Cycling without hands
navt
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Is not recommended in strong cross winds.
I found out the embarrassing way :oops: in Greenwich Park :oops: whilst taking a swig from my water bottle.
I found out the embarrassing way :oops: in Greenwich Park :oops: whilst taking a swig from my water bottle.
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Handist
:PRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Try cycling no handed and high-fiving someone coming the opposite way at 18mph, by jove it hurts
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Toptip
One hand on handlebars
One hand for bottle
Simples“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Except when you haven't been on a bike for 10 yearsWheezyMcChubby wrote:Toptip
One hand on handlebars
One hand for bottle
Simples
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WheezyMcChubby wrote:One hand on handlebars
One hand for bottle
But where's the fun in that?0 -
I agree. I almost found out in a deadly was last week. Thank God there was no other traffic. :shock:
I swear, it was the quickest and sharpest change of direction I have even made.0 -
One hand on the handlebars, one hand slinging a banana skin into the hedge going downhill at about 25mph is also a bad idea.
Cue unimaginable speed wobble which I only just recovered from.
Suppose it was Karma for chucking a banana Skin...0 -
I thought this was going to be a por soul asking for advice after losing their hands in a bizarre gardening accident.
Am I morbid?
How would they brake?Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
Tightening your Aheadset whilst riding also a bad idea. Applying torque to the steering tube with an allen key makes you go less straight than before.0
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navt wrote:prawny wrote:I thought this was going to be a por soul asking for advice after losing their hands in a bizarre gardening accident.
Am I morbid?
How would they brake?
TBF, the thought did cross my mind. That's why they invented unicycles, right? Or back-pedal brakes on BMXs?
Good call, although now I'm going to start doing the old 'apparently unicycles were invented by a cyclist who lost both his hands in a bizarre insert benign activity here accident'Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
prawny wrote:I thought this was going to be a por soul asking for advice after losing their hands in a bizarre gardening accident.
Am I morbid?
How would they brake?
Dutch (?) style back pedal brakes.
Gear changing and steering may also be a problem, although no dounbt some wil lsay that this is another argument in favour of s/s bikes0 -
barry_kellett99 wrote:One hand on the handlebars, one hand slinging a banana skin into the hedge going downhill at about 25mph is also a bad idea.
Cue unimaginable speed wobble which I only just recovered from.
Suppose it was Karma for chucking a banana Skin...
I had Alanis Morrisette in my head then "One hand on bars, the other giving a peace signanah"
"This area left purposefully blank"
Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.
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