"Oh Shit" moments...

Nearly got hit on the Old Kent Road near at the big junction at the entrance to Burgess Park today. Was in lane second from left (so the one for traffic going straight), some prick zooms past me with literally a hair's breadth, can't have been more than 6 inches. I think he thought I was going to turn left, but I'm pretty sure my road position shouldn't have suggested that. I'm getting really sick of the Old Kent Road...since moving to New Cross about a year ago, I've been hit once (destroying my bike and leaving me with a limp for a few weeks, luckily no long term damage) and had 2 or 3 'oh shit' moments. I've started commuting via the back roads unless I'm running late.
Anyone else in SE have any thoughts on the OKR?

Cheap to build hotels on.

Riding down a hill at brisk pace, noticed my bar plug had come out slightly. Without thinking, I bashed it in with my hand causing me to swing left and nearly crash into a hedge. Bit of a daft one that.

Heh :)

^^ You're not alone. I crashed out doing exactly this, luckily it was Battersea Park. buggered my helmet though (No Euph)

Um, you do realise that the literal (no euph) meaning is that you actually sexually assaulted your helmet?

To put it another way, "bugger" is rarely used as a euphemism, along with similarly brutal words such as rape, decapitate, lobotomise and scoble.

Riding down a hill at brisk pace, noticed my bar plug had come out slightly. Without thinking, I bashed it in with my hand causing me to swing left and nearly crash into a hedge. Bit of a daft one that.

That remind me of something similar I did out of boredom.

When riding in the Sierra Nevada where it's completely bleak and empty, I decided to see what happen if I swap my hand round on the handlebar.

My companion whom was behind me thought I was trying to avoid lava on the road.

So you just rode over the lava? Even with your hands all twisted?

I tried that on the A10. Would not recommend.

Not mine, but a slight bar wrapping OSM... From here:

Me, last night, heading south on Westminster bridge, waiting at the front of the lights on the southern end. Lights turned green and I set off but missed my cleat on my left pedal, que mad rear wheel spin as all my weight goes down on the ds pedal and I completely unbalance and stack it in a puddle in the middle of the road. To his credit the scooter rider behind me raised his hand to signal to the traffic that he wasn't going anywhere due to the lanky tangled human speed bump. A few cyclists also pulled in and asked if I was ok but I was too flustered and embarrassed to say much more than a mumbling "I'm fine" and rode off with my head down looking sheepish.

Common 'shit moment' when i realises i wasn't riding gears today and had a massive kick back when slowing down at the lights! =s

Had a very scary oh shit moment on the way back from Bernie's on Saturday night. Going down Knight's Hill with Simon, who is about 20ft in front of me. A pick up truck passes me closely going pretty much twice the speed limit. He then spots Simon and presses the brakes hard but loses control of the truck which, as a result, starts veering towards Simon. He managed to gain control of it again and sped off. Don't think Simon realises the full horror that I witnessed, he only heard the ridiculous screeching of the brakes.

Sprocket thread sheared and is now smooth. /:
Found myself freewheeling on a fixed gear due the the spocket spinning freely. Eeek :(

Yesterday, first proper shit in living memory... Sweeeeeet!

How long 'til you can wipe?

Yesterday, first proper shit in living memory... Sweeeeeet!

I never thought I'd be so pleased at hearing someone can shit.

Congrats on shitting!

Common 'shit moment' when i realises i wasn't riding gears today and had a massive kick back when slowing down at the lights! =s

Haha

I got back from holiday on Monday. I did about 1000 miles on a road bike during my holiday. When I got back, I grabbed my track bike and rode to a friend of mine. Half way I stopped peddling for a second and my rear wheel went up in the air for about half a meter.

During my holiday:

Going down a steep hill in France, with a heavy cart hooked up to the rear axle of my road bike which makes it really unstable, going around 45 mph in heavy rain when a car passes and nearly hits me.

I don't know what it is with people with a GB sign on their license plate but they keep trying to hit me with their cars. I always learned it were the French that were the worst drivers. Turns out it's mostly the Dutch and English that can't drive or have no respect for the life of a cyclist. I damaged a few cars (hey, I didn't want to shift, don't hit my handlebars with your mirror...grrrrr...). All the British I've met were really nice people, as long as they don't try to kill me with their car.

I've had so many o shit moments in my holiday, it was unbelievable.

Yesterday, first proper shit in living memory... Sweeeeeet!

Foffa thread >>>>>>>

A few weeks back I was getting some chain rub on the front ring against my chain-retention device (this is on a 1x9). I stopped to check what could be causing it and found that every single one of my chainring bolts was very loose. A sort of off-line "oh shit" moment that avoided a potentially horrible on-line one later.

"How long 'til you can wipe?"

...6-8 weeks.

#killjoy

Bidet?

"I never thought I'd be so pleased at hearing someone can shit. Congrats on shitting!"

Cheers! Try going 6 months without... Nearly had the damn thing gilded.

"Bidet?"

Yep, still can't do it unassisted though.

Small steps. Good to hear your recovery's progressing. You should've at least taken a photo if you weren't gonna gild it