Brakes are more important than a kickstand....
10-02-13, 06:41 PM
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Brakes are more important than a kickstand....
But paying attention is the most important thing you can do on a bike.
Yowsa! This potential Darwin Award winner is lucky to be alive....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4029125.html
Be safe!
Yowsa! This potential Darwin Award winner is lucky to be alive....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4029125.html
Be safe!
10-02-13, 08:15 PM
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Then she decided she really didn't need to go that way anyhow. 
10-02-13, 10:39 PM
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I love how she went back to the house to sober up after the near miss.
10-03-13, 09:00 AM
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She was probably going to get off her bike and lean it up against the train. KICKSTANDS FOR PRESIDENT!
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Hopefully,they've both learned.
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10-03-13, 07:01 PM
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>>>>She was probably going to get off her bike and lean it up against the train. KICKSTANDS FOR PRESIDENT!<<<<<
Don't worry, WONDER MONKEY...I got the joke. (OP of the viral kickstand post on this forum)
Don't worry, WONDER MONKEY...I got the joke. (OP of the viral kickstand post on this forum)
10-03-13, 07:41 PM
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I was elsewhere earlier, saw this story, and couldn't use that link, road.cc was down for maintenance. Glad this one worked -- WOW! Hey, uh, LADY: that's what those big bars are across the road for.....
Bet she knows that NOW.
Bet she knows that NOW.
10-03-13, 08:33 PM
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Wow! That womman probably saw her whole life flash in front off her. That's something you remember the rest of your life.
