"Oh Shit" moments...

Rode my mielec into work for the first time this morning.
Double "Oh Shit" moments. Both my fault for undertightening parts.

Pushing on my bars leaving some lights, and they flip down. Gave me a fright but fortunately had enough time to jump up to the tops before I stacked it.

When I finally get to the office, I give the bike another check and I realise that my front, left hub nut is missing. Have no idea how many miles I did with my wheel so precariously attached. Very scary :s

massive gimp. glad your front didnt come off. you can borrow a nut (or, a whole wheel) if you can limp to mine

Not so much "oh shit" moment as a "dodged a bullet" moment.

Little roller session on the fixed Saturday to loosen up my legs for Sunday race. As I was getting off the rollers I pulled the front brake and "pop". It snapped..

massive gimp. glad your front didnt come off. you can borrow a nut (or, a whole wheel) if you can limp to mine

I'm glad too. Think I'll just pop to the bike shop during lunch and buy a new pair then. You live waaay too far to risk it.

^^ That could have been horrible even if you are fixed. Well dodged.

Pushing on my bars leaving some lights, and they flip down. Gave me a fright but fortunately had enough time to jump up to the tops before I stacked it.

Had that myself riding a newly-built bike - riding on the hoods approaching traffic lights, hit the brakes (it's geared and so has brakes) and the handlebars rotated forwards. Not a nice feeling.

I was riding through a village and i heard a motah approaching from behind. Naturally there were three others (a small lorry, a van and a car) approaching from in front, so this one from behind was gonna have to wait for a chance to get past. Without me really noticing, the vehicles coming from ahead slowed down, and then i saw them pull to the side of the road just as i was getting to them.

As i pass, the van driver says, "get off the road".
I think, "fakh off, you cant!"
Ambulance overtakes me with lights flashing but no siren.
Oh shit.

A few minutes later when i get home (much to the relief of the villagengers) i see the air ambulance flying over my head, broadly from the direction of The Incident. Ohhh shit.

The quick glance over your shoulder is your friend, always!

Yeah, in hindsight...

massive gimp.

The quick glance over your shoulder is your friend, always!

Well they should of had the full 'blues and two's' on tbh. I almost got wiped out by an Ambulance going throug a red when walking over a pedestrian crossing (on green for peds). Ambulance had lights but no siren.

I think there are reasons why they do that, probably reasons to do with the health of the patient. But I am just guessing as I can't see why else they wouldn't.

It's discretional. Residential areas at night and such..

^ This.
Combination of patient well-being, residential areas and response to medical dispatch codes. If it's non-life-threatening, up to driver's discretion mostly.

It's discretional. Residential areas at night and such..

The life saving bastards don't do that round here. Full blare at 5.45 this morning and woke the baby up. Always in such a bloody hurry.

Coffee shop opens at 6am... needless to say the crew don't want to queue.

^ This.
Combination of patient well-being, residential areas and response to medical dispatch codes. If it's non-life-threatening, up to driver's discretion mostly.

since when were you an ambo expert?

had one do the whole woop woop im an ambulance get da fuck out da way to me and a taxi without any warning earlier, then it slowed back down and turned off the blues and twos just after the junction ... maybe it was important but seemed like he was just being a dick

Life saving cunts.

..he was just being a dick

at his discretion

Generally that happens when they start moving towards a call-out, but a nearer crew radio that they are free. So they end up in full-on ambo mode for a few seconds... Apparently.

since when were you an ambo expert?

had one do the whole woop woop im an ambulance get da fuck out da way to me and a taxi without any warning earlier, then it slowed back down and turned off the blues and twos just after the junction ... maybe it was important but seemed like he was just being a dick

Yeah, generally people who choose life-saving as a career are also massive schlongs.

s785 is actually a medic. But that doesn't negate him being a massive schlong either ;)

No it's not. Fixed blade, it's no different from a large kitchen knife, machete or something.

Definitely illegal for him to threaten with it, though (obviously). I'd definitely go to the cops.

No, It would also be arrestable for him to, for example, keep it in the glovie. In fact people have been arrested and successfully prosecuted for carrying camping knives when they were going camping, being told that they should have bought a camping knife once they reached their destination.

Frankly I think knife law and its interpretation is currently total overkill, and particularly as it seems to do nothing to stop total cunts like that from having them.

s785 is actually a medic. But that doesn't negate him being a massive schlong either ;)

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