n4mwd
September 23rd, 2011, 01:18 PM
Ok, my bike went down today with me on it, but I wasn't moving. Its one of those stories where I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Here's what happened.
I went to a shopping center and parked next to two other bikes in a sidewalk area that runs between two grassy areas out in the parking lot. While I was inside, some a$$hole turned on the sprinklers. Its illegal to do that in the daytime down here. There was one right next to my bike. They pop up out of the ground and while I was trying to get to the bike, I tripped over one. That weakened it somehow. Now I get on the bike and before I could do anything, it rest of it blows and now its shooting up a geyser about 6' in the air. Looked a lot like those TV shows where they run over a fire hydrant. Anyhow, I'm right under the dam thing. It was like a garden hose squirting in my face. I jump back and the bike went over on its side. It was still in gear so I couldn't move it.
Since I hadn't put my helmet on yet, it filled up like a bucket. My jacket is mesh and it went right through it.
Not to mention the fact that they weren't using city water. It looked like something they got out of a canal. Everywhere it hit the bike it left a stain.
My poor bike suffered injuries to its turn signal and mirror. The mirror went back OK, but I'll need to pull the front cowling to fix it properly. I had to go several other places, so I had to do it soaking wet.
Fortunately there were four or five good Samaritan body builder types that ran over and helped me. One put his foot over the sprinkler and another helped lift the bike back up.
When I came home I had to clean all the mud off with a bunch of lemon pledge. Some of the stains didn't come off.
It was kind of comical in a way, but not so funny when you're the guy that is all wet with a bike on its side.
:mad:
I probably wont go back there for a while, but if I do and see a sprinkler running in the daytime, I'll probably go postal. :mad:
I went to a shopping center and parked next to two other bikes in a sidewalk area that runs between two grassy areas out in the parking lot. While I was inside, some a$$hole turned on the sprinklers. Its illegal to do that in the daytime down here. There was one right next to my bike. They pop up out of the ground and while I was trying to get to the bike, I tripped over one. That weakened it somehow. Now I get on the bike and before I could do anything, it rest of it blows and now its shooting up a geyser about 6' in the air. Looked a lot like those TV shows where they run over a fire hydrant. Anyhow, I'm right under the dam thing. It was like a garden hose squirting in my face. I jump back and the bike went over on its side. It was still in gear so I couldn't move it.
Since I hadn't put my helmet on yet, it filled up like a bucket. My jacket is mesh and it went right through it.
Not to mention the fact that they weren't using city water. It looked like something they got out of a canal. Everywhere it hit the bike it left a stain.
My poor bike suffered injuries to its turn signal and mirror. The mirror went back OK, but I'll need to pull the front cowling to fix it properly. I had to go several other places, so I had to do it soaking wet.
Fortunately there were four or five good Samaritan body builder types that ran over and helped me. One put his foot over the sprinkler and another helped lift the bike back up.
When I came home I had to clean all the mud off with a bunch of lemon pledge. Some of the stains didn't come off.
It was kind of comical in a way, but not so funny when you're the guy that is all wet with a bike on its side.
:mad:
I probably wont go back there for a while, but if I do and see a sprinkler running in the daytime, I'll probably go postal. :mad: