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    today i was watching this guy doing a wheelie on his fixed gear and he was riding pretty fast and straight into a pothole and he completely taco his back rim, he didn't get hurt but i thought it was pretty damn hilarious
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    I was riding in front of my house... kids watching. Did a couple of sprints up and down the street.... came back. Kids greeted me in the street.... I rolled up, my foot somehow got stuck in the strap and BANG !!! I fell...
    Kids started laughing... I started laughing !!! Ruined my brand new bar tape.....
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    Posted By: danzap209I was riding in front of my house... kids watching. Did a couple of sprints up and down the street.... came back. Kids greeted me in the street.... I rolled up, my foot somehow got stuck in the strap and BANG !!! I fell...
    Kids started laughing... I started laughing !!! Ruined my brand new bar tape.....


    aha that sucks
    i remember i was in a rush and i had to make a quick turn and my foot wasnt in the cages so my foot was pretty much out there and i got the worst toe overlap ever and i just ate it in the middle of the street. nobody saw it though i hope haha
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    I was on a group ride and it just rained. We were going down a hill and I went to skid and my front tire hit a hole/crack in the road and turned my front wheel. Needless to say I went down and my new Strong-X grip on the right side of my drops ripped in half. I was ok but SUPER embarrassed because I fell in front of everyone.

    Not my proudest moment..but it was pretty funny.
    • CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    Pop Wheelies and Quick Release Wheels

    to recap:

    I was riding a beater today on a bike path through some parks here in Chicago. It was a great day, 70 degrees, lots of sun, just tooling around on a mixte with a quick release front wheel.

    I was getting a good 4-6" of lift on some pop-ups, leaning way back, enjoying the ride.

    I popped-up about an hour into the ride and my front wheel detached and kept rolling. The wheel rolled on down the path by it self at least 100' from where I crashed. I saw the wheel come out and when I looked down just before I crashed I saw an empty fork. I went over the bars after the fork came down. No injuries besides for some road rash on my left hand and a scraped up knee. I was going pretty slow and my head didn't touch the ground. The beater is going in the trash heap from where it came.

    Lesson of the day: check the tightness of your quick release wheels before every ride!
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    Yikes !!!! That sounds nasty....
    • CommentAuthorAaron C
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    i once ran over a storm sewer grate that was hidden under debris, in a neighborhood which i had just moved into. the fucking thing had the grill oriented with traffic and i was too new to the area to have noticed that death trap before.

    long story short: i got forced over the grate by a car, my front wheel dropped down immediately and i flipped over the bars taking the bike with me. not pretty.

    i was infront of this half-way house too so there was about 15 ex-meth users sitting outside, laughing their asses off at me.
    • CommentAuthorM0THER
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    I was tailing my friend to a gallery since I had no clue where it was and he ended up stopping abruptly which gave me two options, at least that's what i thought at the time

    run into him or run into a tree

    I tried to avoid both and ended up slamming my bike into a a cement wall bending my fork, bruising my face, cutting on my foot on the chain and slight loss of memory. The impact was loud enough that everyone in the art gallery came out to see wtf happened. Somehow, I missed the giant blue cement building.

    I should have ran into my friend, I would've saved myself a new fork and a bruised ego.
    • CommentAuthoriron jaiden
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009 edited
     
    This is a nice thread.

    So I was living in LA (years ago) and had just purchased by first set of clipless pedals. I'd been riding a fixed gear for a long while already so I was pretty confident in my abilities at this point and just wanted to see what all the fuss was about with clipless. After a couple of around the block test rides to get the swing of things and dial in the pedals so I could get out when I wanted without getting out when I didn't I went on my first real ride. Video store run maybe ten miles tops. As I pull up to the video store (anyone know Vidiots over in Santa Monica?) these two girls are pulling up on their bikes from the opposite side of the street. Now fellas when I tell you these girls were BANGIN just take my word here that I know hottness when I see it. These girls were straight gorgeous! Both on real pretty track bikes and both knew damn well how to ride 'em too. I'm totally stunned by these girls but I pull it together cause I know I'm about to start the conversation. It's perfect. Bike kids, good video shop. They're probably both there for the same weird ass David Cronenberg movie about sex slugs I am. These are angels. I think I might favor the one with the cycling cap on so I'll make sure to talk to the other one more and make the girl I really want jealous of her friend. I'll become at least 15% more attractive to her that way for sure. Man this is gonna be a rad night if I play my cards right. Maybe they got nothin going on tonight. Of course they don't it's friday, 9pm, and they're both at the goddamn video store. Oooooo we could all ride down to Mao's kitchen in Venice and get a bite. People know me there. It'll look good. Full of food and jokes you know these girls are gonna be soooo down to come back to the spot and watch Shivers. My apartment is ON the boardwalk for christ's sake. God I'm glad I got that pla.... OH SHIT I'M CLIPPED IN!!! *crash*

    It was the fucking goofiest most uncoordinated lookin shit imaginable. 0 mph fall, sidewalk, body draped over the goddamn bike rack, old asian lady outside insisting on helping me up, girls holding back laughter. I didn't even stick around to rent a video. Just got back on the bike and rode home and called it the will of the force. Clearly I wasn't meant to be happy that night. I'm just glad I didn't shit my pants or something mid-fall.

