THIS IS A TRUE STORY:
Last week, I was riding around with a friend. We had been riding the local trails for most of the day and they had become boring. For something to do, we started to practice trials. We both did catwalks and hops and small endos until that too, became boring. We both agreed that it is always fun to put cards in your spokes and ride around like a dirtbike.
Instead of going inside to get cards, we simply found some old cans. ( You see, by running over a can so that it folds around your front tire and "sticks" to it, you get a sound similar to a card in your spokes.) Anyway, we were both riding at different speeds trying to get the loudest sound out of our cans. At first, we were riding slowly, then as we felt more and more confident, we were riding faster and faster. I had the most speed for a while, and then it happened- -with a mighty CRACK the can got sucked into the arch of my fork and flew forward, over my bars. I screamed "OW!!" as I slammed onto the ground, wrist first.
My friend broke into laughter. At first I was laying on the ground, mad at him for laughing at me, but then as I realized that I just did something very stupid and that I was free from pain, I joined him and started to laugh, too. After a minute or two, I got back on my bike and started to ride again. But the more I rode, the more my wrist hurt. I only rode for about a minute and then I decided to go home. I was sure that my wrist would be fine in the morning.
I was wrong, as my wrist was in even worse condition by morning. I went to the hospital and received a cast for my broken wrist. That was the stupidest thin I've ever done, and it will cost me 4 weeks of riding time. I miss my bike! One last thing: DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
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