Mud, mud, glorious mud!

SpinningJenny
SpinningJenny Posts: 889
edited June 2009 in Women
To make up for my alarm clock incident over last weekend, I hereby commit to:

(1) Getting up when my alarm clock rings at 5.30am on Saturday

(2) Come rain, or shine, getting out on my bike

(3) To laugh in the face of torrential rain

(4) To enjoy getting splattered with mud

(5) To not stop grinning when I get home....

(6) To rub Sexy Sadie* down lovingly and adoringly and whisper sweet nothings to her in the process....

(* my bike - don't worry! :twisted: )

Signed, in virtual blood,



SJx
Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08

Comments

  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    I spent the weekend cycling in rain and mud and it's actually quite awesome :lol: The funniest part is when you get home and take your cycliing shorts off and it looks like you're wearing brown leg warmers :lol:
    I ride like a girl
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  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    mmmmm - tasty :D

    makes me think of...chocolate :wink:
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • canadiankate
    canadiankate Posts: 27
    Pretty much everytime that I go riding is in mud. I love it.

    I'm currently recovering from skills related bike injuries and wondering if i'll ever be good. *sigh"

    No biking for me for a while

    :cry:
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Oh crap! What have you done to yourself??
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
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  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I wnat to get my first 'off' over with asap.

    As long as it doesn't cause serious injury to my bike or me...

    Get better soon, Kate!
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • SleepyLea
    SleepyLea Posts: 127
    I am approaching injuries/off's with blissfull ignorance... La la la, I am not listening, fluffy bunnies and cuddly lambs....
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    very, very cuddly lambs

    and fluffy chicks

    and cute ickle moo cows
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    Absord the fact you will crash, it happens to us all! accept it, grow to look fwd to those comedy moments... then squeeze your eyes shut and it may just go away :P
  • SleepyLea
    SleepyLea Posts: 127
    I like to think I had my first off... Though no one was around to see it, is this a one hand clapping, tree falling with no one around type thing? Does someone have to see it in order for it to have happened???

    though the bruise on my bum was big enough proof!!!
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    No one has to see it to prove it..

    The slight limp and strain that shows for the next few days is a give away sorry
  • canadiankate
    canadiankate Posts: 27
    Well - where do i start?

    Managed to go over the handlebars trying to get the back wheel up (Note to self- don't squeeze the front break, brush it lovingly.) From that i have lovely bruised girly bits thanks to the handlebars but did get my feet on the ground.

    Then, i went one way as the front wheel went the other and have scraped knee and big bruises on both legs and on my arm.

    my flats don't like my right shin so currently i look like i've just had leg suregy and pins taken out.

    I'm recovering now, but the scab keeps falling off and re-opening.

    Is anyone else as klutzy on the bike? :?
  • SleepyLea
    SleepyLea Posts: 127
    HA HA..... I managed to fall BACKWARDS into a bush after deciding that it was a good idea to try and get up a steep hill thing , ended up leaving a Sleepylea shaped hole in a bramble bush, and a bum full of prickles!!!!
  • canadiankate
    canadiankate Posts: 27
    ERROR! how long did it take to get the brambles out?

    :D
  • SleepyLea
    SleepyLea Posts: 127
    Too long!!!! Though I did look like a tit chasing my "tail" I had to laugh myself. :lol:
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    I put my foot through the front spokes of a road bike once, and went right over the handle bars :roll:
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
    Specialized HardRock Pro Disc 04
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    Nothing MTB... yet.

    Road 'issue' witnessed by early morning street-cleaner, who loved it.

    Let's just say i got too close to the kerb, and leave it at that.... :wink:

    What an @rse... :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Ooo, I did that on my mtb going to the station once. I tried to jump a curb, failed, but managed to leap off the bike and land on my feet before going head first into a wall. I got a round of applause for that one :lol: :oops: :lol:
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
    Specialized HardRock Pro Disc 04
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    i think that's quite classy, actually!

    round of applause from me too!
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Why thank you :lol:
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
    Specialized HardRock Pro Disc 04
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    Most welcome
    :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • Fat Bird
    Fat Bird Posts: 23
    Does falling off sideways when at a standstill cos your feet are stuck in your SPD'S count?
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Yep :lol:
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
    Specialized HardRock Pro Disc 04
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    very, very classy :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Done it.


    In front of a group of walkers.



    I pulled myself up, climbed on, rode past them, then nearly did it again when I had to stop for a horse :roll:
    I ride like a girl
    Start: 16.5.x Now: 14.10.8 Goal: 11.7.x
    www.ditchwitch.me.uk
    www.darksnow.co.uk
    Specialized HardRock Pro Disc 04
  • SpinningJenny
    SpinningJenny Posts: 889
    bloomin' horses :roll:
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • SleepyLea
    SleepyLea Posts: 127
    This is why I wont get SPDs... Thou shalt not endanger themselves or their ego :lol:

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