Nearly died myself!

[BADMIHAI]

I was going down this huuuuge hill with my bike (no, not motorcycle :) and I hit this fucking bump, which sent my back wheel to the right really bad (I was going like 50 km/h).....I steered to put in some "oposite lock" and my back wheel just fucking snapped. It's bent all the way to hell. I took some pics, which I'll post tomorrow! I fell down pretty bad....lucky me I landed on really tall grass, and I guess that helped me alot. I wasn't wearing a helmet or any protection gear.......stupid me....just short sleeves...

I'm glad I only got away with a few minor scratches. The interesting thing is that I started laughing like a motherfucker! I have the whole thing on tape and I think I'll send it to Real TV or funniest videos or some crap like that. Maybe I'll post that too ! LMAO..I'm sooo glad I got away with nothing serious...I don't even gife a fuck about the bike. Just the thought that I'm safe makes me say "fuck the bike, I'll just buy another one"...or fix this one

[crochico]

i think this is the reason why i stopped riding my bicycle.. at first i was upset when those guys stole it, but 4 years later, i can walk straight, but i still have scars all over.. good to hear you made it through it unhurt, and let us know if it ever airs on tv.. what part of canada (i believe that's where you said you're from) are you from?

[BADMIHAI]

I live in Kitchener, ON.
You know what the interesting part is? I've been riding bikes since I was
3 1/2 and I've been doing krazy things on the bike for soo long..... I never fell once! This is the first time I ever fell with my bike. I was truly lucky not to be hurt and everything. The bike seems fixable....I just need to replace the back wheel.

[crochico]

I live in Kitchener, ON.
You know what the interesting part is? I've been riding bikes since I was
3 1/2 and I've been doing krazy things on the bike for soo long..... I never fell once! This is the first time I ever fell with my bike. I was truly lucky not to be hurt and everything. The bike seems fixable....I just need to replace the back wheel.

no way, i was just in guelph on monday with my sister to drop off her university application form..
when you ride that long, something is bound to happen, whether it be a fall, or what you did.. either way, i'd much rather fix a back wheel then have my leg in a cast or worse

[Anonymous]

:shock: Dam Glad ya didnt get hurt Mihai! :D I used to Race Mountain Bikes a few years back to keep in shape for motocrossing and took more than my fair share of wipeouts attempting stuff I could easily do on a motorcycle but bicycles don't have the stability or that magic *grab a handful of throttle* to save it! LOL, Ive snapped frames made by the best of them: Cannondale, Ritchey, Fisher. Destroyed big Bux stuff by the truck load, mostly doing jumps and wheelie turns at radical lean angles. I'm a big guy 6'3" and always well over 200lbs so they never would last, problem was knowing when the crap was going to break.... always at the worst most inoppertune time. Either way the hell from home or when someone has a camera, the idiot in me has to show off and eat shit for the camera! LOL :D Problem with bicycles is your always dam near naked! Road Rash Sux!!

[BADMIHAI]

Yeah, crochico, that's why I said "fuck the bike"....I'll just fix it. I'm glad I'm O.K. and that's it. I guess the whole thing was shocking, because I never fell of my bike before.
Holy crap, KH :) How the heck can you break a frame? DAMN! :)
I mean I'm 6' myself and I weigh somewhere around 180 lbs, but it has never happened to me :) You must be really krazy :)
BTW: Are you feeling better? Give us some feedback!

[BADMIHAI]

Here's a pic I took 20 mins after the crash....I was waiting for my mom to pick me up.
http://members.fortunecity.com/badmihai/BicicletaRupta.jpg

[scubywrxr]

Good thing that just the wheel broke and nothing on u!!

I have had my share of crashes on bicycles.. its probably because I think that I can pull of the impossible, truth is I am pretty useless :lol:
Its so much fun though 8)
CAnt beat the feeling blasting down a 30 degree singletrack with a sheer cliff on one sid and trees on the other waiting to show u the other side..

[JN396]

BADMIHAI-

Glad you came out of the ordeal relatively unscathed...next time ride w/ gear! And I still think that even if you do have 8-9 months of winter in canada; you can still ride (a motorcycle). As long as there's no rain/snow; it wouldn't be a problem.

[crochico]

BADMIHAI-

Glad you came out of the ordeal relatively unscathed...next time ride w/ gear! And I still think that even if you do have 8-9 months of winter in canada; you can still ride (a motorcycle). As long as there's no rain/snow; it wouldn't be a problem.

this year the winter was pretty shitty and we thought it was done for good and we had one last storm, and the week before that, guys were already on their motorcycles.. usually i see guys riding from late march/early april all the way until the snow starts (november/december).. we've got plenty of good riding time in southern ontario.

[BADMIHAI]

BADMIHAI-

Glad you came out of the ordeal relatively unscathed...next time ride w/ gear! And I still think that even if you do have 8-9 months of winter in canada; you can still ride (a motorcycle). As long as there's no rain/snow; it wouldn't be a problem.

this year the winter was pretty shitty and we thought it was done for good and we had one last storm, and the week before that, guys were already on their motorcycles.. usually i see guys riding from late march/early april all the way until the snow starts (november/december).. we've got plenty of good riding time in southern ontario.
Yeah, I guess this winter wasn't that much....but it still snowed like hell!
I dont think you can ride if its snowing

[BADMIHAI]

check out my new sig

[SplitVision8]

hahahaha that new sig is funny BADMIHAI

[crochico]

check out my new sig

LOL.. where's blitz? haha.. oh man

i'm not saying we have it good, our winter was shit this year, i've never seen that much snow in my life.. but you can't complain at how nice it is right now.

[SplitVision8]

blitz is off to the side watching... :o

[Anonymous]

Good thing that just the wheel broke and nothing on u!!

