"Oh Shit" moments...

Lucky he didn't get done for noncing though

the windscreen cracking shows how close that was to being much much worse

^^ Housemate did the same cycling in suit trousers. Said in the space of 0.5seconds his entire trousers were torn from his legs, so had to cycle home 2miles in just his jacket and underpants.

This made me laugh more than it should have

the windscreen cracking shows how close that was to being much much worse

That and everything else

The secrete to surviving epic road collisions in Russia is to be drunk and never wear a seatbelt. Works 100% of the time.

(according to internet videos)

Secrete?

Not just one "oh shit" moment today but three on the way to work. Making up for fairly pleasant trips in for the last months or so

1) Traffic lights on Brixton Road/Oval - Ped running across the road between stopped busses not looking, emergency stop and both of us stopped having an "ooh this could hurt" thought. Luckily close miss

2) Lambeth north heading to Waterloo - white van man decided to cut from left lane to right lane undercutting a bus and nearly clipping me

3) Baylis Road/Waterloo Road a different white van man does the same thing, he is in the right lane going straight over and then decides he wants to go left, cutting me up.

What happened to mirror, signal, maneuver ? Oh right - you drive a white van so you don't bother

Since when has the highway code applied to white vans... come on?

More to the point since when do people stuff ice cubes up their arse to ease firey ring issues? (just catching up on this thread). Lynchman... Savlon is your friend.

Numb sphincter + auto poo = me having a chortle though so have some rep.

Auto-poo, now there's a polo team name.

I'd go with 'Savlon Is Your Friend' if I were starting a team but each to their own.

Adapt, improvise and overcome... or as the case might be, shit yourself ;-)

A different kind of "oh shit moment" But I just realised my newer bike isn't insured.

Watch this guy, take notes... Whatever he's doing, don't do it.

*Sorry to hear that, that seriously sucks.

I will insure it now and claim next week, that's what the company said to do.

The insurance company advised you to insure your damaged bike now, and put in a claim next week?

*Sounds like a very bizarre business model.

this. WTF?

^^Long story really. Basically shoved ice cubes up my ass to soothe the pain after having the shits all day. Worked wonders in terms of easing the pain, leaving my rectum completely numb, and consequently I didn't make it to the loo in time...

/cbs

immodium is your friend

One of the workers said that, I'm adding up the the cost of my bike right now.

Insure - Normal Premium
Insure - Claim - Higher Premium

?

Pulling away after a red light at a ped crossing with a bag full to the brim of food so not feeling especially fast or agile, get up to speed steadily with a taxi alongside on the road (was in the cycle lane) and then the drivers decided the left turn 10 metres ahead is where he wants to go and starts pulling towards me. Saw the repeater come on and sprinter to get past as I was nearer the front than the back (I could clearly see the driver) and did a little left sweep to avoid getting taken out. On a positive when I got home it was pleased to find my eggs had not been crushed by beer!

Anyone seen the alleycat movie "line of sight"? Its got a fair few oh shits in it

cycling on this really nice stretch of road, flat / very slightly downhill and theres always a tailwind on it and it's recently had some fresh tarmac so its smooov, i'm going about about 26-28mph fixed, all of a sudden i realise i'm freewheeling, i look down and see my chain dangling, i look back up and see a bunch of girls i know walking on the road, obviously i didn't want to embarrass myself by stopping and fixing my chain, i just rolled past them and said hey like nothing happened, turned the corner, and walked the bike for a bit and tightened up dat chain.

if i was riding with tighter clearances i would've ended up skidding all over the place

moderately tight clearances ftw

^ haha ive had that before. very odd experience. get your lazy boy skids rocking