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posted somewhere else, but my mate put some grips on his bmx using the condensation method. Went out straight away. I was following him on my bike, and as he went to jump off a little ledge, both grips slipped off in rather spectacular fashion. The sound of them popping off and his "ohhhh shiiiiiiiiiit" still make me laugh. He was fine.
Another mate managed to land from quite a height, his balls and the top tube being the first things to contact. A teste got pushed up into his gut area, and had to be put back into his sack surgically. He was fine too.
My worst crash was when i was a kid and my dad was giving me a crossbar home from school (sitting on the the toptube!!) Just as we were coming up to a dropped kerb, he told me to hang on, I tensed up, and accidently stuck my foot in the wheel. Course, the front wheel came to a complete stop, and threw me and my dad over the bars, clearing the pavement, and landing in the front garden. His front wheel was pringled!!! Gutted because that old orbit frame would be sweet now, but he's just given it to a good friend!!!