NO MORE FUCKING CRASHING

[R6_kid:Me]

i have seen a few other members gettind pifft'd at people crashing. For fucks sakes guys (and girls) lets a grip on this biking thing.

Its not a game and when you go on a group ride it is NOT A RACE - thats what track days are for.

In traffic, if you are going to split/filter do it at a suitable pace and keep you eyes out, you ARENT BEING SEEN so make sure YOU know WHERE YOU are.

Stop thinking about yourself and your cred/balls/rep. Take a second now and think of every person that will be affected you being in an accident. Family, friends, other people in the accident - their family (children) and friends.

Keep your bike in a good riding condition - its your responsibility - its your life on the line.

Everytime you get on your bike you are a target. Drivers wont see you, if you drive as such you will have a better chance of getting from A to B with no problems.

Personally i am getting sick of seeing "I crashed" "my bin" "ouch" "my poor bike" "give me sympathy".

C'mon guys stick to your own pace (keep it down) and watch out for yourself.

I am lucky enough to have mates that will tell me if they think my riding is a bit crazy, or atleast remind that i'm a target on my bike - it keeps me in perspective. Who does this for you? If you dont have someone doing it then do it yourself.

I apologize to anyone having a legitimate accident (not being their fault) but seeing lives, bikes and money go to waste is really starting to get on my nerve. And im only 18!!!

keep it safe guys,
G

[Ixion]

Well said that man. Nana agrees , deal out an orang-utan

Peeps , keep the black squishy bits down,pink squishy bits up, always

[Waylander]

Damn just when I thought we were through this kinda stuff...

[R6_kid:Me]

Damn just when I thought we were through this kinda stuff...

lol i know, why does everyone feel the need to publicise their misfortune?

is it sympathy they want or perhaps they feel a need to be laughed at?

i dont wanna be a granny or anything, just i come here to read about the good side of riding (with the black semi-race rubber compound side down). Not the other (* "oh shit, f**k" - earth, sky, earth, sky* side).

[pyrocam]

lol i know, why does everyone feel the need to publicise their misfortune?

is it sympathy they want or perhaps they feel a need to be laughed at?

i dont wanna be a granny or anything, just i come here to read about the good side of riding (with the black semi-race rubber compound side down). Not the other (* "oh shit, f**k" - earth, sky, earth, sky* side).

I think its because

a) its a pretty close knit community on here and people are interested in the details (or not)
b) I cant speak for other riders but I like to read those posts and learn from them
c) the internet was invented so people could sit at home and argue/rant anytime they wanted

but hey, just my 2c

(ps. internet wasnt invented for arguing. its for porn)

[Waylander]

lol i know, why does everyone feel the need to publicise their misfortune?

is it sympathy they want or perhaps they feel a need to be laughed at?

i dont wanna be a granny or anything, just i come here to read about the good side of riding (with the black semi-race rubber compound side down). Not the other (* "oh shit, f**k" - earth, sky, earth, sky* side).

Na mate I was talking about your post. Wrecks happen and as long as people can laugh about them then it's fine. If people take all wrecks seriously even the small ones where no one was injured and all then what's the point? Why not just stay home laying in bed doing nothing becouse you never know what could happen out there in the world. Shit happens may aswell deal with it and move on.

[Ixion]

Damn just when I thought we were through this kinda stuff...

Never will be, so long as people keep hurting themselves.

[R6_kid:Me]

I think its because

a) its a pretty close knit community on here and people are interested in the details (or not)
b) I cant speak for other riders but I like to read those posts and learn from them
c) the internet was invented so people could sit at home and argue/rant anytime they wanted

(ps. internet wasnt invented for arguing. its for porn)

thought that might come up, and i understand what you mean (compsci 111 did teach me something after all).

I wanted to take the approach as a biker rather than a forum whore.
We do need to learn from other peoples mistakes but why not learn from those before us rather than those repeating the same again - i.e there are hundreds of books on it anyway (but this is cheaper so i lose anyway oh well)

the post is my 2c (or a few $$ as it may be)

[John]

Sorry to be a wet blanket but we went over this 50 bazillion times and it got old quick not being sad just yea I don’t want to blab about it..

I have had a shit load of bins it’s a learning process in SOME cases live with it, and dont expect sympathy>>

[R6_kid:Me]

waylander, i see what your saying there. Shit does happen, and people need to deal with it and i suppose that these forums are a good place for that. As some people have said however crashes are serious and you cant really look at it any other way. Some take it as part of the risk but i see it as something that in most cases can be avoided.

'little' crashes can be funny when they are at a blooper level but as the line says

"its only funny til someone (actually) gets hurt"

[R6_kid:Me]

Sorry to be a wet blanket but we went over this 50 bazillion times and it got old quick not being sad just yea I dont want to blab about it..

I have had a shitload of bins its a learning process in SOME cases live with it, and dont expect sympathy

not taking a stab at you or any of the other faster riders on here.

I know that crashing in riding can be part of the learning process, BUT does it have to be? I've had one bin in 3 years of riding and I know exactly why it happend (i was being stupid).

Look at some of the more 'older' riders on here, some of them are up to 20-40yrs of riding with less than 3 crash's in the whole time... most of which happened a lot further down the line...

however on the other hand it is good to get 'those' habits ironed out while you are still learing to ride.

[John]

waylander, i see what your saying there. Shit does happen, and people need to deal with it and i suppose that these forums are a good place for that. As some people have said however crashes are serious and you cant really look at it any other way. Some take it as part of the risk but i see it as something that in most cases can be avoided.

'little' crashes can be funny when they are at a blooper level but as the line says

"its only funny til someone (actually) gets hurt"

NO CRASH IS FUNNY PERIOD

IF you have that attitude maybe you shouldn’t be riding, even dropping it isn’t funny – a bad attitude leads to a short life. >>

[Waylander]

waylander, i see what your saying there. Shit does happen, and people need to deal with it and i suppose that these forums are a good place for that. As some people have said however crashes are serious and you cant really look at it any other way. Some take it as part of the risk but i see it as something that in most cases can be avoided.

'little' crashes can be funny when they are at a blooper level but as the line says

"its only funny til someone (actually) gets hurt"

I agree with you on the most part. I wish I could express this better but I see it as if you survive a wreck then great no matter how serious or silly it was. If you can't get up afterwards and laugh about it then you won't be riding long. You'll start worrying about wrecks more and more and then lose the enjoyment of riding. If you get up and take a deep breath then laugh about it you'll definately get back on and still enjoy riding. All wrecks have a lesson to be learned but I think the most important is how to get back on and enjoy riding. It may seem I have a fatalistic attitude but really it's just that if I'm gonna go while riding I'll atleast go doin something I love. Anyway Not sure if any of that makes sense but it's my 2 cents (american so it's worth more. )

[R6_kid:Me]

im starting to get off point here.

what i was trying to say is, dont accept crashes that happen due to poor judgement/attitude.

learning from those that do happen is a must

but

surely getting rid of the attitude or correcting the poor judgement in foresight has got to be better than having a sore ass, a broken bike and saying "gee i was going to fast for that one"

[Big Dave]

NO CRASH IS FUNNY. PERIOD

Dunno, I've had some offs on the dirt that the keystone cops would have been proud of.