Binned on the newly laid, wet concrete driveway

[Steam]

So I am at the end of a month-long riding tour of the country, when I reached my brother's driveway at the end of a long day on the bike.
It's a shared driveway, quite steep, with five houses on it. The neighbours were standing around the bottom of the driveway for some reasons, and there was a work truck parked nearby.

I waved hello to the neighbours, hit the nice, clean, perfectly-smooth concrete and immediately plough in, sloosh!
The concrete was fucking wet, freshly laid.
The bike slide sideways out from under me, wheel spinning, and I put a leg down, squelch, my boot sank in, no traction, I slipped, the bike came down on top of me, squish, in the concrete.

So there I was, lying in fresh concrete in full touring gear, pinned under the panniers of the heavily loaded bike, which was pissing fuel everywhere....
and the neighbours were looking at me, gobsmacked. Astonished. Speechless. And then angry.

I struggled out from under it, getting concrete all over everything, helmet, gear, gloves, dririder jacket and pants, covered in the shit.
I washed it off in the shower, just showered in all my gear, as I was soaked from yesterday's rain anyway.

That was about an hour ago. I'm glad I'm leaving tomorrow.

[Str8 Jacket]

Buggar !

[fireliv]

Oh that is so a bugger moment!

Nice of the neighbours to warn ya of the concrete! Lets hope its a better day 2morrow!

[mstriumph]

:no: some days .............

commiserations, fella!

[DarkLord]

Oh dear. That really sucks man. Should have been signposted or something.

Bad luck dude. :(

[fliplid]

Dozy concrete guys should have put a barrier up to prevent access, and cones around the site! So really their fault... Commiserations!

[Maha]

You washed the concrete off.........in the shower???...........:eek:

[Scorpygirl]

Steam.....Bugger mate!! :angry2: Don't you feel like you want to start your day over again!! :hug:

[Jerry74]

:doh: :doh:

Crap.... hate when that stuff happens

[MSTRS]

You know the drill...PICS OR IT NEVER HAPPENED

[CookMySock]

reminds me of the time I had to crawl through the surf in full scuba gear. I never did get all the gravel outa it. ugh. Thats almost an insurance claim.

Steve

[paulmac]

Dunno whats worst, the event or admitting it in here !! lol
bad luck mate !

[justsomeguy]

You know the drill...PICS OR IT NEVER HAPPENED

+1

But anyway......... awwwwwwwwwwww :hug:

[dwnundabkr]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :Oops: now that is a mintie momment

[shafty]

I must send you one of our "Rock hard in no time at all" Cemex T Shirts!!

BUGGER!! But blardy funny

[sinfull]

You washed the concrete off.........in the shower???...........:eek:
Can ya imagine it ! lol concrete floored house is it ?


ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :Oops: now that is a mintie momment

Feel for ya man that has got to suck big time ! Shit you wanna go soak the bike in a can or two of crc b4 too long ! Empty a pot of ya sister in laws vitamin e hand cream onto ya leathers while yr aat it !

[puddytat]

That's a CLASSIC:laugh:

[AllanB]

Oh man that's a sad one.

Sorry I laughed out loud but f-me if there is not a funny side - that's the type of shit you see on those 'funniest home videos' TV shows.

Are you sure the neighbours did not set you up for this?

As above its a serious dork of a cement layer to not put up a barrier - If you need any repairs etc have chat to the drive layer - mention words like OSH....

[Oakie]

Look on the bright side. How many other times can concrete cushion your fall?

[fatzx10r]

it's moment's like these you need minties :Oops:

[Mr Triple]

Oh shit that's not a good day. For those people to just stand there:nono: But I just can't take the smirk off my face.:msn-wink:

[gijoe1313]

:slap: :thud: :doh: Its just been one of those rides for you huh? As some of the more colourful personalities on this site would say ... "it all adds to the grand patina of life, a mosiac of movie-like qualities in a pastiche of kaleidoscope movements" or some such reference.

Good on you for riding anyway and giving us a groan and a giggle ... there but for the grace of the biker gods go I ...

[pritch]

lol concrete floored house is it ?


It is now :whistle:

[Steam]

Look on the bright side. How many other times can concrete cushion your fall?

That is classic, so true. My fall was cushioned by a nice soft layer of concrete!

In reply to everyone, I think it is very funny now.
After I got the concrete out of my gear and washed off the bike, I went and apologised to the neighbours, but was too late to help them fix the concrete.

So all is well.
Off on the Bluebridge ferry tomorrow, then south to Home Sweet Home.

[<Rhino>]

So when you finished washing your gear in the shower did you go back down and smooth the concrete over!!

[gunrunner]

Bugger eh and always at the end of a trip , on the bright side you have a month cruising round the country - well done , any pics besides the concrete .

