Topic: the most fun I've had all day, you guys should try this

[mrblasty]

On my ride home tonight I had the most wonderful time. Zooming through a moderately winding road, I get to a stop that flows into a hard left hand turn onto another street and my rear tire slides out, I barely keep the bike up and finish the turn and stop the bike.
The rear tire is as flat as Molly Ringwalds chest, my left ankle is sore as hell and my tire is trashed.
  My bike has left me hanging three times, twice at this same stop sign and another time real close to this stop. This area isn't the kind of place you can leave a bike and expect it to be there when you get back so I tried to crab walk the damned thing to my buddies house which was about 2 miles away, I made it about 175 yards before another motorcycle rider stopped and let me use his phone, I had my wife call a few folks and my buddy came to my rescue with his truck.  BAHH!

[750goes]

change your route...the stop sign obviously does not like you riding past it.......... glad its only a sore ankle as well.....whats a crab walk ?

[Badger 5]

I have to agree.  I believe a change in route is in order.

[andy750]

This reminds me of the two times Ive rode up I-59 from New Orleans. Each time I get to within 5 miles of Purcell, MI and I get a flat tire (once front, once back)....Ill never ride this highway again!

cheers
Andy

[BobbyR]

I think you guys should get to Church more. 

[francisew]

Oh the walk of bike shame. That sucks. Hopefully it was level ground or downhill & good weather. I've had my battery go completely dead, with no kick-start, on a 1-way steep uphill in traffic, at 35C/95F in the sun, when I have full black gear on. That's a whole lot of sweaty, miserable walk of shame. With the bum ankle it couldn't have been much better.

Good to hear that another rider stopped to help, and that you managed to keep the bike right-side up, that makes a world of difference.

Francis

[mrblasty]

The funny thing was several scooter riders passed me rubber necking within 5 mins of me getting off to the side of the road.
From now on I will pass all scooter trash with the bird a flyin' insted of the wave. F-em.

[francisew]

They're not worth the trouble of lifting the finger.

I figure lots of us have upgraded from a scooter when kids. They're just too scared to stop and help anyways. Give 'em a couple of years and they'll be more worthwhile. In fact, the funniest way of upgrading their sense of social-obligation is to stop and help them. That'll both scare the hell out of them (Oh my god, a biker just stopped behind me) and give them a reason to respect you.

Last summer I nearly fell off my bike when a kid on a scooter pulled up next to me at a light, and tried to show off to his 15 Y/O girlfriend who was on the back. I let him take off at the first light. Then I pulled up to him at the next light, winked at his GF, and took off at the second. I stopped and waited at the third for him to catch up, and his face was bright red, and his GF was winking at me. ROFLOL.

Francis

[BobbyR]

They're not worth the trouble of lifting the finger.

I figure lots of us have upgraded from a scooter when kids. They're just too scared to stop and help anyways. Give 'em a couple of years and they'll be more worthwhile. In fact, the funniest way of upgrading their sense of social-obligation is to stop and help them. That'll both scare the hell out of them (Oh my god, a biker just stopped behind me) and give them a reason to respect you.

Last summer I nearly fell off my bike when a kid on a scooter pulled up next to me at a light, and tried to show off to his 15 Y/O girlfriend who was on the back. I let him take off at the first light. Then I pulled up to him at the next light, winked at his GF, and took off at the second. I stopped and waited at the third for him to catch up, and his face was bright red, and his GF was winking at me. ROFLOL.

Francis

Dude, a real biker would have rode off with the chick. Oh you said she was 15. Scratch that.