UPD Of The Day

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Well I searched for it… didn’t find anything… so here it is.

Post your UPD of the day.

I hope this ends up like “Quote Of The Day” with lots of people participating. :sunglasses:

I’ll start with mine.

I was riding today, and in a rush to get to school. I ran upstairs and grabbed a sweater and ran out the door. So it was chilly in the morning… decided to ride and put the sweater on at the same time, which I have done numerous times before. I ran over a bunch of large sticks and ran it out. Now I have a big gash in my ego… a few pretty girls were walking right beside me when it happened. All this while I had my sweater half on.

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mine wasn’t today, but it was saturday. i almost made the same general mistake as evan byrne did.
I was riding this 8 foot tall northshore slat bridge, and i turned left a bit to wide and my tire went off the edge. My uni fell and i tried to catch myself with my left foot, but i was too far off balance already, and instead of falling feet first i fell sideways.

luckily i watched evan’s video in where he dislocates his shoulder the night before and i remembered to tuck in my arm in time.

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mine wasn’t today, but it was saturday. i almost made the same general mistake as evan byrne did and almost dislocated my shoulder.
I was riding this 8 foot tall northshore slat bridge, and i turned left a bit to wide and my tire went off the edge. My uni fell and i tried to catch myself with my left foot, but i was too far off balance already, and instead of falling feet first i fell sideways.

luckily i watched evan’s video in where he dislocates his shoulder the night before and i remembered to tuck in my arm in time.

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i was riding on a half pipe with my uni and tried to go off the side wich i have done many times before and i t boned it on my balls :astonished: and it realy hurt :astonished: :astonished: :astonished: and that is my upd of the day

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i was riding on a half pipe with my uni and tried to go off the side wich i have done many times before and i t boned it on my balls :astonished: and it realy hurt :astonished: :astonished: :astonished: and that is my upd of the day

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I hit two of the biggest gaps I have ever done, and I don’t know how much better I can do.

one was less than a foot down, and like 13 feet across… yeah… I was airborne for a long time…

the other was a log about 20" high … 7-8 feet away… I got on there.

the first one, i pulled a muscle in my leg, screamed something and fell over sideways.

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This thread is going good so far :slight_smile:

I didn’t ride to school today though… so no possible UPD’s. :frowning:

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So yesterday I went for my first long ride, a little over 20 miles. Was testing out some speed going down hill using my brake. Well I hit about 14.5 MPH and went over the front. OUCH!! Luckly no cars were coming, as I tumbled a bit over the white line. Scaped my helmet a little bit(so good to have that on), got some road burn on my elbow, and knee. Gloves took most the impact.

Prety scary, but im glad it happend. Now I know what it is like so Im not afraid.

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This one was from a while back, but it was good.

Did it perfectly the first few times I tried it that day, and everyday before that, then when we decide to film the gap, my tire folds, I fling backwards, try to catch myself, its too late and just makes it a tad bit worse, and it ends up like this.

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just a shallow six set i hit my ancle on the nub of my cranks

it didnt look much but it hurt

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OUCH!! That looked painful.

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doing some singletrack muni with a slight decline, 2 old ladies walking on the trail stopped on the side of the trail to watch me and let me pass. I was going at a fair speed, anjoying the attention. As I pass them, a small log across the track required a hop over it.

I decided to do it rolling, with my feet in my non-jumping position (got to work on that). I catch the top of the log and fly forward, off the track into the bushes. Only my ego was bruised as they watched me walk back a good 5 metres to fetch my uni.:o

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my upd of the day, I was riding along a curb that serves no real purpose on my way home and these girls in a car yelled that i was amazing and i looked back to wave and I fell off… I had almost finished the skinney to… it sucked…

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Bump, this was a good thread.

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the sweater thing is almost as bad as me UPD’ing because my sidekick buzzed and I’m a slave to instant messaging and had to reply that instant…dont type and ride.

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You call your mobile phone your sidekick? Or your slightly inferior friend who goes on crime-fighting adventures with you sent you a text message?

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I think the sidekick is a type of phone actually.

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Most deserved UPD

Well, there’s several titles I could use for this post; slowest UPD, fastest UPD, my worst UPD… but I settled on most deserved UPD. See if you agree.

It all started 24 hours earlier, when I was riding home from work, and pulled up at some traffic lights (see Joe, i do stop sometimes!), resting with my hand on the pole. I notice my wheel seemed stiff, and realised that the loop of my shoelace was just long enough to hook around the end of the crank. A bit of jiggling freed it, the lights turned green, and I was off. With every intention of sorting out the lace. Soon. Although it seems like if the wheel is going around, then the loop won’t hook over. Cool! But I’ll sort it soon…

Just before I leave work this evening, I check for new threads on here and notice the title of this one. Excellent, I’ll get home and chuckle at people hurting themselves. It’s got to be fairly entertaining.

So, on the way out of work, a colleague that’s never seen my uni before is looking at it. “You really ride that? In London? What happens when you fall off?” she says. “I don’t fall off” I reply in an ironic tone that she probably mistook for smugness. Oh well.

Half a mile later, I get to about here, and, well, can you guess what happens next?

Due to the lights there, it’s one of those junctions that’s either really really busy, or there’s no traffic. Luckilly there was no traffic as I was flung to the ground quicker than I’ve ever known. Completly winded. The nozzle of my camel back getting sandwiched between my chest and the tarmac not only bruised me and cut my shirt, but meant that the passers by were confused by the red dripping going on, not realising it was apple & blackcurrent cordial :slight_smile:

So, here I am with grazes all over my right arm, my left shin, and my chest. Bruises starting to show on my left arm, right knee, chest, and both hands, and I wondering about a trip to A&E for the little finger on my left hand. But I’ve got my MP3 player back together now though.

Oh, and if any EMUs are reading this… I’ll have to play in the A team for hockey now, as I’ve ripped my away strip :smiley:

STM

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correct. <sarc> I call him fred </sarc>

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psst…I was aiming to be facetious.