What's the coolest thing you've done....

joebe · June 2007

...on your bike - in your opinion.

Last night I was pelting round the bottom of Hyde Park corner, surrounded by traffic when a cab pulled out in front of me, I had plenty of time to react so dabbed the brakes and ended up with the back wheel locking and going into a gentle broadslide at about 20mph, I then carried on honking up the hill. All of this was done without unclipping and no reaction on my part.

Thinking about it after I thought it must of looked quite cool [8D] to anyone following.... then again I could be fantasising again [:I].

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Wogan · June 2007

Absolutely flying down the bus lane on Edgware Road up near Brondesbury station, I spotted a huge metre-wide hole in the road ahead of me. Too late to swerve around it so I reverted to BMX instinct. Bunnyhopped it, landed oh-so-smoothly and continued belting down the road like nothing had happened. Not bad for a beat-up Ridgeback Genesis.

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Hackbike 6 · June 2007

I saw it joebe and it was rubbish.[;)]

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Will1985 · June 2007

I've done something very similar to joebe - except on a fixie. Following a cab at about 35kph who braked with absolutely nothing in front. Locked the pedals first, started to slide sideways, then front braked which kicked up the rear putting me totally sideways.
Also stayed clipped in...quite impressed with myself, but now I leave a bit more of a gap!

overmars · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by joebe

What's the coolest thing you've done.... on your bike - in your opinion.

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Get on it.

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Hackbike 6 · June 2007

A limousine did a U Turn outside Waterloo one night when I was cycling there for a night turn.

I managed to get round him while he did the dodgy manoeuvre.I was riding fixed wheel as well.[:p]

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Unknown · June 2007

stomach on saddle, legs out behind me, flying down a country road

made my friends 5 year old and two year old stop being grumpy and laugh.

on the same ride i nearly went straight over the bars into the canal riding down some steps to get onto the tow path

plusgourmande · June 2007

Once, a BMW X5 driver offered me a 'lift' when i was halfway up a hill. I held on to the door frame the whoooole waaay. Awesome.

Unknown · June 2007

i forgot to mention the top tube surfing.

just for the reccord, holding onto vehicles can get you and the driver into big trouble with police if they catch you (just cos someone will say it)

BentMikey · June 2007

Oh yes, some of my mates have had to go to court over that for doing it so many times they got caught repeatedly by the coppers. (Skaters, though, not cyclists).

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Asterixcp · June 2007

Slept in a vineyard when the youth hostel I was going to stay at turned out to be a practice hall for a rock band. They were crap and the vineyard was bloody freezing. I bought a tent after that.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by plusgourmande

Once, a BMW X5 driver offered me a 'lift' when i was halfway up a hill. I held on to the door frame the whoooole waaay. Awesome.
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When I was out on the bike I was spotted by 2 lads, one on a moped and t'other on a bicycle. For a laugh the moped rider gave his friend a tow til just behind me so he could overtake. Unfortunately the cyclist was a bit on the slow side because every time they did it I repassed him. Just a bit of fun.

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Eat My Dust · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by joebe
I then carried on honking up the hill.

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Sorry to rain on your parade, but, you clipped in honked up which hill at Hyde Park Corner. LOL, possibly a slight incline, and you had to honk up it!! dear oh me!![;)]

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ChrisKH · June 2007

I've done some pretty uncool things in my time, mostly around the subject of falling or being thrown off.

I was merrily pedalling down the road on my new blue 'Chopper' (this was 1970/71 - wish I had kept it) when the bike stopped for no apparent reason at all and I flew over the handlebars and hit the floor head first. Came to, God knows how much later, with a monster bump. Street was deserted. Nothing obviously wrong with the bike. Felt like an complete dipstick.

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urrrrrrrrrs · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Wogan

Absolutely flying down the bus lane on Edgware Road up near Brondesbury station, I spotted a huge metre-wide hole in the road ahead of me. Too late to swerve around it so I reverted to BMX instinct. Bunnyhopped it, landed oh-so-smoothly and continued belting down the road like nothing had happened. Not bad for a beat-up Ridgeback Genesis.

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cant do that in a 2.47 tonne taxi,saw it at the last minute the other day and i am having to go to my garage to get it checked out as it dont seem right[:(]

i'd rather have a bottle in front of me,than a frontal lobotomy

Cab · June 2007

While cycling home one evenng in Lancaster, it started snowing quite heavily. Got to the home leg, got about half way up the hill, and lost traction... Tried to brake, obviously it didn't help, considered turning the bike sideways, but eventually just slid about 50 yards backwards in a straight line. Nice

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Sh4rkybloke · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by plusgourmande

Once, a BMW X5 driver offered me a 'lift' when i was halfway up a hill. I held on to the door frame the whoooole waaay. Awesome.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Used to do that at Uni. My mate had a motorbike and used to pull me along at with me holding onto his side pannier.

Remember doing it one night, about 11.30pm going down to Didsbury from Old Trafford, a cop car going the other way must have clocked us and braked and started a U-turn (we both looked to see if we'd been seen). As soon as he started turning I let go and peddled like a fast-peddling-thing, and my mate continued off down the road. I turned left into the first road I saw, stopped and chucked my bike over a hedge into someone's garden (and quickly followed it)... I think the cop must have thought I was the easier target to catch and drove past down the road looking for me.

Aaaah, the joys of youth! [:D]

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joebe · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Eat My Dust

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by joebe
I then carried on honking up the hill.

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Sorry to rain on your parade, but, you clipped in honked up which hill at Hyde Park Corner. LOL, possibly a slight incline, and you had to honk up it!! dear oh me!![;)]

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OK, OK, I got out of the saddle on the 50 yard slight incline up to Knightsbridge.....Honk just sounds cooler.

Anyway, since when has the verb honk been dependent on the incline or distance....? I'd say it has more to do with the rider's fitness[;)]

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Eat My Dust · June 2007

I would have thought the fitter you are, the less need you would have had to be out of the saddle![;)]

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urrrrrrrrrs · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by joebe

...on your bike - in your opinion.

Last night I was pelting round the bottom of Hyde Park corner, surrounded by traffic when a cab pulled out in front of me, I had plenty of time to react so dabbed the brakes and ended up with the back wheel locking and going into a gentle broadslide at about 20mph, I then carried on honking up the hill. All of this was done without unclipping and no reaction on my part.

Thinking about it after I thought it must of looked quite cool [8D] to anyone following.... then again I could be fantasising again [:I].

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joebe,i hope it wasnt me[:p] mind you how did you manage to get upto that speed in the rush hour around HPC ?

i'd rather have a bottle in front of me,than a frontal lobotomy

Mosschops2 · June 2007

When I was working in Germany for a summer, we were given these hire bikes, good sit-up-and-beg deals they were too. Complete with rear-pedal braking. Somehow I found out that after charging along in the pedestrianised zone [:I] at night, in the wet, on the nice smooth surface, that if you jam on the rear-pedal brakes, you can effectively do a hand brake turn, spin through 180 degrees, then continue backwards for 15 feet or so in a straight line until you stop.

Somehow I doubt I would have the guts to even try that again now!!

Have you ever tried pressing Alt+F4 ??

joebe · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Eat My Dust

I would have thought the fitter you are, the less need you would have had to be out of the saddle![;)]

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Exactly!!!![xx(]

My legs aren't what they used to be!!

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joebe · June 2007

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joebe,i hope it wasnt me[:p] mind you how did you manage to get upto that speed in the rush hour around HPC ?

i'd rather have a bottle in front of me,than a frontal lobotomy
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Get to front of the lights at Constitution hill, when they change (or just before - wrist slap) grap one of the middle lanes and go like crazy down the hill, by that time the lights at the bottom are with you leaving you free to take the right hander still ahead of everyone (bar the fast motorbikes), at speed, up to the Knightsbridge turn, watching out for rougue cabs and diplomats pulling out from Grosvenor Cr.

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graham_g · June 2007

This is really sad - about the only cool thing I could think of was riding along at about 15mph and disposing of my chewing gum bang on target into a bin on the pavement.

Flying_Monkey · June 2007

Surely, if you are riding at speed, a short incline is exactly where you'd get out of the saddle briefly to keep a nice even cadence? You'd stay sitting on long, slow hills... and then get out again for evil steep things.

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Eat My Dust · June 2007

It's a mere blimp, not even a short incline!! Saying that I have done nearly 40mph down Constitution Hill (not really a hill either) before!!

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monty_dogcp · June 2007

Apart from the numerous alpine descenrs where I've often raced my mates down the hill, overtaking all manner of vehicles or getting stopped by the gendarmes for going too quick here's a couple of near-misses!
I was riding Tilff-Bastogne-Tilff in the Ardenees the other week in the pouring rain - around Roche en Ardennes there are a few roads with hairpins. I overtook a few guys going into a tight righthander with negative camber - as I braked my back wheel started sliding (crap GP4000 tyres) and stepping sideways to the concern of the guys follwing. Rather than face the inevitable stack, I straightened up towards the armco and the river gorge, grabbed big handfuls of brake and then made it cleanly around the corner. The guys behind thought I was a goner - we'd just seen someone else take a dive over the armco into a gorge a few minutes earlier - but I just gave a big grin and carried out.
Another time I was racing down Luz Ardiden in late afternoon - it was pretty well a clear road. This time, on a big left-hander at about 50kph I ran so wide that I was in the gravel between the tarmac, armco and a big drop! By unweighting the bike, I was able to lift my front wheel the 6 inches back up onto the tarmac and continue unhindered - my mate following was shaking his head in wonder - he thought I'd need a paramedic!

Unknown · June 2007

There a stream near where I live with a road that goes straight through it. My (5 yo) so likes me to drive the car through (he shout's "I've got to change my pants...")

Was cycling near there with him at the week-end... and I think you can probably see where this is heading. Small son thought it was funny anyway.

Unknown · June 2007

Got a blow job on mine!

Eat My Dust · June 2007

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Got a blow job on mine!
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Weren't you scared you hit a big bump?

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dsoutar · June 2007

Cycling in a blizzard

It wasn't just cool, it was f***in' freezing

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Small Fish · June 2007

My list of uncool things is a lot longer than my list of cool things...

Cycled home in the the heaviest rainstorm I have seen in my life, like being in a giant power shower. Took it slow and admired the awesome power of nature!

Was hit side-on by a postie on his bike once. I'd seen him coming and slammed my brakes on - which unfortunately put me directly in his path. His front carrier frame hit me on the hip and with my back wheel off the ground I span 180 degrees on the front wheel, jumped out of the pedals and landed on my feet.

What's the coolest thing you've done....

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