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@RuffStuff
ouch, when i was about 3 or 4 i had a boxxer bmx, our kid had a raleigh ultra mag burner ( the bollocks) we lived on a quiet road so he got some rope n tied it to my bars so i could go fast with him.
there we are hammering down the middle of the road, our kid spots a car tho so shouts something and goes up on the path, me shitting it from going so fast wasnt listening to him and stayed where i was, the rope hits a tree on the verge, we both stop dead, our kid plums himself on his bars while me being little goes straight over the bars and slides up the road a good distance on my cheek and forehead.
hours of scrubbing out the gravel hurt ten times worse.
then when i was about 15 or 16 i was riding a scott summit ( best bike ive owned) back from the woods, i get to a quiet bit and im just cruising along no handed when my crank arm shears, phwack face planted and slid again a good distance coming to a stop about half an inch away from a lad with a jackhammer fixing the road, that shit me up, but again the sodding scrubbing hurt well more than face surfing