Author Topic: Insane wreck! (Read 12159 times)

AntiVirus · « **on:** November 01, 2006, 11:05:45 am »

Actually, it wasn't that insane. Today, while I was walking back from my CS class, I saw two kids on bikes run into eachother. I was pretty close to them, so I tried to be polite and not blurt out with laughter. But I did smile and giggle a bit. Anyway, that got me thinking just how many accidents are there with bikes on my campus and other campuses? This is the first I have seen/heard about, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more, even ones that involve a bike and a person! Anyway, have any of you other college children seen any of these happen, and how often?

Sidoh · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:30:27 am »

I've had two myself. The first one happened when an idiot pulled out in front of me (on his bike) while I was going 20 miles an hour (the spedometer on my bike told me :p). My back brake didn't work at the time, so I impulsively slammed on my front brake and flipped over the front of my bike. I had a pretty nasty scrape on my elbow (it's still there! this happened two or three weeks ago) and my wrists hurt enough to keep me from writing for the rest of the day.

The second was entirely my fault, but I was the only person involved! I was riding on the day after the first snow we got (around two weeks ago, I think). It was relatively nice outside (no snow, clear skies), but it was still cold! There was an area shaded by trees where some snow must have melted and then froze to the sidewalk which I blissfully transversed. Needless to say, my wheels slid out from under me when I tried to turn and I fell. It wasn't nearly as bad as the first one, though. All I got from this one were some scraped knuckles. Plus, I don't think anyone noticed!

There was another near accident when a squirrel jumped out of these raised bushes while I was riding by them. The stupid thing came within about half a foot of my face! It scared the shit out of me.

Other than that, though, I don't think I've seen any accidents.

AntiVirus · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:09:29 pm »

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The second was entirely my fault, but I was the only person involved!

LMFAO!

Omg, that is so awesome. Wow, that is amazing. At our campus, we too have squirrels that like to attack people.

Sidoh · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2006, 02:05:04 pm »

Well, I figured it would sound lame if I tried to blame it on the person that planted the trees that cast a shadow on that patch of sidewalk, so I just took one for the team.

Ergot · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:41:41 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 01, 2006, 02:05:04 pm

Well, I figured it would sound lame if I tried to blame it on the person that planted the trees that cast a shadow on that patch of sidewalk, so I just took one for the team.

You're so unAmerican. You need to sue the bastard!

BigAznDaddy · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:46:15 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 01, 2006, 11:30:27 am

(the spedometer on my bike told me :p).

The second was entirely my fault,

wow a spedometer! do you have cards and cloths pins on your wheel too?

and don't bikes have snow tires? and why would you ride after it snowed?

Sidoh · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:55:59 pm »

Quote from: BigAznDaddy on November 01, 2006, 06:46:15 pm

wow a spedometer! do you have cards and cloths pins on your wheel too?

and don't bikes have snow tires? and why would you ride after it snowed?

No... ?

If you would have read what I wrote, you would have known that 'there was no snow.'

rabbit · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2006, 08:58:44 pm »

OMG IT'S 70 DEGREES!! PUT ON THE SNOW TIRES!!!

BigAznDaddy · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:02:18 pm »

Quote from: rabbit on November 01, 2006, 08:58:44 pm

OMG IT'S 70 DEGREES!! PUT ON THE SNOW TIRES!!!

see rabbit agrees with me

Joe · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:40:55 pm »

No he doesn't. Even I can tell the sarcasm in that.

Do you even know what a snowtire is? It's a net of chains you wrap around a tire. I'd love to see you try riding a bike with chains wrapped around it's thin tires. Actually, I wouldn't, because then I'd have to fill out a bunch of forms after doing CPR and stuff on you, but the fact is that you'd probably kill yourself.

Sidoh · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:47:47 pm »

Quote from: Joe[x86] on November 01, 2006, 09:40:55 pm

No he doesn't. Even I can tell the sarcasm in that.

Do you even know what a snowtire is? It's a net of chains you wrap around a tire. I'd love to see you try riding a bike with chains wrapped around it's thin tires. Actually, I wouldn't, because then I'd have to fill out a bunch of forms after doing CPR and stuff on you, but the fact is that you'd probably kill yourself.

