And another bike one...
Taking part in a mountain bike race this summer, the start was a steep uphill on a narrow country lane with switchbacks. Trying to get 1200 riders up it was entertaining although I was at the front so didn't see the worst of it.

Several "pros" were being nobs and pushing through forcing others to swerve and stop and due to the gradient and volume of riders they couldn't get going again.

1 of these "pros" got within about 5m of the top and his chain snapped. A few of us grinned as we went past.

Slightly further on, the route went into a forest and we were on a fire road (4m wide good quality stone track for those who don't know) and the riders had thinned out quite a bit. On the gentlest of downhill gradients, on a gentle bend that can easily be taken at 30 mph another "pro" had totally lost it and was in the ditch legs in the air and his lycra arse shredded.
I stopped and offered to give him a hand out but he wasn't interested!
( thistle, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 18:24, Reply)