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@CrazyJames
I went for a ride after SE drinks the other night with my flat mate, Gormley, and coppithat. I was pretty fucked, probably shouldn't have been riding, but the stupid took over and I fancied a late night spin after some light persuasion from Festus, anyhow some random bloke also on a fixed joined in half way through our brief spin, I tried to chat to him turned around to ask his name, without realising how close I was to the curb with my skewed drunken judgement.....Anyway we were travelling at around 20mph as I caught my left pedal on the curb, stopping my bike dead, I then kind of went sideways over the bars, leaving my bike where it was and sliding for several feet along the pavement/footway on my shoulder, leg, and arm. Amazingly I got right back up with nothing other than a couple of friction burns and some minor bruising, it was funny because it must have looked/sounded really dramatic, but I got away with it, and rode away with a smile and a chuckle :)