Embarassing things to do at the races ....
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Embarassing things to do at the races ....
Postby LuckyPierre » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:56 pm
I capped off my Australia Day weekend by arriving at Orroral Valley for today's ACT Vets ride without my shoes!
To make it worse, I'd realised before I got there, but I was still way too far from home to recover - and the riding conditions were wonderful.
Still, every event needs marshalls, so the morning wasn't wasted.
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Postby moosterbounce » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:21 pm
Apart from occasionally leaving home without my helmet on (and I always realise when I'm at the bottom of the hill we live on!!), I've not done anything really embarressing - yet!!
The best one I saw though was at lat year's Freeway Bike Hike in Perth (they close off 30km of the freeway for a fund raising ride). You left in groups depending on how fast you can do the ride. The first group left - these are people who can do it in under 55mins. Then the second group left - under 70 mins. I was in this group.
Got literally 100m down the road and there was someone from the 55min group sitting at the side of the road with a puncture and no spare tube or fix kit!! Couldn't believe it. What a great way to start the day. Swore I would always carry a spare to avoid looking like this!!
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Postby Mr888 » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:38 pm
For some dumb reason, I decided to leave the shoes clipped onto the pedal with the theory of slipping my feet into them whilst riding.
The result=I scraped/scratched the tops off my new shoes (because they refused to flip up right) and dropped from 4th to last
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Postby mikesbytes » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:02 pm
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Postby tuco » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:47 pm
After my first race I left my helmet at the race location. Luckily someone found it and took it back to the club house.
Mikesbytes, your avatar haunts my. Everytime I hang my gloves up on the line to dry I have visions of your avatar.
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Postby mikesbytes » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:49 pm
I should of been a member of the Addams family.tuco wrote:Mikesbytes, your avatar haunts my. Everytime I hang my gloves up on the line to dry I have visions of your avatar.
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Postby monty scott » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:11 am
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Postby europa » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:37 am
But embarressing things on a bike? Do you things we don't normally do that we feel extra embarressed about or just the normal embarressing things you do every day to keep our kids amused?
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Postby monty scott » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:46 am
i do not know what happend after that
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Postby moosterbounce » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:39 am
He still doesn't like wearing a helmet, but he hasn't ridden in front since - that's my job.
Maybe it thought it was a duck?!
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Postby europa » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:47 am
I remember a few years back at the TDU, standing by the criterium track, yelling out to Stuart O'Grady every time he came past ... only to discover halfway through the race that I was looking at someone from a different team
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Postby tuco » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:08 pm
I wasn't really that interested, we were only there because we got free tickets because my daughter was a ball girl or what ever they call them.
Back to cycling, I rode past a kookaburra sitting on the ground then it decided to fly off but went straight into the side of the front wheel. It seemed uninjured.
About 2 weeks back an ibis just missed us in a pack ride. It'd hate to be hit by their long thin beaks. They're not small birds.
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Postby moosterbounce » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:15 pm
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Postby sogood » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:48 pm
The risk is if the beak gets jammed b/n the spokes and front fork.tuco wrote:About 2 weeks back an ibis just missed us in a pack ride. It'd hate to be hit by their long thin beaks. They're not small birds.
I understand that possums are such a risk to cyclists there in N America. They have a liking for trying to run through the front wheel. More often than not, it's splash!
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:36 pm
Oddly enough, since we started feeding the ones nesting near the house, none of us gets swooped for a fair distance around the house
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