"Oh Shit" moments...

As I'm riding home in the pissing rain filtering between two lanes of traffic, a drunken homeless man steps out about 10m ahead of me, I should at him really loudly, he looks around super slowly doesn't move and I have nowhere to go so plow into him.

Luckily he broke my fall and I didn't rip my brand new goretex jacket. A few people in the street and the driver behind got out and asked if I was ok and said it was totally the guys fault, which i thought anyway but it was good to have it confirmed.

not an ideal ride home!

Still, at least you didn't kick a baby.

At least I didn't kill a tramp is the new at least I didn't kick a baby.

At least I didn't kick a tramp baby to death.

At least I didn't kill a tramp is the new at least I didn't kick a baby.

Still, at least you didn't kick a tramp's baby.

Where I live, in glorious suburban Cambridge, there's a local mentalist called Mad Jane*.

Mad Jane* doesn't like cyclists much and she and her scrawny dog object to sharing shared use paths. She regularly shouts at cycling kids and upsets mums on the school run. Occasionally she gets a bit shovey.

It's mainly funny but today shit got real when the following email was circulated :

You won't believe it, but this evening around 5:10, Horace* was on the allotment path with his bike and Jane* hit him with a bag of dog shit! It burst all over him. Totally gross. The police are coming to our house on Sat morning to talk to Horace* in person and file a report.

A ginuwine Oh Shit moment.

• - Names changed to protect the privacy of Mad Jane and Horace
  

Poor Horace got dog foffaed.

He needs to draw his own collision.

That sucks. Still, at least you didn't kick a baby.

Well, not this time i didn't.

To hell with all the babies. Solid stuff hurts more...
A generally shit week....

woah, what happened here?

Did you borrow the bike Indra?

Did you borrow the bike Indra?

Not possible, there isn't enough seatpost!

woah, what happened here?

Universe decided to experiment and see what a bike going downhill against a car cutting across into a corner would be like. This was the result. Bigger mess then I expected. Remember the Ambrosio wheel you sold me? A wheel no more.

That's bad luck man!

So it did involve one of Indra's old cursed components.

So it did involve one of Indra's old cursed components.

............

^^ It might look a bit 'oh shit' but that lass is obviously tough as fuck. Or drunk.

Girl Flies Into Lake Off Bike Jump - YouTube

Yesterday I went to an alleycat in Belgium. There was an about 2 meter long, 5/6 meter wide drain in a pedestrian area. I was driving over that and both my front and rear wheel got stuck in it. I was suddenly standing still and was able to just lift my bike out of it. It was really weird. I was driving and suddenly I get almost thrown over my handlebars. I was still in my SPD's so that didn't happen. I got a lot of people looking at me really confused.

Coming up Oxford street from Marble Arch, got to the lights by John Lewis and the traffic had come to a stop because of a boat load of buses, traffic on the other side was flowing fine in the other direction. Suddenly this old dear starts to shuffle across the road totally obscured to the oncoming traffic by one of the buses, meanwhile, there's a bus coming the other way and muggins here is shouting at her 'Stop there's a bus coming!' Fortunately the bus driver was in a cautious mood so was going slow enough to stop, but when the woman finally noticed the bus as it braked in front of her she just started mouthing off not realising how close she came to getting squished.

Old ladies popping out from behind parked cars! They're picking on me I promise!! Waiting there just where I can't see them, then they suddenly pounce just as I go pass. I'm going to get nightmares!

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ftfy

thanks :)

Fuuuu.....

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