A Hard Lesson For 50+ Cyclists!
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A Hard Lesson For 50+ Cyclists!
As a 50+ rider was crossing the finish arch at today’s Cycle NC, he decided to pop a wheelie in front of the folks sitting off to the side enjoying a cool one. Unfortunately he must have forgotten to feather his rear brakes and he reared up too hard.
The front wheel came all the way over and he landed hard on his back. He couldn’t get up and EMS was called. They put him on a gurney and carted him off to the hospital. Not a very spectacular finish....
Leave the wheelies to folks with the skills like Sagan!!!
The front wheel came all the way over and he landed hard on his back. He couldn’t get up and EMS was called. They put him on a gurney and carted him off to the hospital. Not a very spectacular finish....
Leave the wheelies to folks with the skills like Sagan!!!
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I strongly disagree with this fatalist world view.
Many folks over 50 keep riding wheelies, manualing, etc. because they don't let the kind of fear on display here dominate their thinking.
Leave the wheelies to those with skills. It's not about age.
Many folks over 50 keep riding wheelies, manualing, etc. because they don't let the kind of fear on display here dominate their thinking.
Leave the wheelies to those with skills. It's not about age.
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When I was in my teens I used to be able to ride my Schwinn Varsity down the street on the back wheel, AKA "Wheelie". I then thought it would be cool to shift gears while riding on the back wheel. That was not a good plan and it was the last time I did a wheelie on a ten speed! Now mountain bikes , well , that's another story. Joe joesvintageroadbikes.wordpress
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He couldn’t get up and EMS was called.
Leave the wheelies to younger guys like Sagan!!!
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Great, a show-off AND a drama queen. If I pulled a stunt like that, I would consider it my duty as a man to get up and walk away from the scene under my own power, even if it killed / paralyzed me. I'd rather die than have emergency help summoned, but that's just me.
Or Hinualt or Merckx!!!
Or Hinualt or Merckx!!!
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when I was a kid I could do a wheelie on my Sting Ray. but one day, on my way to school, showing off for the girls, my front wheel fell off. I had to come down on the fork somewhat. uninjured, I watched my wheel roll thru a big intersection & down the road a 1/10th? of a mile. talk about a walk of shame
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wheelies were a necessity in our neighborhood. Have seen Sagan do it. Does anyone else do it on a road or mountain bike?
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I have been trying for awhile and still can’t do it. Im going to keep trying.
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I'm 54, still do wheelies, and also lack the skill to do them consistently or well. The trick then is to only do them under jogging speed, so if you come up too far you just drop off the back in a jog. Platform pedals only.
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I’m fixin to jump over a shark tank with my MTB bike. None of this sissy wheelie nonsense. If Fonzie could do it with a motorcycle than I can do that with a MTB
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I think the last wheelie I did was riding a motorcycle, when I was a teen. May have to try again... with street shoes.
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I'll do a small, brief wheelie occasionally on my mountain bike, but that's about it.
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when I was a kid I could do a wheelie on my Sting Ray. but one day, on my way to school, showing off for the girls, my front wheel fell off. I had to come down on the fork somewhat. uninjured, I watched my wheel roll thru a big intersection & down the road a 1/10th? of a mile. talk about a walk of shame
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When I was in my teens I used to be able to ride my Schwinn Varsity down the street on the back wheel, AKA "Wheelie". I then thought it would be cool to shift gears while riding on the back wheel. That was not a good plan and it was the last time I did a wheelie on a ten speed! Now mountain bikes , well , that's another story. Joe joesvintageroadbikes.wordpress
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Was alcohol involved? Because alcohol seems to be involved in a lot of these types of accidents.
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Dig this...Spent two weeks riding in Italy in 2013. One Sunday morning a club ride was coming towards us. Hanging off the back was a guy riding a MTB with...wait for it...no fork and thus no front wheel. Perpetual wheelie. Our host told us there used to be a rider who would climb nearby Monte Grappa that way.
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Take off that skirt and put on your big boy pants. I jumped the Snake River Canyon on a fat bike, succeeding where Evel failed.
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I can catch lots of air, bunny hop like nobody's business, but a wheelie is not in the cards.
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