini. i didn’t notice the four inch wide, four inch deep trench that plumbers or electricians had dug across the road. We flatted both tires. Lucky for me we had two tubes. Wife, who never saw bikini gal: “What happened?” Me: “The sun was in my eyes.”

My friend was so enraged by the action of a motorist that he hurled an apple (I’m still not sure why he had an apple in his jersey pocket) at the car. Since every action has an equal an opposite reaction, he was on the ground seconds later.