What is considered to be a UPD?

Technically that’s a fall. You fell down. But that’s boring, how do we fit it into our nerdly arse-covering terminology for the lack of staying on the uni? In the situation described above, BPD would stand for Botched Planned Dismount. Or a UPD with extra style points, if you like. :slight_smile:

In the real world, I mostly use “fell off” in conversation, for obvious reasons. By that I mean, not wanting to explain what a UPD is, and why we have to make up a TLA for falling off!

In response to the occasional UPD around people, they ask “Are you alright/ok?”
I say that I am fine and at least I landed on my feet!

I sometimes have to explain UPDs to MTB’s and other people who ask how many times I have fallen off.
The quickest response is to say, “Loads of times!”

Exactly! If you’re not falling off then you’re not riding hard enough stuff. Generally if I havn’t fallen it’s because i can only find really boring terrain…

My response to such a question is usually along the lines of “You mean today? Otherwise I can’t count that high.” :smiley:

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