    I really loved my clipless setup for a while but when I did eventually go back to riding in clips (no good reason) I tossed those fuckers in the river near my house out of pure spite for what might have been, that fateful evening, so many years ago.
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    a while back when i started riding fixed gear bikes i was wondering hey that leg over bar skid looks kinda fun so one day i decided to try it out i was riding in decent speed and as i pulled forward and sweep my leg over the bar i tried to lock my leg as i tried to lock my leg my foot slipped out the peddles and i did a split with my leg caught over my bars and i ripped my pants in 3 places and put a massive dent on my new bars it was the most epic fail i have ever had on my bike i haven't tried doing that since that day
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    Posted By: bensonisajewa while back when i started riding fixed gear bikes i was wondering hey that leg over bar skid looks kinda fun so one day i decided to try it out i was riding in decent speed and as i pulled forward and sweep my leg over the bar i tried to lock my leg as i tried to lock my leg my foot slipped out the peddles and i did a split with my leg caught over my bars and i ripped my pants in 3 places and put a massive dent on my new bars it was the most epic fail i have ever had on my bike i haven't tried doing that since that day


    Hahahaha!
    That'll learn yah to do silly lookin shit on your bike.
    • CommentAuthorAaron C
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2009
     
    Posted By: iron jaidenThis is a nice thread.

    So I was living in LA (years ago) and had just purchased by first set of clipless pedals. I'd been riding a fixed gear for a long while already so I was pretty confident in my abilities at this point and just wanted to see what all the fuss was about with clipless. After a couple of around the block test rides to get the swing of things and dial in the pedals so I could get out when I wanted without getting out when I didn't I went on my first real ride. Video store run maybe ten miles tops. As I pull up to the video store (anyone know Vidiots over in Santa Monica?) these two girls are pulling up on their bikes from the opposite side of the street. Now fellas when I tell you these girls were BANGIN just take my word here that I know hottness when I see it. These girls were straight gorgeous! Both on real pretty track bikes and both knew damn well how to ride 'em too. I'm totally stunned by these girls but I pull it together cause I know I'm about to start the conversation. It's perfect. Bike kids, good video shop. They're probably both there for the same weird ass David Cronenberg movie about sex slugs I am. These are angels. I think I might favor the one with the cycling cap on so I'll make sure to talk to the other one more and make the girl I really want jealous of her friend. I'll become at least 15% more attractive to her that way for sure. Man this is gonna be a rad night if I play my cards right. Maybe they got nothin going on tonight. Of course they don't it's friday, 9pm, and they're both at the goddamn video store. Oooooo we could all ride down to Mao's kitchen in Venice and get a bite. People know me there. It'll look good. Full of food and jokes you know these girls are gonna be soooo down to come back to the spot and watch Shivers. My apartment is ON the boardwalk for christ's sake. God I'm glad I got that pla.... OH SHIT I'M CLIPPED IN!!! *crash*

    It was the fucking goofiest most uncoordinated lookin shit imaginable. 0 mph fall, sidewalk, body draped over the goddamn bike rack, old asian lady outside insisting on helping me up, girls holding back laughter. I didn't even stick around to rent a video. Just got back on the bike and rode home and called it the will of the force. Clearly I wasn't meant to be happy that night. I'm just glad I didn't shit my pants or something mid-fall.

    I really loved my clipless setup for a while but when I did eventually go back to riding in clips (no good reason) I tossed those fuckers in the river near my house out of pure spite for what might have been, that fateful evening, so many years ago.


    QFT. epic.
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    +a google iron jaiden

    not funny but i tor half of my pants off one time next to a kids house(i go to school with him) and had to ride a mile home in heavy traffic with half my pants gone. i dont have that bike any more
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2009
     
    Aaron C ... That is some funny shit !!!
    • CommentAuthorLyKqiD
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2009
     
    iron j... that was an epic story in what happened, and in the way you told it.
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    Posted By: iron jaiden
    Posted By: bensonisajewa while back when i started riding fixed gear bikes i was wondering hey that leg over bar skid looks kinda fun so one day i decided to try it out i was riding in decent speed and as i pulled forward and sweep my leg over the bar i tried to lock my leg as i tried to lock my leg my foot slipped out the peddles and i did a split with my leg caught over my bars and i ripped my pants in 3 places and put a massive dent on my new bars it was the most epic fail i have ever had on my bike i haven't tried doing that since that day


