How long does it take to fall off?

Roger_This

Following a novel (well, for me) experience in North Berwick this afternoon, I am proposing a new unit of time. It is:
'the period of time required to transition from a stationary upright position to a stationary horizontal position'. I propose to call it a 'plummet'. If it already has a name, please let me know.

Just for info, it is much shorter than the time it takes to think' I wonder if I could get my left cleat undone now?'

And if you were one of the fine people who came to my aid without laughing - thank you. You were all wonderful.

Bikerbaboon

I like the plunge its a MTB term its the time between realising that you have go no hope of staying on the bike and the resulting impact on the ground. This can be quite some time especialy if you are a dirt jumper of a fast DH rider.

Zendog1

and just to show I can still remember the equations of motion it's about half a second.

boybiker

The name of the unit of time from the rider realizing that it has all gone Pete Tong to hitting the ground is called the aaahhhfuk. From the Special theory of relativity it can be shown that although each event lasts for exactly one aaahhhfuk the measured duration of the aaahhhfuk depends on the relative velocity of the observer and how funny it is.
My last aaahhhfuk seemed to me to last about 5 nS but according to observers I hit the ground and rolled over at least twice while uttering the phrase 'fuck me' about three times'

shockedsoshocked

If a cyclist falls off their bike and theres no one around to see it, do the trees laugh? Or something...

boybiker

Oh no not that old existential clap trap.
I bet if old Doubty Descartes fell off he would believe that the road existed.

Roger_This

And it can result in an Evans, as I've discovered.

'Evans' (noun) - fkn sore shoulder :shock:

And when I got home I managed to slip on the bathroom floor and whack my head on a shelf corner. According to someone near and dear(ish), that's called a 'stupid'.