Did you even think to consider that he's being sarcastic as well? ...

Newby · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2006, 10:20:43 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 01, 2006, 09:47:47 pm

Did you even think to consider that he's being sarcastic as well? ...

Hahaha. That must have been sarcastic.

d&q · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2006, 10:29:14 pm »

Quote from: Newby on November 01, 2006, 10:20:43 pm

Quote from: Sidoh on November 01, 2006, 09:47:47 pm
Did you even think to consider that he's being sarcastic as well? ...

Hahaha. That must have been sarcastic.

Are you being sarcastic?

Newby · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:01:15 pm »

Quote from: Deuce on November 01, 2006, 10:29:14 pm

Quote from: Newby on November 01, 2006, 10:20:43 pm
Quote from: Sidoh on November 01, 2006, 09:47:47 pm
Did you even think to consider that he's being sarcastic as well? ...

Hahaha. That must have been sarcastic.

Are you being sarcastic?

I don't know. I meant that BigAznDaddy doesn't use sarcasm.

AntiVirus · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:42:42 pm »

You all hold a special place in my heart.

leet_muffin · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:58:52 pm »

Quote from: AntiVirus on November 01, 2006, 11:42:42 pm

You all hold a special place in my heart.

AIDS holds a special place in my heart.

d&q · « **Reply #16 on:** November 02, 2006, 06:50:11 am »

BigAznDaddy · « **Reply #17 on:** November 02, 2006, 09:32:56 am »

Quote from: Deuce on November 02, 2006, 06:50:11 am

James, Zach,Dan and whoever went to hillsdale. Doesn't this pic look like Mr. bartlet?

Newby · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2006, 09:36:31 am »

Yah. Hah!

leet_muffin · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2006, 09:43:14 am »

Heheheh! It does!

iago · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:37:20 pm »

Wow, this topic needs a good splitting..

Anyways, I've had a couple falls on my bike, always my own fault. I should have a lot more, I've committed myself to running into cars that pull out in front of me while I'm riding on the road, since I hate slamming on the brakes, but that hasn't happened lately. The way I figure, the cost of replacing my front tire is a lot cheaper than his door, and it's 100% his fault, so it's all good.

Anyway, four incidents where I've ended up on the ground come to mind, and I think that's all of them since I can remember:

- Was riding across a bridge that has both a sidewalk and a road. The road and sidewalk are separated by a metal railing that comes up out of the ground on a fairly small angle (30 degrees to the ground, I'd judge). I went from the road to the sidewalk, and didn't judge it right, so my back tire hit the metal. Since it was slippery, my bike went sideways and I went straight, to the ground. Wasn't a bad fall, just scraped my hands a bit.

- Tried climbing a steep grassy hill (probably about 45 degrees), but didn't start with enough speed. I got probably 2m up before coming to a stop. I made the call between rolling backwards and probably falling bards or holding down my brakes and going sideways. I put my brakes on and went sideways. It was the right choice. I didn't get hurt at all, and I managed to save my take-out food that I had in my hand.

- Riding down an icy path, very very slowly. I was having trouble balancing, and figured it was because I was going too slow (to quote South Park, "dumdumdumdumdummmm"). So I tried going faster, and ended up on the ground. Falling on the ice isn't so bad, I just got a little arm scrape. I think I posted that one here.

- Finally, it was 3am, and I was riding through a stop-sign, right across from my house. I wasn't really paying attention. It was the middle of winter and the intersection was a sheet of ice. I tried to make the left turn, and totally wiped out. Again, it was a fall on the ice, so there was no injury.

In terms of tires, I don't have winter tires. But I don't inflate my tires as high in winter, so they have more surface-contact with the road. I rode most of last winter like that, and I only fell twice, and both were my fault.

In terms of accidents, I've never seen or heard of one on campus, and I rode my bike there a lot.

AntiVirus · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2006, 01:21:05 pm »

Lmao, Ron. Those are pretty funny.

And there isn't any need to split the topic. I don't mind people going off topic as long as it's friendly and funny. So eh?

iago · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2006, 02:42:17 pm »

Yeah, but a thread about bike accidents would be cooler, most of the posts in this thread suck

AntiVirus · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2006, 10:16:13 pm »

There have only been two people who have wrote about bike accidents. So I don't see the point in making a thread just dedicated to that, even though I initially did.

iago · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:37:43 pm »

Quote from: AntiVirus on November 02, 2006, 10:16:13 pm

There have only been two people who have wrote about bike accidents. So I don't see the point in making a thread just dedicated to that, even though I initially did.

Because you DID!

AntiVirus · « **Reply #25 on:** November 03, 2006, 01:27:49 am »

Kekeke.

deadly7 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 03, 2006, 10:20:17 pm »

I was riding my bike in the summer. On the street adjacent to my house, if you're going south, there's a HUGE difference between two of the cement slabs on the sidewalk. I'm going probably fifteen-twenty-five mph when I hit it. I fly up, while holding my bike, and land and almost hit a tree. The second time, going back the other way (the first time the slab in front of me was pointing UP, the second time it was like a jump basically) and I got a few feet of air and almost hit oncoming traffic.

Sidoh · « **Reply #27 on:** November 03, 2006, 10:26:52 pm »

Haha, I almost forgot the story with the most tragic ending. I was flying down a hill going around 30, pulled into my drive way and deaccelerated to 15-20. While applying my breaks, I noticed an intermittant sound, which I turned around to inspect. Shortly after this, the side of my face was introduced to the basketball pole in front of me. I suffered a mild concussion.

dark_drake · « **Reply #28 on:** November 03, 2006, 11:02:14 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 03, 2006, 10:26:52 pm

Haha, I almost forgot the story with the most tragic ending. I was flying down a hill going around 30, pulled into my drive way and deaccelerated to 15-20. While applying my breaks, I noticed an intermittant sound, which I turned around to inspect. Shortly after this, the side of my face was introduced to the basketball pole in front of me. I suffered a mild concussion.

You totally forgot the time you were riding down that hill on the street with the bank.

Anyways, he was riding down the sidewalk, which is quite common in small towns, and a car starts leaving the parking lot and pulls onto the sidewalk. Sidoh slams into the side. He quickly gets up and crosses the street to where I was. Then a crazy lady starts yelling at us about how we should stay off the road and accidents like that wouldn't happen, or something along those lines... I think. I just remember her yelling at us about something we hadn't been doing.

AntiVirus · « **Reply #29 on:** November 03, 2006, 11:44:16 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 03, 2006, 10:26:52 pm

Haha, I almost forgot the story with the most tragic ending. I was flying down a hill going around 30, pulled into my drive way and deaccelerated to 15-20. While applying my breaks, I noticed an intermittant sound, which I turned around to inspect. Shortly after this, the side of my face was introduced to the basketball pole in front of me. I suffered a mild concussion.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha, that's too funny.

deadly7 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 03, 2006, 11:44:50 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on November 03, 2006, 10:26:52 pm

Haha, I almost forgot the story with the most tragic ending. I was flying down a hill going around 30, pulled into my drive way and deaccelerated to 15-20. While applying my breaks, I noticed an intermittant sound, which I turned around to inspect. Shortly after this, the side of my face was introduced to the basketball pole in front of me. I suffered a mild concussion.

I did that.. with a stop sign.. and I didn't hit the sign. Guess what I hit?

Sidoh · « **Reply #31 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:00:44 am »

Quote from: dark_drake on November 03, 2006, 11:02:14 pm

You totally forgot the time you were riding down that hill on the street with the bank.

Anyways, he was riding down the sidewalk, which is quite common in small towns, and a car starts leaving the parking lot and pulls onto the sidewalk. Sidoh slams into the side. He quickly gets up and crosses the street to where I was. Then a crazy lady starts yelling at us about how we should stay off the road and accidents like that wouldn't happen, or something along those lines... I think. I just remember her yelling at us about something we hadn't been doing.

HAHA, I remember that. Oh man. That stupid bitch...

Quote from: deadly7 on November 03, 2006, 11:44:50 pm