The most terrifying sound a cyclist can hear...

garysan
garysan Posts: 63
edited September 2010 in The bottom bracket
is the sound of a HGV locking its wheels up right on/alongside your back wheel because the driver has misjudged the closing speed of the approaching bus...

I'll not forget that one in a hurry :(

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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    That's scarey alright, but not nearly as terrifying as hearing the wife say, "The credit card bill came in this morning, you told me those wheels cost £25...
  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    your'e on a 1 in 3 descent, tucked in tight, comp reads 50mph then ......hissssssssssssssss
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    You would have been excused had you soiled your armour. I would have I'm quite sure.
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    I thought the sound of your own bones snapping would be worse. :wink:
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    I would have thought the sound of a howling werewolf bounding towards you would be far worse, but maybe I just have an overactive imagination.

    Glad nothing happened to you.
  • snailracer
    snailracer Posts: 968
    The sqeaking of the BSO that's about to scalp you.
  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    Can't hear sh** cos my music's too loud.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    snailracer wrote:
    The sqeaking of the BSO that's about to scalp you.
    Genuinely laughed out loud at that. I can just picture the machine complete with ridiculously buckled wheel and orange drivetrain.

    To the OP. Rather you than me mate! Whatever floats your boat, I won't be trying to mimic your little hobby myself.
  • garrynolan
    garrynolan Posts: 560
    The paramedic saying 'We can't save him' as he pops the in-ear headphones out of your ears after being hit by the car going out of control after a blow-out and you didn't hear the horn sounding!!


    Couldn't resist.
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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    nahhh, the most terrifying thing is.. 'Sorry, we're out of beer' at the pub at the end of teh ride.. :/
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    snailracer wrote:
    The sqeaking of the BSO that's about to scalp you.

    Is that one where the rider is moving further in a vertical plane than a horizontal plane with each pedal stroke :lol:
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    redvee wrote:
    snailracer wrote:
    The sqeaking of the BSO that's about to scalp you.

    Is that one where the rider is moving further in a vertical plane than a horizontal plane with each pedal stroke :lol:
    The humour's small compensation to the actual scalping though.

    The scariest sound I've heard in any context is, "Uh, oh ..."
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    brin wrote:
    your'e on a 1 in 3 descent, tucked in tight, comp reads 50mph then ......hissssssssssssssss
    Well I've never had a werewolf bound after me, but this one I have had - or even worse, the BANG of a front tyre blowout descending at 50.
    I've also had the sound of bones snapping - actually some combination of crack, crunch, thump & squelch - but those kind of things tend to happen so fast that you don't really have time to be scared: near misses strangely seem worse that way.
  • nfiore
    nfiore Posts: 72
    "move over fat boy"
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    anto164 wrote:
    nahhh, the most terrifying thing is.. 'Sorry, we're out of beer' at the pub at the end of teh ride.. :/

    A pub that is out of beer is not a pub....

    I'd go with that little tinkling metallic sound as "something" falls off of your bike and you have no idea what it is....
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  • 37monkey
    37monkey Posts: 141
    the sound of your LBS mechanic sucking air through his teeth
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    My Mavic R-Sys spoke going ping. :shock:
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I find the sound of going round a corner on greasy wet road at 46mph terrifying.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    "Come through!", especially when Wayne Randle says it :shock:
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • Wokie
    Wokie Posts: 16
    brin wrote:
    your'e on a 1 in 3 descent, tucked in tight, comp reads 50mph then ......hissssssssssssssss

    no hearing the cracking crunching sound of your carbon forks before they break.
  • desmosedici
    desmosedici Posts: 117
    Father Jack wrote:
    I thought the sound of your own bones snapping would be worse. :wink:

    Been there, done that, 3 weeks ago. Most sickening sound I've ever heard.
  • izza
    izza Posts: 1,561
    desmosedici wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    I thought the sound of your own bones snapping would be worse. :wink:

    Been there, done that, 3 weeks ago. Most sickening sound I've ever heard.

    Eight years ago, I snapped my right ACL in a game of footie. The sound of it snapping as I fell over made me think I had broken my leg.

    Six years later having taken up 5-a-side, fell over on the other leg and heard similar sound from my left leg.

    Got home to hear the sound of one angry wife 1) asking how I dare ruin Xmas 2) wondering why I had carried on playing football and 3) asking my mother (who was staying) to take me to A&E as she was sick of the sight of me lying in our hall.

    Anyone want to guess the sound affect I am going to hear when I tell her the 5-a-side team need another player next week.............
  • garrynolan
    garrynolan Posts: 560
    izza wrote:
    desmosedici wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    I thought the sound of your own bones snapping would be worse. :wink:

    Been there, done that, 3 weeks ago. Most sickening sound I've ever heard.

    Eight years ago, I snapped my right ACL in a game of footie. The sound of it snapping as I fell over made me think I had broken my leg.

    Six years later having taken up 5-a-side, fell over on the other leg and heard similar sound from my left leg.

    Got home to hear the sound of one angry wife 1) asking how I dare ruin Xmas 2) wondering why I had carried on playing football and 3) asking my mother (who was staying) to take me to A&E as she was sick of the sight of me lying in our hall.

    Forgot how bad that sounded - did my left playing rugby 16/12/05. Crap Christmas and 3 months off work (full pay so not all bad!).

    Anyone want to guess the sound affect I am going to hear when I tell her the 5-a-side team need another player next week.............
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  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    "Come through!", especially when Wayne Randle says it :shock:
    Been there,done it,& if you're on his wheel,it's only fair to take your turn
    (hell of a nice bloke,actually)
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  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    anto164 wrote:
    nahhh, the most terrifying thing is.. 'Sorry, we're out of beer' at the pub at the end of teh ride.. :/

    That actually happened to me on top of the Alpe d'Huez. :shock: :shock: I couldn't believe my ears! Apparently I got to the bar in question one hour before it closed . . . . .


    . . . . . for the four month interval between the end of the Summer season and the start of the ski season.

    I had a bitter lemon instead :cry:

    Probably wise, with hindsight, as I'm not sure how I would have done on the descent with a couple of beers in me!!

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    izza wrote:
    desmosedici wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    I thought the sound of your own bones snapping would be worse. :wink:

    Been there, done that, 3 weeks ago. Most sickening sound I've ever heard.

    Eight years ago, I snapped my right ACL in a game of footie. The sound of it snapping as I fell over made me think I had broken my leg.

    Six years later having taken up 5-a-side, fell over on the other leg and heard similar sound from my left leg.

    Got home to hear the sound of one angry wife 1) asking how I dare ruin Xmas 2) wondering why I had carried on playing football and 3) asking my mother (who was staying) to take me to A&E as she was sick of the sight of me lying in our hall.

    Anyone want to guess the sound affect I am going to hear when I tell her the 5-a-side team need another player next week.............

    Mate, drink some full fat milk!!
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