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Back in 1999 we had just left a pub at midnight on a Tuesday night pub run and it was pissin with rain really heavy.
I was last off after putting my lights on and as I caught up the group they were riding on either side of the lane, so I rode through the middle with my hands off the bars in a front crawl swimming motion.
Their laughter only fuelled my drunken stupidity so I unclipped my feet and hands on bars put my feet to the rear in a paddling motion.
More laughter so feet where they were I rested my shoulders on the bars and made a breast stroke motion with feet and arms, that's when the front wheel slid over a wet drain cover and sent me diving. :(
Luckily I wasn't going to fast and I was virtually in line for the judo roll so only a small scuff on my shoulder and a bent handle bar :)