    Hahahaha!
    That'll learn yah to do silly lookin shit on your bike.


    haha from that experience i dont try any tricks on my bike
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    Posted By: Aaron Ci once ran over a storm sewer grate that was hidden under debris, in a neighborhood which i had just moved into. the fucking thing had the grill oriented with traffic and i was too new to the area to have noticed that death trap before.

    long story short: i got forced over the grate by a car, my front wheel dropped down immediately and i flipped over the bars taking the bike with me. not pretty.

    i was infront of this half-way house too so there was about 15 ex-meth users sitting outside, laughing their asses off at me.


    omfg this same thing happened to my friend but it wasn't so funny. We were doing at least 25 and he hits a grate just like this and bends his frame and opens a new mouth on his chin, we spent the rest of the day ridin around lookin for a hospital.
    • CommentAuthorlatron
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2009 edited
     
    Was in Montreal and stopped in front of a Velo Quebec office to get a bike-path map. "They're cool, I'm cool," I thought, pulling up on the sidewalk and doing a rolling dismount. Alas, my foot got caught on my pannier (yes, it's true) as it was coming over the top, and I just couldn't get it unsnagged. My weight was just a little bit off balance, and I couldn't reverse course or free my foot. With about ten people looking, I slowly tipped over and went splat. "Didn't you want a map?" my GF asked as I hustled us both away afterward. "Too proud," I said. And embarrassed. (Though we laugh about it now.)
    • CommentAuthorzakz
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    One time, I was biking home (drunk) and I was on the phone with this girl I was into. This was on my old road bike, with front and back breaks and all. However, I somehow managed to crash, and the phonecall ended as I hit the pavement. Sure enough, she called me back two seconds later. I had cuts all up my arms and legs, but I told her "Oh sorry. I had to make a sudden stop at the light. I really didn't mean to hang up on you. I hope you're not mad!".
    • CommentAuthoreaglerock
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    Posted By: zakzbiking home (drunk)

    Posted By: zakzon the phone

    Posted By: zakzI somehow managed to crash

    "Somehow"? "Somehow"?

    Someone needs to learn about cause and effect.
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    ha ha ha thats the funnyist thing i heard all day and good job eaglerock
    • CommentAuthortjchad
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    Got a couple from when I was a kid-

    1. I was riding my BMX with SWEET magnesium flat plate forks in the winter in Michigan; we were running the bikes thru the elememtary school halls getting chased by a janitor. I came flying out of the building and off of a 5-6 foot drop- like a semi trailer loading dock- and landed a sweet jump... pulled a wheelie to show off and my forks broke off right below the head tube... nothing hurt but my pride.

    2. Sitting outside one day after riding the same bike- my cousin was with me and we just watched a bird crap all over his nice leather seat... We were like 11 or 12 and it was the funniest shit we'd ever seen...
    • CommentAuthortjchad
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    Oh, another one- riding to Drivers Ed with my girlfriend at the time and pulling wheelies to show off (yeah, I know) and I cut right in front of her... she went down HARD. Got nothing for the rest of the summer...
    • CommentAuthorChainslap
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    About a year ago i was riding with my friend, both of us were on bmx's.. We went to a big ledge wich we use to manual, grind, hop-off 180's etc.
    There were a few people sitting on it and chilling or eating a cheeseburger, but one guy was playing with an RC car, so i figured we should head over to the next spot so these people wouldn't be bothered by us riding there. As i rode alongside the ledge, the guy with the RC car was just sitting there as was his little car. When i was about to "pass" the guy and his car, about one foot in front of me the little car took off as if it was trying to run me over! I didn't have any time to react, so as a result i ran my frontwheel over his car, doing about 1-2 mph. I figured there wasn't much i could do about it anymore, so i just cruised along and running my rear wheel over the little car as well.. The guy went "Oh shit!" and picked up his car to check it out. I could see one wheel had come off completely and one other was completely crooked..! I didn't stick around to await his reaction to me, so we both headed off to the next spot. His little car was total loss though! I did feel kind of sorry for him.... in some way..
    • CommentAuthortjchad
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    When I was a kid we used to get people set up on either side of the road and they would push skateboards acroo for us to dodge and/or bunny hop over. My friend tried to bunny hop a couple and his wheels came down on the boards- ate it. Hard...

    Why is it the stupid painful crap that is so damn funny?
    • CommentAuthorChainslap
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    As a spectator it's just funny to look at, as the person crashing, you feel pain at first, but you realize how funny and stupid it must have looked, so you can laugh about it afterwards..

