Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

On Oct 27, 5:23 pm, "Bill Sornson" <as...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Prisoner at War wrote:
> > On Oct 26, 8:23 pm, "Bill Sornson" <as...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >> ...except by many of those who've used it?
>
> >> Bill "sentence finisher" S.
>
> > Otherwise known as a placebo effect??
>
> POTM!
>
> The over-snipping here (deleting all content, not just context) is quite
> funny.  First Tom took away the /context/ of inexperienced riders
falling
> over suddenly and without warning; then you take away the /content/
> completely!
>
> Good stuff...  BS

As to why people fall down:

One fine afternoon, I was riding along the right side of the road on
the Gettysburg College campus, with the curb on the right.  There's a
steep incline for about 10 seconds, and I stood up in the pedals so I
could just power up through it.  Suddenly, a girl in the French class
I was avoiding walked out of a classroom, and waved at me.
Unthinkingly, I took my hand off the bars, to wave (being the suave,
debonair gentleman I am).  Sadly, when standing in the pedals, a lot
of your force is resisted by your arms on the bars.  With one hand
off, I imbalanced myself, swinging the bike directly into the curb,
and myself over the bars.  Que trauma.