W&W London Bridge Pointless Prize Log

[consularrider]

“This icy winter snowstorm offers an opportunity to announce another of the several pointless prizes I plan to award: the prize for the most crashes. We can call it the London Bridge prize, or… for any Bruce fans, the “I’m goin’ down” prize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdZWbIsrFk

Initially I wanted to offer this prize last winter, but it became painfully apparent that I’d have to award it to myself… how dorky is that?

The thing I’m not sure of is how we’ll know who the winner is this year. What is the best way to keep track of how many times we go down? I don’t know if we’d need a separate thread or if it’s better to add a specific keyword to ride titles… or if we should just rely on self-reporting at the end of the season – crashes are generally engraved quite powerfully in the memory, so I don’t expect anyone will forget.

Be safe, everyone. w&w”

Think you might be in the running for Wheels & Wings PP? Since this isn’t something that can be pulled off your Stave ride reports, here is a thread where you can either brag or complain about your accomplishments.

Declared falls (as of date/time of last edit):

consularrider: 6
kitty: 4
Steve O: 1
DCV: 3?
Subby: 4
Mikey: 1
J Wetzel: 1
Teresa A: 1
vvill: 2
Amalitza: 1
Boomer2U: 2
Dickie: 3
jlevine: 1
Jon Robot: 3
Steve O: 2
DrP: 2
BTC_DC: 1
LeprosyStudyGroup: 2
Vicegrip: 2
jonathankrall: 1
hozn: 1 (does he count as a slacker?)
wheels&wings: 1
JonRobot: 1
Boomer2U: 1

Anyone else playing? If you have already post elsewhere, please repost here so you can get credit.

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[consularrider]

#londonbridge – I stopped in New Castle, IN to ride the Wilbur Wright (he was born in Henry Co), but the trail really hadn’t been cleared, lots of ice patches.  On one of the first I was putting down my left foot to start “Flintstoning” and it slipped and I went down backwards, breaking the bottle cage and pump holder on the down tube and landing on my back on the non drive-side rear axle quick release.  Nice bruise coming up.  Photo is about a quarter mile later.  Bike sculpture looks like an endo in progress

[lordofthemark]

Sorry about your fall, heal fast.

You ARE aware that no one has given this prize since 2019, right?

[consularrider]

Of course.  😉

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