W&W London Bridge Pointless Prize Log

[Steve O]

@consularrider 133809 wrote:

Declared falls:

consularrider: 5
kitty: 3

Anyone else playing?

I think dcv claimed 3. I will sheepishly claim 1 so far.

[consularrider]

My first BAFS fall was Thursday, January 21. I was riding the Pugsley with studded tires and made to sharp a movement to get off the street while I was on packed snow/ice covered with brown sugar slush. I was on the cobblestones of Trioksviatytelska St about to enter Mykhaivs’ka Sq and the street was blocked off for a Christmas Market.

Falls 2-5 were on Sunday, January 31. I again was riding the Pugsley with studded tires, this time on trails and forest roads in Pushcha-Voditsa just north of Kyiv. The surface was mostly ice with some crusty snow and very few bare spots. My first fall was on a slightly banked turn and the wheels just slid down the ice. The second and third falls of the day were when I was crossing the crusty snow between the wheel ruts to try and avoid some deep puddles. The final fall (that I can claim) was when my wheel caught in one of the deep and narrow wheel ruts. I did learn a lot about riding on ice during the ride.

Sample of the conditions.

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[Subby]

Put me down for 4. Twice on the Custis, once on the MVT, once going through Rosslyn (is that sidewalk still considered the custis?).

[Mikey]

I had 1 – Columbia Island/to North Pentagon Parking lot wooden bridge trollheim.

[jwetzel]

Once for me. It was that Wednesday night clipper, I went down in the middle of 18th street in Adams Morgan as I tried to stop with one foot already on the ground. One of the rare times I’ve called it quits for safety reasons, I threw the bike into a car2go and drove home.

[Terpfan]

True fall? I haven’t had one since November. But slight fall as in bike moves out underneath you, then yes my idiotic idea to try riding the icy patch in marina trail this morning did fall. But I had unclipped one foot in anticipation of something going wrong so i just awkwardly kind of half fell and then walked the stretch.

[Steve O]

@Terpfan 133854 wrote:

True fall? I haven’t had one since November. But slight fall as in bike moves out underneath you, then yes my idiotic idea to try riding the icy patch in marina trail this morning did fall. But I had unclipped one foot in anticipation of something going wrong so i just awkwardly kind of half fell and then walked the stretch.

I suppose we can discuss the definition of “fall.”
I suggest anything that causes your handlebar to unintentionally hit the ground while you are riding the bike and at least one part of your body other than your feet also touches the ground. (If you can nimbly dismount and land on your feet while your bike skitters away, then not a fall, but hopefully someone got video.)

Stopped while “riding” still counts, such as while standing at a light or failing to clip out. Dropping your bike accidentally shouldn’t count unless you go down with it.

[Teresa A]

Put me down for one. It was Blizzard Friday and the snow was covering the edge of the trail, which my bike tires followed and causing me to fall and hit my head (while still clipped in). Unfortunately, the snow wasn’t really deep enough to cushion the impact but it was a low speed crash.

[lordofthemark]

@Steve O 133857 wrote:

I suppose we can discuss the definition of “fall.”
I suggest anything that causes your handlebar to unintentionally hit the ground while you are riding the bike and at least one part of your body other than your feet also touches the ground. (If you can nimbly dismount and land on your feet while your bike skitters away, then not a fall, but hopefully someone got video.)

Stopped while “riding” still counts, such as while standing at a light or failing to clip out. Dropping your bike accidentally shouldn’t count unless you go down with it.

What if your handlebar does not hit the ground, because it is cushioned by two feet of snow? And your body rolls into the snow, but never touches “ground”?

[Terpfan]

@lordofthemark 133862 wrote:

What if your handlebar does not hit the ground, because it is cushioned by two feet of snow? And your body rolls into the snow, but never touches “ground”?

So you crossed the Humpback Bridge too?

[KWL]

@lordofthemark 133862 wrote:

What if your handlebar does not hit the ground, because it is cushioned by two feet of snow? And your body rolls into the snow, but never touches “ground”?

Are you a lawyer?

[lordofthemark]

@KWL 133864 wrote:

Are you a lawyer?

No, but I play one on TV. :rolleyes:

[lordofthemark]

@Terpfan 133863 wrote:

So you crossed the Humpback Bridge too?

No, this happened on the W&OD on the way to to Vienna on Saturday.

[consularrider]

@Steve O 133857 wrote:

I suppose we can discuss the definition of “fall.”
I suggest anything that causes your handlebar to unintentionally hit the ground while you are riding the bike and at least one part of your body other than your feet also touches the ground. (If you can nimbly dismount and land on your feet while your bike skitters away, then not a fall, but hopefully someone got video.)

Stopped while “riding” still counts, such as while standing at a light or failing to clip out. Dropping your bike accidentally shouldn’t count unless you go down with it.

I will have to defer on definition to W&W who created this Pointless Prize. I think a fall should include both the bike and the rider hitting the ground/snow/pavement.

[wheelswings]

@consularrider 133872 wrote:

I will have to defer on definition to W&W who created this Pointless Prize. I think a fall should include both the bike and the rider hitting the ground/snow/pavement.

What constitutes a “fall” for the London Bridge prize?

To me it means you don’t catch yourself with your feet and stay upright … you actually go down in one way or another. I have no interest in getting lawyerly and technical. If you feel it was a fall, and you live to tell the tale, that is good enough for me.

I don’t care about your bike… I mean, I do care, but not for this prize. If your bike magically stays upright in a snowbank while you topple over the handle bars, then that counts too (and I’d love to see the video ).

I hope you do not get hurt… I hope everyone falls into nice deep fresh snow! But I know a lot of us are getting banged up, bruised, scraped, cracked…. It all counts.

Be safe! Happy riding. w&w

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