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Doing skids in the wet and front wheel going, doing skids in the dry and bike failing (check out draw your own collisions thread for that one..), fixed wheelies going wrong whilst clipped in, quite a number riding under the influence crashing into curbs/fences/walls or just falling off spontaneously..... one bad one where had been waiting for front disc pads to bed in and had been yanking the front brake to speed this up, they suddenly bit and did a somersalt onto my head.. (only time I was wearing a helmet, only time I needed one...) I've been run off the road by a car overtaking too close and by a nodder...
pretty standard?
oh yeah, forgot... had 2 crashes on black ice last month as well, one going up a hill and started sliding backwards back down it, and one coming to a stop, bike just flipped out from under me both times.
Good job I'm so good at falling off, or I might have hurt myself!