[FROSTY]

Steam Im sorry mate but the mental image is just so farking funny.
I can just see you riding down the road--half normal biker and bike --half concrete man

[BIHB@0610]

It IS funny! But poor you :hug:

I suppose it would be mean to say something like "gee you're a hard man" or "the neighbours need to harden the fuck up", or "the whole situation was cut and dried", or "determining fault wasn't black and white - it was a bit of a grey area", or "it was entrapment", or "sorry you got stuck like that" ..... Ok shutting up now :shutup:

[Swoop]

The North Island will turn you into a hardened biker...

If the conditions are right.:niceone:

(waits for various HTFU comments...)

[Griffin]

BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... That is so farkin hilariious, would LOVE to have been a witness to it. It will be one of those moments you talk about for the rest of your life!!!

Glad you got your bike and gear cleaned off ok... nothing worse than a concrete touring suit.

[=cJ=]

Now now, lets not get stuck into the poor guy.

Still, it's a hell of a way to cement a relationship with the neighbours...

/me gets coat...

[lb99]

That is classic, so true. My fall was cushioned by a nice soft layer of concrete!

In reply to everyone, I think it is very funny now.
After I got the concrete out of my gear and washed off the bike, I went and apologised to the neighbours, but was too late to help them fix the concrete.

So all is well.
Off on the Bluebridge ferry tomorrow, then south to Home Sweet Home.

the weather has shit its self(again) i hope you dont mind getting wet

[Steam]

...any pics besides the concrete .
None, the camera was triple-wrapped in plastic bags the whole time, it was sooo wet.
it was the wettest day I have ever had on a bike yesterday, I rode from Auckland to Wellington in the middle of that pouring madness.

[Mikkel]

In reply to everyone, I think it is very funny now.
After I got the concrete out of my gear and washed off the bike, I went and apologised to the neighbours, but was too late to help them fix the concrete.

Bugger! As far as offs go this is pretty benign though.

I'd agree that washing the gear and bike ought to get first priority - but bloody well good on ya for not forgetting about the concrete :niceone:

[Beemer]

Definitely one of those "funny later, but not at the time" moments!

We'd had our concrete driveway (all 400 sq m of it) finished a week when this bloody huge waste management truck drove up it. I ran out and was screaming at him to get his fucking truck off my barely hardened driveway - never seen anyone back down a 45 degree angle driveway so fast! Turns out the previous owners hadn't bothered to let them know they had moved out. It was okay to drive on, just not anything heavy, so we hadn't bothered shutting the gate. Thankfully it didn't crack it or he would have been up for the $21,000 it cost us!

[imdying]

Wankers... get them to pay to have the bike and gear groomed or go and visit OSH about the unsafe worksite.

[HenryDorsetCase]

So I am at the end of a month-long riding tour of the country, when I reached my brother's driveway at the end of a long day on the bike.
It's a shared driveway, quite steep, with five houses on it. The neighbours were standing around the bottom of the driveway for some reasons, and there was a work truck parked nearby.

I waved hello to the neighbours, hit the nice, clean, perfectly-smooth concrete and immediately plough in, sloosh!
The concrete was fucking wet, freshly laid.
The bike slide sideways out from under me, wheel spinning, and I put a leg down, squelch, my boot sank in, no traction, I slipped, the bike came down on top of me, squish, in the concrete.

So there I was, lying in fresh concrete in full touring gear, pinned under the panniers of the heavily loaded bike, which was pissing fuel everywhere....
and the neighbours were looking at me, gobsmacked. Astonished. Speechless. And then angry.

I struggled out from under it, getting concrete all over everything, helmet, gear, gloves, dririder jacket and pants, covered in the shit.
I washed it off in the shower, just showered in all my gear, as I was soaked from yesterday's rain anyway.

That was about an hour ago. I'm glad I'm leaving tomorrow.

and no one had a video camera?

[Okey Dokey]

Thanks for sharing your story with us, Steam. One of the all-time best "offs" I've ever read about! Glad you are okay and hope the bike and gear suffer no lasting damage, either.

[munterk6]

I had a concete driveway laid a month ago and a pussycat walked on it while it was wet....I was PISSED!!!!
sorta puts my problems in perspective doesnt it. :done:

[rottiguy]

the feekers should have had some tape up to block off the driveway, the dirty prickbags

[Irontusk]

Steam Im sorry mate but the mental image is just so farking funny.
I can just see you riding down the road--half normal biker and bike --half concrete man

There's a busker (sort of) that used to park up at some local shops (he might still do it, I dunno), but his thing was to wear this suit that looks completely cemented, with a mask/wig/helmet to go with it, aswell has a trail bike also completely covered. He'd just stand there completely still until someone put money in his bucket, then he'd move sort of like a statue and freeze up again. Apparently he rode on the road like that.. I never saw him come or go though.

Seriously though, there must be some sort of OSH issue with not having the wet concret marked off or whatever, especially since it resulted in your bike landing on top of you. I wouldn't care the slightest bit about their driveway if I were you!