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@Zamo
Had to bring my bmx back from leeds to sell it and when riding it home down crouch hill I'd forgotten quite how steep & long the hill was.... the traffic lights at the bottom completely slipped my mind as well until i saw them. I tried to kill my speed a bit by putting my foot against the rear trye but I had a 15kg bag on my back an it almost broke my toes. I hurriedly sat down an dug both heels into the road which slowed me down a bit but it didn't feel sufficient to stop me before the red light! I was worried I'd have to ghost my bike at the lights but luckily 50m from the lights they went yellow and that 'oh shit' feeling faded away an I pulled my feet up whizzed through. Wish I'd just gotten off an walked it down the hill