you won't even believe it what happen to me this morning

soy_sauce

i fell off the bike (over the handler bar) in a park.

i was looking down at the padels to try to see what causing the noise but as soon as i realised it, my front wheel was on the grass and i was falling into a tree/bush.

so i put the break on (as i always use the front break instead of the rear one, guess which one i was using..lol), i end up over the handle bar and land on the muddy grass.lol

my jacket and trousers are covered in mud....i got up and continue cycling to work (at this moment i saw a pair of batteries on the floor and i was thinking its abit weird) but things got worst....

when i got in the office and lock my bike, i realised my rear light been broken..and the batteries which i mentioned above.. yeah, it was from my rear light. so hopefully it still be there when im on my way home. but i doubt it as the gardeners might picked it up and put it in the bin so i just bought another one online a minute ago.

by now, you would be either: 1) worry about me. or 2) laughing your head off. lol
but this is not the end!!

came into the office and was about to get change and guess what happen?! i forgot my pair of jeans!! so i have to wear the cycling trousers for the whole day and yeah, it has mud on it...:(

haha



so how is your day so far?



p.s. luckily i fell on the grass but not the hard path part in the park, so i didn't injury myself.

spen666

I don't believe it

ride_whenever

muppet, you clearly need more mad cyclo-cross skillz

soy_sauce

ride_whenever wrote:

muppet, you clearly need more mad cyclo-cross skillz

well, i only been cycling for few weeks so still have alot to learn.

ride_whenever

Don't worry about it too much, at least you're not hurt and clearly have cat-like landing skills!

It's an offroad bike, so next time, just give it some welly and go right on through any obstacles!!!

Finbar Saunders

And what's wrong with wearing cycling shorts at work?

Are they neon pink?

Clever Pun

Finbar Saunders wrote:

And what's wrong with wearing cycling shorts at work?

Are they neon pink?

no just I'veshitmyself brown

glad you're ok and I did have a good laugh

downfader

We all crash or fall off atleast once imo. I slipped on ice last year and hurt my a***

Kieran_Burns

I broke my wrist doing something similar. I looked down to see what gear I was in and drifted into the kerb. I leant forward to get to the brakes and the front wheel caught and stopped dead.

I went straight over... the problem was: I was learning TaeKwon Do at the time and was learning how to fall... one hand down and roll...

I was doing about 25 at the time.

One hand down. SNAP

Roll... err... no. SLLLIIIIIDDDEEEEE on my right arm instantly turning it into mincemeat.

I stopped all the traffic and had LOADS of help. One guy was all for taking me to hospital, another would drop my bike off home, all REALLY helpful

Then one guy said he wished he had a camera, at which point everyone starts nodding :?

So he explained that when I went over the handlebars i did a perfect full stretch handstand and my feet must've been 10' in the air before I crumpled and crashed! :roll: :shock:

I'll not bore you with the sadistic doctor at the hospital who demonstrated his 'technique' of diagnosis, nor the VERY helpful house mate who cleaned my mangled right arm with NEAT TCP!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

prj45

I had a nightmare day too, not as bad as yours though, but I had a real energy sap about 1/3 of a way into my ride, joints hurting, phlem in throat, couldn't catch my breath so I didn't really enjoy my ride (I think I was dealing with bug as well as rather too much cycling recently).

Then I dropped my water bottle and the cover over the nipple smashed, and when I got to work my pants and socks were wet as I'd left my rack bag zip a bit open.

And my gloves MING!

sc999cs

henry_ho_yin > If you use clipless pedals you can put the blame on those. If you don't just think of it as practising for when you do go clipless.

prj45 > Are you gloves washable?

prj45

sc999cs wrote:

prj45 > Are you gloves washable?

Well, obviously, but that woud require some degree of bothering to wash them...

sc999cs

prj45 wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

prj45 > Are you gloves washable?

Well, obviously, but that woud require some degree of bothering to wash them...

I didn't say to actually wash them - being washable they're designed to get wet inside and won't rot like non-washable gloves etc etc (I just made this up -but it sounds convincing doesn't it???)

Clever Pun

Kieran_Burns ouch..

I did something similar years ago.... hooning along and my wheel got caught inbetween cyclepath and pavement and all of a sudden my back wheel is trying to come over my head.. I manage to get a hand down and cartwheel with bike still attached to my feet the handlebar takes a massive hit too coming out with a ridiculous bend in ti and me eventually bruised to pieces. I eventually end up laying on the ground still attached with people staring at me trying to work out what on earth I just managed to do... I still don't really know now

always_tyred

prj45 wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

prj45 > Are you gloves washable?

Well, obviously, but that woud require some degree of bothering to wash them...

Its not just me then.

My cycling gear is so bad, its against the law for me to wear it indoors. I have to keep each item in a separate tupperware container in my desk.

Come to think of it, my cycling gear smells a bit like cat's pee.

Hang on. I have 2 cats...... THOMAS!

biondino

This might be the moment to say: cyclists, when your gear starts smelling of urine, it's time to wash or replace it. Please.

always_tyred

biondino wrote:

This might be the moment to say: cyclists, when your gear starts smelling of urine, it's time to wash or replace it. Please.

Its a safety feature. There was a study be a researcher in Bath who measured average passing distance of motorists when wearing cycle gear which did/didn't smell of wee...

Clever Pun

Always Tyred wrote:

biondino wrote:

This might be the moment to say: cyclists, when your gear starts smelling of urine, it's time to wash or replace it. Please.

Its a safety feature. There was a study be a researcher in Bath who measured average passing distance of motorists when wearing cycle gear which did/didn't smell of wee...

but tramps chase you down... rough and the smooth I guess

girv73

@henry_ho_yin I think we've all had dumb accidents on bikes, it goes with the territory of being perched in an essentially unstable equilibrium I nearly hit the kerb a few days ago as I reached down to adjust my crudcatcher for example, and that's not an isolated or rare incident for me :roll:

At work, my cycling gear goes into my backpack which is then placed outside on the balcony, where it steams gently for a while. At home, it hangs in the garage for a while before being allowed anywhere near the laundry basket. I bought new gloves last week and they're already starting to whiff :roll:

biondino

I washed my helmet the other day, as comprehensively as I could - I even ended up spending an hour making sewing repairs to the removable pads! After 2 days it was already beginning to smell again. But it'll take a *long* time to get as unpleasant as it was before.

Chaps - as Girv said, AIR OUT your cycling gear if you're not going to wash it. Otherwise I'd have to scalp you simply to avoid riding behind you! Unless it's a considered tactic to dispose of wheelsuckers...

cee

biondino wrote:

I washed my helmet the other day, as comprehensively as I could - I even ended up spending an hour making sewing repairs to the removable pads! After 2 days it was already beginning to smell again. But it'll take a *long* time to get as unpleasant as it was before.

Chaps - as Girv said, AIR OUT your cycling gear if you're not going to wash it. Otherwise I'd have to scalp you simply to avoid riding behind you! Unless it's a considered tactic to dispose of wheelsuckers...

How did you protect it in the machine?? The old pillowcase routine?

Funny....well used cycling gear does smell a bit like cats p1ss. Why is that?

Kieran_Burns

cee wrote:

How did you protect it in the machine?? The old pillowcase routine?

Funny....well used cycling gear does smell a bit like cats p1ss. Why is that?

Sweat contains a small amount of urea... if you don't wash your clothes this is where the smell comes from

Cue frantic washing of EVERYTHING when people get home tonight.

lost_in_thought

You are all mingers! :P

With the exception of jackets, I only ever wear my cycling gear for one day, so an out-and-back or similar, then it gets washed. I don't wear gloves or a helmet, but do wash my shoes as best I can. As for the jacket, it is cleaned probably once a month, but I have a few of them.

So nothing smells, of cat wee or otherwise! :roll:

wiffachip

henry_ho_yin wrote:

i fell off the bike (over the handler bar) in a park.

i was looking down at the padels

replacing the paddles with pedals might help

The Chingford Skinhead

Clever Pun wrote:

Kieran_Burns ouch..

I did something similar years ago.... hooning along and my wheel got caught inbetween cyclepath and pavement and all of a sudden my back wheel is trying to come over my head.. I manage to get a hand down and cartwheel with bike still attached to my feet the handlebar takes a massive hit too coming out with a ridiculous bend in ti and me eventually bruised to pieces. I eventually end up laying on the ground still attached with people staring at me trying to work out what on earth I just managed to do... I still don't really know now

Kieran and Clever Pun - shame on you both. I went over my handlebars on the last day of my hols in Austria while trying to catch up with my daughter who was young at the time and getting away from me. I did the full somersault and a half and landed on my elbow - right in the middle of a market. But BEING A MAN I sprang to my feet, told everyone I was fine and cycled off. Pulling the break was hard and then the electric shock like pain started and then I decided I ought to go to a doctor (about two hours later) Clean break just below the elbow!

The Austrian doctor was great (used to skiing accidents no doubt) I won't bore you with my NHS tales of woe except for two snippets.
1 When I asked to see a physio I was told it would do more harm than good!!! So, I got my own. Told her what had happened and the first thing she then asked was "how is your shoulder?" The way I fell meant the impact was the elbow but pushed up to the shoulder. Of course it was frozen! The specialist consultant had never bothered to check!

2 I was discharged when I still had limited movement of my arm. The conversation went like this
"I can't move my elbow much"
Dr "Can you do this?" Moves hand to mouth
"yes, just"
Dr "Can you do this?" Moves hand to his bottom"
[Worried] "er, yes"
Dr "Well, anything else is a bonus. Good bye"
:shock: :shock: :shock:

always_tyred

lost_in_thought wrote:

You are all mingers! :P

With the exception of jackets, I only ever wear my cycling gear for one day, so an out-and-back or similar, then it gets washed. I don't wear gloves or a helmet, but do wash my shoes as best I can. As for the jacket, it is cleaned probably once a month, but I have a few of them.

So nothing smells, of cat wee or otherwise! :roll:

You don't ride hard enough then.

Kieran_Burns

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

Kieran and Clever Pun - shame on you both.

I'll have you know I cycled back home after waving off all offers of help :P

Lots of people offered but I politely refused and hopped (ish) back on the bike after the initial bout of shock and got back home, where the TCP incident happened. :shock:

It was only the repeated insistance of my house mate (was frankly flaming gorgeous... but what happened with her is another story) and her boyfriend that convinced me to go to hospital.

So. Nuh

The Chingford Skinhead

Kieran_Burns wrote:

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

Kieran and Clever Pun - shame on you both.

I'll have you know I cycled back home after waving off all offers of help :P

Lots of people offered but I politely refused and hopped (ish) back on the bike after the initial bout of shock and got back home, where the TCP incident happened. :shock:

It was only the repeated insistance of my house mate (was frankly flaming gorgeous... but what happened with her is another story) and her boyfriend that convinced me to go to hospital.

So. Nuh

I apologise profusely. I shall eat a large slice of humble pie and humility custard. Well done, fellow member of the Stupid Male Pride. It's amazing how the shock / adrenalin / male pride hides the pain for just so long for you to get out of the sight of the people who offerred help but quickly wears off with a vengence!

Littigator

In the first week of riding with clipless pedals I was heading up Regent's Street wondering whether to cut in between a bus waiting at lights and the little island the lights were mounted on in the middle of the road before the lights changed to green.

It ended with me somehow having hit the island flipped over, landing on my back with my bike suspended in the air above me as I was still clipped in.

Cue everyone on the bus peering down at me as the bus pulled off absolutely p*ssing themselves as I give them a little wave!

Cleaning kit, yeah apparently it hapens sometimes, but BD with your admission of spending an HOUR repairing the felt bits in your helmet you have finally and unequivocally come out of the closet !!!

girv73

Cleaning bike gear ... nope, as a man, I have no idea how that happens. I put it in the laundry basket and a few days later it appears in the hotpress, clean. I remember installing an "automatic washing machine" at one point, so I imagine that's involved somehow.

biondino

Littigator wrote:

Cleaning kit, yeah apparently it hapens sometimes, but BD with your admission of spending an HOUR repairing the felt bits in your helmet you have finally and unequivocally come out of the closet !!!

I learned to sew in Nam, reattaching my fallen buddies' limbs. Indeed I sewed my own ear back on with nothing more than a piece of sharpened bamboo and a sinew torn from the severed shin of a Viet Cong.