Brakes
Having had my brakes fail on the first day of senior school so that I cycled straight into the back of the school bus and slid cartoon style down the rear window I feel I earned the right to laugh...

There's what used to be called 'the Dell' where I live, and quite probably still is; as teenagers we used to cycle down the steep bits and jump off the hillocks, showing off trying to impress the girls or just mucking about if there weren't any there. When the girls were around and we were doing well, this would be augmented by giving them backies on our bikes.

This particular time, my friend had bought new farmer Giles tyres for his bike, and was showing off there chunkyness by giving a ride to a girl we knew. On hitting a bump, said girl not only slid off the saddle, but snapped the brakes and straddled the back tyre using her own particular brand of brake pads. Apparently this hurts a lot, and whilst we were all concerned she was ok as we sat her gingerly on the park bench, we walked in circles round it so we could cry with laughter behind her back.....
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:34, 1 reply)

*winces*
*clicks*
(Fleximus Rex briefly gave up lurking on, Thu 24 Dec 2009, 19:47, closed)