Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

On Oct 25, 4:06 pm, "Brother Oswald" <brot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
> Don't know.  It's a mystery.  I saw it happen to a guy riding my
re***bent.
> No discernable rider error.  No bike malfunction.  No adverse road
> conditions. No plausible explanation.  I suspect it was caused by
something
> out there in the re***bent twilight zone.
>
> Os


The last time I went flying off my bike (without a helmet, of course)
was on my 'bent, on the campus of the College of Staten Island, where
from my height and distance mistook a flight of stairs for a ramp (the
steps were big and wide and from that vantage point looked like a ramp
descent).  After the first few steps I put on the break and went
flying out of my Street Machine!  But not headlong like on an upright;
I went flying, but always rightside-up, and so landed on my feet
without even having thought about it.

So slamming the breaks on a 'bent doesn't seem dangerous, either!  It
was actually fun...I had a good three seconds of air time!  If it
weren't for fear of further damaging my bike (it was scratched, of
course), I would have done it again.  =)