Funny "Blond" moment!!!

brookwest · 09-03-2013, 12:40 PM

So exciting, first long trip planned(150mi)with a friend. We get geared up, and gassed up, and hit the road. When we finally get up to speed, (about 55), I hear this horribly loud bap, bap, bap, bap! and am like WTF!!! I decelerate and it stops, accelerate and it starts in again. So I get my friend to pull over, and ask him if he heard the noise, and he said no, but he's willing to take my bike for a spin to see if he could hear it. So he comes back in a minute and says he didn't hear anything, and that we're good to go. I hop back on, get her up to speed again, and bap, bap, bap! starts making the sound again!!!! I realized it was the chin strap on my helmet, flapping against it!!!! Boy we had a good laugh about that!!! Had a great trip!!! I was amazed at how much I learned going with an experienced rider! (one I will add, that was content to ride WITH me, at my speed, and make suggestions to me as we went!)

mrlmd1 · 09-03-2013, 12:50 PM

Many helmets have a snap on the end of the strap that will fasten it to itself so it doesn't flap around like that - look for one on yours.
Glad you found that and didn't start ripping into your bike to look for a problem that didn't exist.

Goose51683 · 09-03-2013, 03:50 PM

I would love to say I've never done anything like that but I can't, and I'm guessing there are many guys and gals on here who couldn't either.

Water Warrior 2 · 09-03-2013, 07:10 PM

Been there done that. What really got my attention was the strap was flapping because I'd forgot to do it up at all. Kinda made my blood run cold as I had just pulled out into rush hour traffic and couldn't safely pull over for a couple blocks.

09-03-2013, 12:40 PM	#1
brookwest Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: lava hot springs, Id Posts: 3	Funny "Blond" moment!!! So exciting, first long trip planned(150mi)with a friend. We get geared up, and gassed up, and hit the road. When we finally get up to speed, (about 55), I hear this horribly loud bap, bap, bap, bap! and am like WTF!!! I decelerate and it stops, accelerate and it starts in again. So I get my friend to pull over, and ask him if he heard the noise, and he said no, but he's willing to take my bike for a spin to see if he could hear it. So he comes back in a minute and says he didn't hear anything, and that we're good to go. I hop back on, get her up to speed again, and bap, bap, bap! starts making the sound again!!!! I realized it was the chin strap on my helmet, flapping against it!!!! Boy we had a good laugh about that!!! Had a great trip!!! I was amazed at how much I learned going with an experienced rider! (one I will add, that was content to ride WITH me, at my speed, and make suggestions to me as we went!) Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-03-2013, 12:50 PM	#2
mrlmd1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crawfordville, Florida Posts: 2,853	Re: Funny "Blond" moment!!! Many helmets have a snap on the end of the strap that will fasten it to itself so it doesn't flap around like that - look for one on yours. Glad you found that and didn't start ripping into your bike to look for a problem that didn't exist.
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09-03-2013, 03:50 PM	#3
Goose51683 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 621	Re: Funny "Blond" moment!!! I would love to say I've never done anything like that but I can't, and I'm guessing there are many guys and gals on here who couldn't either. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-03-2013, 07:10 PM	#4
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Funny "Blond" moment!!! Been there done that. What really got my attention was the strap was flapping because I'd forgot to do it up at all. Kinda made my blood run cold as I had just pulled out into rush hour traffic and couldn't safely pull over for a couple blocks.
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