Stupidest Bike Related Thing You've Done?

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by Rossage

went OTB, dropped the beer-broken and spraying on the sidewalk,

silly man, don't u know that's why they make cans.

besides suprisingly it sounds like it may have been safer to nail the street walker

[Blueman]

I put a new air fork on my my and went for a ride without checking the air pressure or rebound because it felt about right. First steep, rocky section I went down I went OTB and bruised and scrapped myself up pretty good. Two days later, I rode the bike again but this time I swapped out the tires, blaming them for the loss in control. Again steep rocky section, OTB, but this time 4 hours in the ER, 9 stitches in my leg, a new front rim, and three weeks off the bike. I finally checked the fork pressure and rebound; 40lbs low and turned all the way slow. I now always (almost always) check my pressures.

[TylerSkyler]

Originally Posted by Fired Yo Momma

In the 80s the BMX pants kinda fit tight, to be specific GT / Dyno pants. Well anyways at a young age I was packing some heat . To be truthful I was just a "husky" little boy trying to fit in pants too small. Anyways long story short was running late for a race and put my pants on and zipped up my ding donger.

hahahahahahaha man that was funny

[RacinJason]

How did you get the beans above the franks?

OUCH!! Thats gota hurt.

Originally Posted by Fired Yo Momma

In the 80s the BMX pants kinda fit tight, to be specific GT / Dyno pants. Well anyways at a young age I was packing some heat . To be truthful I was just a "husky" little boy trying to fit in pants too small. Anyways long story short was running late for a race and put my pants on and zipped up my ding donger.

[JoeTruth]

Originally Posted by northshore

Please say you got a number from the girls....

Are you kidding me? I couldn't wait to get out of site and out of mind from them. That's not exactly a smooth intro, if you know what I mean. I'm sure they chuckled after parting ways and called me a "goof" among other things.

[TylerSkyler]

Originally Posted by JoeTruth

Are you kidding me? I couldn't wait to get out of site and out of mind from them. That's not exactly a smooth intro, if you know what I mean. I'm sure they chuckled after parting ways and called me a "goof" among other things.

hahaha "smooth intro" hahaha

[1FG rider]

I see alcohol and girls as a common theme to this thread....

[mottmcfly]

Originally Posted by Devoid169

BMX National race in Englishtown New Jersey back in 1983 or so and I'm kinda nervous waiting for the main event. I'm in the staging lines a few motos away from my race and for some reason I reach down to nervously spin my cranks backwards. Somehow I get my finger caught in between the front sprocket and chain as its spinning and wedge it in there real good, puncturing my index finger nail with one of the front sprocket teeth. YEEEOOOWWWW! I yell as I pedal the crank foreward to remove my finger. Bleeding and hurting like hell, still placed second in the main a few minutes later....ahh, good times.

WOW I never ever thought I'd see a Raceway park post here. I used to race there right around the same time. Lived two towns away.

[steviebfromtheoc]

Tried to do the full euro tuck and lean on a road bike after drinking at the pool all day , ended up crackin my head open on the asphalt , knocking myself out , and waking up to the entire neighborhood and paramedics/fire department surrounding me . What an ass-sicle

[Rob]

Attempted to eat 70 hotwings in 30 minutes...

It was in a bike shop so I guess it's bike related.

[chongoblanco]

Originally Posted by guero

selling my heckler and buying a 29er s/s to have as my only bike.

bret bret bret bret! I feel for u. I think somone took advantage of u on that one

[chongoblanco]

dude the list of dumb things done on a bike while under the influence, greatly exceeds the list of deet da dee's while trying just to ride or fix somthing!!

[BrewMaster]

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to stop a spinning wheel by grabbing the brake rotor. Thankfully I didn't chop off my finger, but I still have a scar on my finger from that stupidity.

[deja vu]

Originally Posted by maxwell

I know I've seen that before, but that is such a classic picture in so many ways. That looks catastrophic but you were OK?, man you are one tough cookie!!

OK, I'll dust off one of my tales (trust me I have plenty more)....

A few years back I had this POS Toyota Tercel with a bike racks that clamped onto the trunk and bumper. Man, my stumpy was always back there going along for the ride. Anyways, I am driving up Trabuco Creek on the way to Holy Jim Trailhead and I get about halfway up, check the rear view mirror, NO BIKE!! Heart attack, WTF, oh no!! I immediately realize that it must have fallen off as I navigated potholes at speed. What to do? Drive back and get it of course, so I start to back up so I can turn around. Then I hear a strange noise. I stop, hop out, there is my bike on the ground! It is still tied to the rack, but it had fallen off and I have been dragging it up Trabuco Creek behind my car for god knows how long! I put it back on the rack, get to the trailhead, and believe it or not with a minor derailleur adjustment I was good to go. I still get a chuckle when I drive up that road and get to that spot.

[1FG rider]

Originally Posted by deja vu

A few years back I had this POS Toyota Tercel with a bike racks that clamped onto the trunk and bumper. Man, my stumpy was always back there going along for the ride. Anyways, I am driving up Trabuco Creek on the way to Holy Jim Trailhead and I get about halfway up, check the rear view mirror, NO BIKE!! Heart attack, WTF, oh no!!

Hmm, sounds vaguely familiar...

[kanga]

Hmmm.... dropping my camera on the trail..... last night. Does that qualify?

I'm off to go do another lap this morning and look for it.

Edit: found it, 50 yards from where I thought I probably lost it.

[ChariotsOfTires]

OK, First ride with my Crank Borther Candy C's on my Spec. I had practiced clipping in and out in my living room and riding around the house, but this was the first official ride. Took the bike off the trunk rack, got everything ready and proceeded to push off. First obtsacle? A CURB, no not a large 3 foot wall or a gigantic root, but a normal street curb. I pop up it with my front wheel and begin my turn so as not to run into a fence on the otherside of the curb. Back tire hits the curb and the bike stops. I don't though and with my feet firmly attached to my bike, proceed to fall flat on my left side, shoulder and legs hitting the edge of the curb. ROOKIE with clipless pedals.

Second dumb thing I did was at Bogart Park in Beaumont, CA. Came up to a railroad tie obstacle at the top of the small hill. Pulled over it with my front then stopped as the group stopped with my rear tire on the tie. Balance? who needs that. I proceed to fall to my right, natural reaction is to stick out the left foot, which is again firmly clipped in my pedals. With no ground to support me, I end up feet up in a large bush.

So mine seem to revolve around my pedals...

[Red Hawk]

A friend and I were buzzed and riding home, we where talking about crazy BMX tricks pro's do. Well short story shorter, I told him I could do an X-up but didn't have a ramp so the edge of a drive way was all I had... enough side, stupid way to skin your elbows.

[STP]

A few years back, I'm at the Keyesville MTB race and I'm standing alongside my competitors, shooting the breeze with them and waiting for our turn to roll up to the start line. I had taped a vanilla gel pack to the handlebar stem and while I was shooting the breeze, I had leaned up on the stem while hanging my arms over the handlebars. You figured it out.

It was our turn to roll up to the starting line and I pulled my upper body back and there was a huge amount of white goop all over the front of my shorts. I looked like I was starring in some XXX XC porno flick.