Diz Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Just thought i'd put this out there... Obviously everyone has good days and bad days riding, but why does it always seem to be that when you're riding well, the worst accidents happen, or you screw your bike up and end up having to walk miles home?! I sorted out a flat on my rear tyre yesterday and went to session the streets as usual. To be fair, my riding was awesome and everything just flowed. So imagine my annoyment (word?) when i tried hopping up quite a small wall and my chain came off sending me flying over the bars face first into said wall. As if the pain wasnt enough, i got a bloody pinch in the front tyre. So off i hobbled home in agony, carrying my bike...not good. My question is this. Is it just the good days when the bad accidents happen, or is that when you're having a bad day, the crashes dont seem bad because your riding is so pants that you kinda expect it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) i get what you mean. happened to me the other day, ive been riding good all last week, really improving alot, got 2nd place at the brentwood demo, then the day after my crank rounds and falls off, on a bad day i dont even get punctures!!!!! Edited June 13, 2008 by Bearded Midget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialZonn Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 After a good day of riding,I fell off the bike and now my doctor says that I mustn't ride for a month... I know exactly what you mean.Actually the worst things happens during the best days... Maybe it's bad luck... Or maybe after a good day of riding you try things that you would't if you was riding worse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 (edited) Today what happened is, I was learning to tap a little, and then when I tried just to backwheel a different wall, my timing had gone. It took a while to get it back. Also, later on I found that I was tired, but not tired. It was weird. I had energy, but I couldn't properly focus it into, for e.g, trying a 360. Worst thing that happened to me on my bike was when I was walking into town with my mod, and the wheel locked. Turned out the hub internals had split and the rest of the wheel, with its new extra freedom of movement, locked against the brake pads. It was funny cause if you rolled it back enough, it would unwind long enough to get a couple of pedal kicks in before it rewound into being seized. Later on in the same day, I got a replacement wheel. On that, I managed to snap one of the ends of the axle off. Two broken hubs in one day!!!! Hehehe. Edited June 15, 2008 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 My question is this. Is it just the good days when the bad accidents happen, or is that when you're having a bad day, the crashes dont seem bad because your riding is so pants that you kinda expect it? That's exactly like Murphy's law. "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_addison Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Always happens to me at glentress. Uually on the wallride. "just one more full run then we'll go" and always cock them up bigstyle once i nearly went off the top of it i came in that fast and once i came in so slow i just hit the wall and slid down scrapping all my arm and the side of my chest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Murphy was an optimist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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