Indiana Jones
As 10 year olds having just seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, me and my mate were trying to recreate a famous scene (Indy is in a network of caves and has to escape using those mine-cars. He has to use his foot as a brake to stop the cart. His shoe overheats, starts smoking and he shouts "Water, water" or something before a tsumani appears in the tunnels towards them... etc)

I was on my beaten up old racer, he was on his new birthday present BMX. The idea was to cycle to the top of a fairly steep road (nice a quiet one thankfully) then come down it and brake at the bottom by pressing our feet against the tyre and shouting "Water, water!".

We'd done it a few times successfully until what funnily enough happened to be the last attempt.

Rather than against the tyre, he accidentally put his foot in the spokes. As a rule in cycling, this is something you should try to avoid.

Inexplicably (to us) he somersaulted fully over his bike and must have done a full 360 in the air before landing on his backside.

A big dent in a bar across his handlebars a more lasting reminder than the scraped elbows.
(FUXTIX Not my words, Carol, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 12:44, Reply)