Comments on: Crash Etiquette for Complete Idiots

By: brendan

brendan — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:13:36 +0000

In the group I ride with, there is etiquette for the crasher too – you must stay exactly where you landed – no matter how uncomfortable – until the others have taken photos of you. :-)

By: Shari

Shari — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:10:32 +0000

I will take this to heart so if I actually ever ride on some nifty single track, I will be ready with my crash etiquette! :)

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:38:24 +0000

I am a little disappointed. dug missed and opportunity to berate someone over the "Hog’s Hollow" comment in your entry today. He must be slipping. Old fart.

By: Jsun

Jsun — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:45:57 +0000

Question about Rule #2 – "Asking are you okay?"
While I agree with this rule, I have found that it does not always elicit a favorable response. On a couple of occasions, some non-biking accidents included, the response was something similar no "no you idiot, I am not okay, I just fell and ______ (whacked, broke, severley concussed, etc) my ______ (head, arm, hairline)" So I wonder if you could provide me with another sympathetic response that might not sound innaproppriate.
thanks

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:33:26 +0000

Note to self: E-mail this post to BikeHubby.

Your etiquette is much better than what happened when I was blasting down a really easy section. My front tire decided to land in a deep rut, which was well hidden beneath the dying vegetation, and slammed sideways. I was thrown right out of my pedals, onto my back, wind and whatever else I had in me knocked out. The pack stopped, upon hearing my wreck, and from a distance, I heard BikeHubby yelling "Jesus Christ! This is EXACTLY WHY I don’t want her to mountain bike. THIS IS WHY!" When he started to repeat his mantra, I heard one of the other riders say "Uh, do you think you might want to find out if she’s ok?" Bikehubby was thrown back into reality and ran to my side, but sheesh…..

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:09:00 +0000

Wow Fatty,

You’re a bigger man than me, still being on friendly terms with this Brad fella after 2 incidents which qualify as "I’m never riding with that a**-hat again" category!

Of course, maybe this is your ploy, to eventually one day seek revenge by leaving him out in the middle of nowhere after he suffers a catastrophic mechanical ("Whaddya mean both pedal spindles snapped?", "Whoa, I’ve never seen a headtube separate from the frame like that before.", etc) during an epic 7 hour ride… and you have the only map.

By: Tim D

Tim D — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:47:40 +0000

Hop from one foot to the other clapping your hands saying "Yay! Do it again. Do it again"

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:50:51 +0000

Maybe that’s why I never got myself a mountain bike. All the falling off and associated rules and regulations.

Crashing on skinny tyres involves different etiquette because most crashes are at highish speeds on harder surfaces.

Step one: call an ambulance.
Step two: start picking body parts out of the seams in the racing surface.
Step three: show sympathy while trying not to get sprayed with blood.
Step four: arrange for the mangled wreckage to be transported to the home of the victim (some of them continue to cycle).

Crash analysis in my genre of cycling is pretty short. Either "someone laid down in front of me at 40mph" or "we locked handlebars and crashed" or shame-of-shames "I touched the wheel in front".

By: Big Guy on a Bicycle

Big Guy on a Bicycle — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:15:02 +0000

Of course you could do what I do and make sure that nobody else actually sees you crash, either by following everyone else or being way off the front. Then you can make up your own tale of woe/glory to suit your own purposes.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:37:18 +0000

From a T-shirt I saw:

It’s only funny until someone get’s hurt

then it’s hilarious

Of course I have better manners than that.