I have had my share of crashes on bicycles.. its probably because I think that I can pull of the impossible, truth is I am pretty useless :lol:
Its so much fun though 8)
CAnt beat the feeling blasting down a 30 degree singletrack with a sheer cliff on one sid and trees on the other waiting to show u the other side..

Just imagaine that but in a Beautiful Tropical Rain Forest full of all the Jungle Birds Waterfalls and Fantastic Weather year round!! Thats Hawaii, if you like it cold we do that too, and high altitudes too even snow!
The hardest ride I ever did was up Haleakala on Maui called House of the Sun in Hawaiian unreal crater rim trail at the top 45miles of moonscape in a active volcanoe!
The Big Island has 2 Volcanoes 1 is the Tallest in the world at 14,XXXfeet the other is Mauna Kea where the biggest telescope on earth is I helped build some of the cradle and frame work several years back with P.E.T. Engineering. was a killer job working up there was slow and hard mainly because it was nearly impossible to catch your breath.


Riding down any of these spots is a once in a lifetime treat. I did it daily, caught a ride in the owners truck rode home 78 miles in just about 1 1/2 hours....if I went straight there on blacktop, way longer if I went off on my own down the slopes.... LOL hoping the bike stayed together and didnt *TACO* any wheels Like Badmihai!! hehe or worse....
What a Ride!!!! :shock: 70 -80 mph speeds for long streches were common, the temp at least let you wear decent protective gear, I wore full Motocross gear, pants jersy and enduro jacket made out of nylon pack cloth with paddind everywhere. helmet chest protector elbow gaurds knee/shin gaurds and road racing SiDi Itallian boots like Rossi uses. That was the best part of everyday! :)

[BADMIHAI]

WOW @ KH! That must be awesome!

[scubywrxr]

I envy u KH.. however South Africa is just as beautiful a country. We have wonderful mountain ranges here. In cape town its amazing that in 15 minutes u can be on top of Table mountain from the city(thanks to speedy cable cars!). Its not the biggest but we proud of it. I have had some wonderful rides on it(on my bike, illegally coz u not supposed too ;) - strangely never been on the cable car).

The Drakensburg mountains are on another level of awe though. Snow is visible on the tallest peaks throughout the year and wild life and flora are breathtakingly stunning. The reality that u are in the motherland gets quite apparent when u spot a baboon, springbok or leopard (Kittten killers beware coz our kittys are BEEEEG :lol: )whilst u pedalling along in jammies and a mtb shirt - ur only protection a giro helmet :shock:
These days if I go out on a long rural ride dont leave home without my HK, benchmade, surefire and my cellular. gotta be prepared for the unexpected!

[Johns]

HOLY SHIT!! that tire got fucked :twisted: I started to bike again after I busted my ass 2 years ago :lol: i fucked up my right arm....was speedin down a hill and I had to break FAST..i hit the front brake too hard and superman i went :lol:

[troskap]

I imagine Hawaii and South Africa are marvelous places for vehicular scenic travel. But Washington DC is quite the awesome place in itself.

Marvel at our 12-14 lane highways, crossing wide expanses of terrain, ever so wide, yet still delicately colored by the tightly commingled mass of cars driving at arthritic-grandmother-with-bad-hip-limping-by-with-the-aid-of-walker speeds. Admire the beauty of the rolling mounds of the tops of SUVs blotting out whole views of the hazy sun as they weave and mingle in traffic ever so intimately, close enough for you to actually punch at a side panel as they blast by. Watch as the tides of traffic ebb to and fro, with the sparkle of red-light cameras flashing madly with each car busting through the overly shortened yellow light. Admire the plentiful metal sculpture and artwork laid out so lovingly by the local Department of Transportation as you creep by construction sites, with such evocative themes as "Detour" and "Slow Down - Construction Ahead" being flashed up on lit signs....

KH, Scubywrxr, consider yourselves envied by at least one person in this world. OK, maybe not with the need to necessarily arm up like Scubywrxr does. But still envied :)

[Anonymous]

Ya we had a shitty winter too..... big drop in the number of strings prancin about due to only about 99% sunshine :( I hate weather like that....

[Anonymous]

I envy u KH.. however South Africa is just as beautiful a country. We have wonderful mountain ranges here. In cape town its amazing that in 15 minutes u can be on top of Table mountain from the city(thanks to speedy cable cars!). Its not the biggest but we proud of it. I have had some wonderful rides on it(on my bike, illegally coz u not supposed too ;) - strangely never been on the cable car).

The Drakensburg mountains are on another level of awe though. Snow is visible on the tallest peaks throughout the year and wild life and flora are breathtakingly stunning. The reality that u are in the motherland gets quite apparent when u spot a baboon, springbok or leopard (Kittten killers beware coz our kittys are BEEEEG :lol: )whilst u pedalling along in jammies and a mtb shirt - ur only protection a giro helmet :shock:
These days if I go out on a long rural ride dont leave home without my HK, benchmade, surefire and my cellular. gotta be prepared for the unexpected!


LOL, Ive more than once had my AK with me on bike rides... a much more effective "tool" against unruly natives and Wild Bore... Just the noise it makes scares the crap outta me!!!! Imagaine how the natives fear it!!! Pretty slow ROF but a .308 is a long ass shell to cycle LOL pretty hard to hang onto, fire full auto and ride at the same time too LOLOLOL

[scubywrxr]

lol at KH.. people are so helpful here in SA. when they see u sweating up a steep hill they offer to ride ur bike for u so that u can walk up easily :wink:

Therefore one has to make them think twice about their generosity coz I dont like "helping hands" :lol:

uh how can post a pic? [/img]