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Well, this one time, my friends were riding down this big hill in their neighborhood on their bikes, and using the raise in the driveway at the bottom as a ramp. They would hit the grass and slam on their brakes to do a power slide. I thought it was pretty cool, so I tried. I went flying down the street, hit the jump at the bottom and, in my panicked exhilleration, hit my brakes in mid air. I hit the grass and was immediately thrown over the handlebars (which I failed to let go of until...) I rolled over and launched my bike into the air, and watched it hit a tree and break the front tire. I ended up with a concussion and a broken bike... how fun is that. My friends all laughed at me until they realized I had been concussed, and then they laughed harder, just not where I could hear them.

I replaced the front tire on my bike and didn't get it put on all the way... so it slipped out of the notch, caused me to flip over my handle bars. I then carried my bike to my grandfathers (about a mile away) borrowed a wrench, and fixed it...

Damn bike.

I.... Uhh.... Can't think of any at the moment, to be honest. sweatdrop

But it appears that the phrase "just like riding a bicycle" has gained new definition in C&T, judging by all the incidents that members have had riding these metal monsters of death and carnage. xd

I have had a few bike "incedents".

The first was a few years ago, me and a fried were racing down an alley as fast as we could. Of course I won, but there is a little known fact that there is a brick wall at the end. Well, in my joy of winning, I forgot to brake. Needless to say I slammed full speed straight into that wall. I spent the rest of that afternoon hobbling home dragging my broken bike after me. I think the house I used to live in then still has bloodstains on the front door from me trying to get in.

The next was relatively recent. I was riding peacefully along the sidewalk one morning. Then I got distracted. I noticed my sleeve was flapping in the wind and was thinking "Oooh, that looks cool.". Then *WHAM* I hit a parked car and end up flying over it and falling on my a**. I didn't hurt myself too bad, but it was suprising.

Jumping my bike with some friends off these big dirt mounds. I ended uppulling too far back to balance, and so I pulled forward. Overcorrected, and endoed' my bike. Bike flies up in the air, comes crashing down on my head. My belt dug out an inch wide, two-inch long strip of flesh from my gut. I was shirtless, and tore my chest to hell and back sliding ont he gravel, and scraped up my face and knees but good. That's not the worst. My wrist hurt for three dasy after, finally buckled and went to the doctor. I ahd a 6" hairline fracture from my right wrist to my elbow. Whoops. Guess I shouldn't have been stealing lumber and building supplies 4 hours after the crash.. I just screwed up my wrist more.

I used to rollerblade, as well. While learnign how, I was going across my front porch, and I overcorrected on a slide-stop. Went face first into the corner of a wooden beam, holding up the porch roof. Two weeks later, while ollieying my skateboard on the back porch, I hit the corner of another beam, in the same spot on my skull. Then, I fell from the air and smashed the back of my head into the pavement. I split my skull plates, and now have a divit that runs fron above my nose to behind my ear..

Me plus wheeled vehicles is apparently a very dangerous combination.

Alrighty kids! Let's get the Mod-Squad up and running again! xd

You know, it could just be that when I was a kid, I used to wear full clothes and protective gear when I did things like this. Call me a square- or cube, rather (giggle, inside joke)- but I always liked to play it safe...

Hey, I just thought of something that I could add! Just couple days ago, I was sildering these really nice Tenergy NiMH cells to make 3300mAH 8.4v battery packs... These babies, when fully charged, can put out circa 30 Amperes... Anyway, I was nearing the completion of one battery pack when I reached across the work bench to grab the "large" battery connector, when I accentally shorted across two cells I was holding. Now, for those of you that don't know, 8.4v being pumped by 30A makes some metals, say the metal tabs on SC cells, for exemple, glow bright yellow almost instantly... Well, needless to say, I carterized my finger to a battery pack, which required an abrasive pad to clean my seared flesh from it.

Now, I have to type using 9 fingers, until my right index finger heals.

Look at my sig pic. Does it look like I do anything normal? wink