Sircrashalot
New Member
SO the other day I found an entirely new and yet very painful (to body and ego) way to crash. I want to provide others the opportunity to laugh at me, and thought other people might have unexpectedly discovered other clever ways to be an idiot that they may want to share.
SO here's mine:
Been riding with clipless only a few months. Have already done the "forgot I was clipped in" flop about a million times. Have already done the waiting on the trail and too lazy to unclip so ride up and grab hold of a branch, only to have it snap off the tree and crash, crash.
Sunday was heading out for the first time in a long while with my good friend Tommy Crash. We decided to hit 6MR from the ranger station side. Got saddled up in the parking lot, and started to head out of the ranger station lot towards the trail. I clipped in, and since I haven;t been riding in a bit, proceeded to wheelie to get the feel for the 'ol Heckler back. Didn't have the feel. Wheelie got too tall, forgot to grab some rear brake and instead went to take my feet off the pedals to abort. Since my feet remained firmly attached to the pedals I went straight over backwards, in extreme slow motion, for what felt like at least an hour of total helplessness and full knowledge that I was about to hit pavement, hard, and landed flatly on my camelpack & back of my head!!!
At least it happened right in the lot so all could see. No words to explain what a JACKASS I am.
Anyhow, on a serious note, were it not for my helmet, elbow guards and gloves it would have been a hospital trip for a concussion and probably a shattered left elbow and bloodied right palm. Instead, I scraped up what little pride I had left and rode all day! I checked my Garmin data but couldnt find where the elevation went up a coupple feet and then rapidly back down.
:duh:
SO here's mine:
Been riding with clipless only a few months. Have already done the "forgot I was clipped in" flop about a million times. Have already done the waiting on the trail and too lazy to unclip so ride up and grab hold of a branch, only to have it snap off the tree and crash, crash.
Sunday was heading out for the first time in a long while with my good friend Tommy Crash. We decided to hit 6MR from the ranger station side. Got saddled up in the parking lot, and started to head out of the ranger station lot towards the trail. I clipped in, and since I haven;t been riding in a bit, proceeded to wheelie to get the feel for the 'ol Heckler back. Didn't have the feel. Wheelie got too tall, forgot to grab some rear brake and instead went to take my feet off the pedals to abort. Since my feet remained firmly attached to the pedals I went straight over backwards, in extreme slow motion, for what felt like at least an hour of total helplessness and full knowledge that I was about to hit pavement, hard, and landed flatly on my camelpack & back of my head!!!
At least it happened right in the lot so all could see. No words to explain what a JACKASS I am.
Anyhow, on a serious note, were it not for my helmet, elbow guards and gloves it would have been a hospital trip for a concussion and probably a shattered left elbow and bloodied right palm. Instead, I scraped up what little pride I had left and rode all day! I checked my Garmin data but couldnt find where the elevation went up a coupple feet and then rapidly back down.
:duh: