I Superman'd over the handle bars.
03-25-20, 02:43 PM
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I Superman'd over the handle bars.
Not paying attention to what was directly in front of me and focussing
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
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03-25-20, 02:48 PM
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Send an email to your city's public works department with the address of the pot hole. Include a picture if you can. Also, pay better attention to where you are going.
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Have you ever heard the story about his uncle and his wife?
This one time when we were kids. We were playing video games
with this Albanian kid. He decided to leave and when he got on his
bike my friend started pulling on his handle bars and telling this
elderly women that he's stealing my bike. The elderly women hit
him in the head with her purse and said give it back. It's his bike!
This one time when we were kids. We were playing video games
with this Albanian kid. He decided to leave and when he got on his
bike my friend started pulling on his handle bars and telling this
elderly women that he's stealing my bike. The elderly women hit
him in the head with her purse and said give it back. It's his bike!
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03-25-20, 04:21 PM
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I don't think it was a big enough hole
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03-25-20, 04:45 PM
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Not paying attention to what was directly in front of me and focussing
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
If the former: you've no one to blame but yourself. If the latter ... close thread.
That is all.
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03-25-20, 04:49 PM
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I had a perfect Superman over the handlebars this one time when I was much, much younger and thinner. I was living in Germany, and I had a European bike with drum brakes both fore and aft. A little clip thing that held the end of the brake cable on the rear of the bike broke, and the brake cable wrapped itself around the axle multiple times, nearly instantly jerking my handlebars over 90 degrees to the right.
I was only doing around 15 mph or so on a dirt road. When the handlebar suddenly jerked hard right in an instant I found myself flying straight over the handlebars as the bike endoed. I was in good shape, doing lots of pushups and the like at the time, and I took the fall (not that I thought this through, it just happened this way) full on my hands, and used my pushup muscles to absorb the impact. Other than tearing a hole in the knee of my pants and having some gravel embedded in my now-bloody hands I was none the worse for wear. Luckily I was out riding with another guy and he picked up my bike and carried it over his shoulder while I walked the several miles back home. Until I could free the brake cable the front wheel was locked up 90 degrees to the ride, so it couldn't even be pushed home. It was a strange accident, that's for sure. If the same thing happened today there's no way I'd come out of that unscathed.
I was only doing around 15 mph or so on a dirt road. When the handlebar suddenly jerked hard right in an instant I found myself flying straight over the handlebars as the bike endoed. I was in good shape, doing lots of pushups and the like at the time, and I took the fall (not that I thought this through, it just happened this way) full on my hands, and used my pushup muscles to absorb the impact. Other than tearing a hole in the knee of my pants and having some gravel embedded in my now-bloody hands I was none the worse for wear. Luckily I was out riding with another guy and he picked up my bike and carried it over his shoulder while I walked the several miles back home. Until I could free the brake cable the front wheel was locked up 90 degrees to the ride, so it couldn't even be pushed home. It was a strange accident, that's for sure. If the same thing happened today there's no way I'd come out of that unscathed.
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Well PureFix and some of the gentle persons who spoke up here. Welcome to the "Over the Bars Club"! Please send a complete printed account of your story, (along with a crisp new $10 bill*) to the club secretary so that she might properly record it. Smiles, MH
* a reference from the Soupy Sales show.
* a reference from the Soupy Sales show.
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Been there done that. On both a bike and a horse!
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03-25-20, 07:30 PM
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Not paying attention to what was directly in front of me and focussing
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
on what's ahead of me. I hit a pot hole and went over the handle bars.
I put my hands in front of me and safely rolled over my shoulders. I did
happen to hurt my crotch. Luckily the bike didn't land on top of me.
Who would you report this matter too? Thank You in advance.
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Do members of this clube get an elevated rank for a broken jaw and dirt scraped out of the chin (bone)?
Aha! I have it: "The Jawbone of an Ass" award.
Aha! I have it: "The Jawbone of an Ass" award.
