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This thread is for stories of bonkers situations people have got themselves into on behalf of their bicycles, hilarious situations, funny stories - Share em'!
To get started and btw this was the original inspiration for me to start this thread, here is my wild goose chase story:
So I like old english made bikes such as old sunbeams and humbers ect and I saw one on ebay for a great price. Pick up only. Its in somerton just outside yeovil and I am in bournemouth, I thought ok I can set out on saturday morning, get the train to yeovil busk for a few hours with my accordion and make up the money for travel and some of the bike then get the bus to somerton as there is no train station in somerton.
anyway... had a nice afternoon busking in yeovil with my friend who came and it became time to get the bus to somerton, picked up the bike and went back to the bus. This is when it all starts to go wrong, the guy doesent let the bike on the bus even though there were all of 3 people on board. Im originally from a pretty out in the sticks place and had always been alowed a bike on a bus. So I thourght alright I will cycle back to yeovil then get a train, my mate got on the bus as he had nothing with him. I start out and it gets dark, alright thank god for sturmey archer dynuhubs... tire blows out.... hmm, its pitch black so I stop in the nearest town, Illminster. Alright then So I have to stay here the night, costs £50 in the only hotel :(((((( next day cycle to yeovil after getting a new tube. I should point out here that the tires have bulges due to age so riding this thing is like riding on square wheels. Anyway sounthampton which I have to change at has engineering works/has exploded/had a time portal engulf it. The result was me getting back to bournemouth at 5:44 pm.
All in all cost me £100 for the journey and £90 for the bike and wasted a whole weekend instead of about 6 hours as expected. :( Not my finest hour..... but I guess I have a humber :) AHHHH YEAH!