I knew it was risky as fuck, but I was like "I gotta do it for fun". Midway, I l realize I need to steer the shitty, wobbly bike to keep balance. But there is nowhere to go. So I just topple over straight into the muddy water, with all kinds of shit in it. I feel stupid. Especially because I knew this would happen. So I bike around for hours with muddy water soaking through my pants like an asshole
by lavinadnnie
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If your bike is feeling wobbly, it’s probably because you were biking too slow. It’s counter-intuitive, but next time just fucking gun it. Look where you’re going (ahead) and not where you are (at your front wheel/feet) and you’re going to nail it.
Egit
Situation Normal All Funked Up
Was it fun though?
I would have gone for it too. Laugh it off and wash your shoes.
Fun idea maybe.
Had you ridded across it successfully you’d have no story.
Adventure!
The skill is to trust that you can ride a bike. Just ride at a normal pace, possibly even faster, look forward where you want to go. And fight every urge to look down at the front wheel, that’s immediate doom.
Well, *was* it fun?
Difficult to get started again if you stop.
That’s like putting two skinnies side by side.
It’s fun to bike on, just not to fall off đŸ˜‰
“HELL NAH” i would say. “SREW THIS, I’M OUT”, even.
It looks like you didn’t land on one of the support structures, so that counts as a win.
They had these in Massachusetts a lot. They were for maintenance access to the High Tension Power lines that Edison ran. We used to run up and down them as kids. Once I jumped off one and landed on a plank with a nail in it. Nail went into the bottom of my foot and came out the top. The Doctor who gave me a Tetanus shot was very impressed I didn’t do more damage than I did.
The crease in the middle would be the tricky part for me – doesn’t it pull your tire in?
Where does the track end? What’s your exit plan?
Whoopsie
was it fun though?
That is the thing about an adventure – you don’t know what you willget
OP, you and I must use different decision trees. I’m thinking a full SWOT Analysis before riding that plank of death.
So long as your tires are wider than the gap just send it otherwise avoid
Looks like you had fun
Faster when your brain says slower.