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View Poll Results: How many miles before your first whoops | |||
I've never had a whoops. |
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21 | 29.17% |
Less than 10. |
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12 | 16.67% |
10-20 miles |
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3 | 4.17% |
20-50 miles |
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4 | 5.56% |
50-100 miles |
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8 | 11.11% |
100-200 miles |
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6 | 8.33% |
200 miles + |
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18 | 25.00% |
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#52 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Squamish B.C Canada
Posts: 11,409
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Ouch !!!! Any injuries ??
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#53 |
Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 74
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Ouch sorry to hear about that. Getting rear ended is one of my biggest fears commuting everyday over these past 8 years on my bikes. So far I've been lucky and avoided the few close calls of people skidding up behind me.
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#54 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 14
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First I just want to say thank you for all the help getting my bike running and on the road
![]() I got my permit today and went out riding with one of my buddies everything went very good the whole trip . got a little experience with a lot of the stuff I've been reading about finally!... When I got home I parked it in the dirt lot where I normally park my car got off and started walking away and !crash! ![]() |
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#56 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Danmark
Posts: 140
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Trying hard to avoid cars, trucks, old ladys and what else that wil ruin my day.
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#57 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 142
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08/22/2015 front end washed out in gravel....
Pretty banged up, was stupid as I wasn't wearing my gear.. I just though it's 5 minutes to the store and 5 minutes back. Right turn into the parking lot, front end washed out, wound up with nasty road rash, fractured elbow, 5+ weeks in a sling and after all that dealing with severe nerve damage affecting the right thumb and forefinger....
I'll never ride without my gear again.... I'm not saying the gear would have prevented all that but I do believe it would have limited some of what I'm going through... chandlerbingfl |
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#58 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Squamish B.C Canada
Posts: 11,409
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#59 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Henderson, NV
Posts: 1,097
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Safety First
Lots of riders in the Vegas Valley wearing no safety gear most of the time except for the required helmet. Most say it is too hot to wear here during the summer. Our safety instructor had a saying. If it is too hot to wear safety gear it is probably too hot to ride.
I always wear my gear, year around. Saved my bacon and my life on two occasions. I would rather sweat than go through skin grafting, etc. |
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#60 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2
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I passed my learners test 2 weeks ago and had my first woops last night. Riding round some country roads and cam into a corner too hot and ended up in the ditch, luckily I managed to slow down before the ditch so just got a bit of mud on me, thankfully no damage to me or the bike, apart from me feeling stupid! It's nice to read I'm not the only one out there having a woops moment early in their biking life, thanks guys
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