    One time i was checking out this sweet chick while she was checking me out.
    I tried to look real cool on my little kids bike, and as i turn my head to keep looking at her, i run into a lightpole -DONK!-
    She starts to laugh at me and so do her friends, so i tried to be cool laugh about it myself, but instead i felt my head and pride hurt, so i just took off feeling like a dork...
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    chainslap that car should have held up. i have like 3 or 4 of them and i would have thought that even the little plastic ones could have taken that kind of abuse. i know that my aluminum one could take it and chances are its half the size of the one you killed. funny story though
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    i was trying a skid i saw some hipster guy do where you put one leg through the frame and one over the bar
    and right when i tried to lock up my foot tht was over the handle bar got caught in the spokes and i flipped with one leg through the frame and one over the handle bar i didnt get hurt but my buddie did the same thing and broke his leg in three spots
    im over tht hipster bullshit now hah
    • CommentAuthorheshgnar
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    i was at a stoplight with all of my friends and i had gotten new straps trying to get used to them and i was trackstanding and my freind almost hit me so i flinched and triend to pull out my foot and instead i just tipped right over in front a bunch of cars. i laughed pretty hard at it once i got up
    • CommentAuthortimmy240
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2009
     
    I was riding around the park one day to meet up with my girlfriend at the time. She calls me to let me know where she's at, so I'm riding along trying to whip out the cell phone....start struggling with my pocket and.......OH SHIT! I suddenly veer into a curb and it's either A) hit the curb, possibly popping my tire and wreaking havoc on my rim [or so I feared] or B) bail. Yeah, I took that latter and ended up in a mulch bed almost face diving into a tree. Didn't even answer the phone in time...
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    lol when i was a kid i was riding my BMX and there was this palette i got from a neighbor, so i decided i was gonna b-hop it

    so i got tons of speed and went for it, but my back wheel didnt make it over so my back wheel hit the board and wentstraight up in the air and i pretty much did a frontflip. And i got such bad roadburn

    i didnt get off the couch for 3 days. Plus i was going super fast, it wasnt that embarassing tho, just hurt like hell. Also on top of it, my parents kept asking me to do chores and i could barely move w/o being in pain
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    A couple months ago, I was on a midnight ride and we were going down this road that I have never traveled and I wasn't so sure as to where we were going. A friend of mine got a flat so I stopped to help him change it as the rest of the group kept going. The spare that he had ended up having a hole in it so he was going to start walking back to his car....about 15 miles away. So i left to catch up with the group down this road and I'm haulin' balls because I don't want to get too far behind and get lost out on this pitch black path. I see tail lights...'awesome, I found them' *relief sets in*. I keep haulin' because i know their pace is pretty quick. I'm getting really close and as i'm about to slow down...BAM!!

    ...I hit a closed gate going about 15mph or more. Ya know, one of those huge, thick, yellow gates.

    I put a dent in my head tube which dented my top cup of my Chris King. Still being strapped into my cages, my bike came up as I flipped over the gate and smashed onto the top of the gate and it bent my left seat stay and broke my brake bridge off on the right side from my seat stay. My balls went straight into my stem/steer tube and I did a complete front flip and landed on my back. The gate made a horrible creaking sound as it swung open and the people i was riding with ran to check on me.

    Nothing was broken on my except my pride. And needless to say, when we got the the bar, I went to the bathroom and checked on my jewels.

    The bike is all fixed now and still rides like a dream.
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
     
    Brooklynbombs !!! That it is a great story !!!
    • CommentAuthorChainslap
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009 edited
     
    EDIT: Sorry!
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
     
    Not so entertaining.... too painful to enjoy
    • CommentAuthorEmery
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
     
    last year i was on my way to school in the morning traffic through down town, and i do that ride almost every day so i was pretty used to it. There is one part of that i have to go where it curves off to the right, immediately following the curve is a weird 4-way intersection. I'm always looking around to be sure there aren't any cars to cut me off, but there was one apartment parking lot that leaded to that intersection, and every time i passed that road, nobody ever drove out of that parking lot. so, i was hauling ass, going 30 plus, and a car runs the stop sign and almost hits me. i see it coming up on my right, so i make a sharp turn to the left. as i do that, my front wheel was in a patch of loose pavement, and i completely loose traction. my bike went right, and i went left. about 20 cars saw me fall and got out to help me, but i just got up and road to school one footed on my fixed gear because i had broken my left ankle. i went to the nurse and got the day off!
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    A few weeks ago my friend thought he was cool guy cause he can start running and hop on his saddle. So us best friends put a prank on him and loosen his saddle, we went riding and he hoped on his saddle and the saddle sloped down all the way and he smashed his huevos on the top tube and he fall down. We had the best poops and giggles
    • CommentAuthordanzap209
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
     
    bensonisajew.... mean but FUNNY !!!!
    • CommentAuthorcloud
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
     
    hahaha
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    This isn't a story...BUT

    bensonisajew...

    I thank you for this thread.

    This is great

    let the story telling proceed :)

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