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Old 23-06-12, 08:42 PM   #91
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Discretion is the better part of valour.

Anyway I don't think Agy would hit a cripple.
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Old 23-06-12, 09:10 PM   #92
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Hahaha maybe that's what i need to get to grips with pothole fixation- i need to be forced to ride through loads lol
Orherwise I can always jump off the bike and chase you on foot
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Old 23-06-12, 09:12 PM   #93
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Go play...

Try going over some lumpy bits stood up, give it a little bit of rice to unweight the front end. Make sure you're upright and not death-gripping the bars, grip with legs.

Start by jumping it over speed bumps
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Old 23-06-12, 09:17 PM   #94
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You know what, I think it's not even a fear if falling off the bike, it's a fear of dying of embarrassment from falling over a pothole
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Old 23-06-12, 09:18 PM   #95
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You know what, I think it's not even a fear if falling off the bike, it's a fear of dying of embarrassment from falling over a pothole
stay behind peeps then, then lie
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Old 23-06-12, 09:29 PM   #96
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Riding my motorbike doesn't scare me, my motorbike riding does scare me.

If I don't scare myself at least once a journey, then I may as well hang up my helmet because the fun has gone out of it.
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Old 23-06-12, 09:32 PM   #97
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I'm going to go to box hill tomorrow if the weather is decent. That bit of road on the way out of the car park is hideous if I fell over there I would want the earth to swallow me up! But as they say, must face thd fear head on-hopefully not actually ever literally
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Old 23-06-12, 09:37 PM   #98
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More rain than I've seen in years, force 8 winds.
Can tell someone has been hiding in the comfort of their van all winter, some of us saw this quite regularly

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You know what, I think it's not even a fear if falling off the bike, it's a fear of dying of embarrassment from falling over a pothole
So practice picking the bike up then you can drop it as much as you like*!


*tried and tested on numerous occasion, including picking bike out of a ditch at 10pm at night out in the middle of nowhere on my own....ooopsie!
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Old 23-06-12, 09:40 PM   #99
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Lol I'll go bankrupt buying levers I'd prefer not to practice dropping it
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Old 23-06-12, 09:40 PM   #100
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P.S I can pick it up myself no probs
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