It's a good example, but I believe that situation was hypothetical.jrdudas wrote:I followed the post that was mentioned earlier about the experienced rider who moved to a bike that he could not flatfoot and died after dumping the bike at a stoplight.
Essential to be able to flat foot a ss bike
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Re-read the original post.jonnythan wrote:It's a good example, but I believe that situation was hypothetical.jrdudas wrote:I followed the post that was mentioned earlier about the experienced rider who moved to a bike that he could not flatfoot and died after dumping the bike at a stoplight.
Doesn't mean it's absolutely a true situation, but why question it if the orginal poster was told that it really did happen - do you think that these sorts of things don't really happen? Truth is stranger than fiction...Lion_Lady wrote:Supposedly this really did happen to the friend of a member of one of my other forums.
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Thanks, I missed that post. I saw the post that said:Loonette wrote:Doesn't mean it's absolutely a true situation, but why question it if the orginal poster was told that it really did happen - do you think that these sorts of things don't really happen? Truth is stranger than fiction...Lion_Lady wrote:Supposedly this really did happen to the friend of a member of one of my other forums.
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and thought the guy from the other forum made it up.Lion_Lady wrote:The originator wanted to 'prove' that no one should ride a bike they can't flat foot.
Who knows, maybe he did anyway

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You have to much free time.ZooTech wrote:Oh geez, Man....keep it in your blog!Sevulturus wrote:When I was learning to ride my MSF instructor![]()
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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Oh, ya - I guess that does make it more of a possibility that it was made up. Still, I've seen some strange things happen in my life. A girl I knew back-in-the-day stabbed a fork through her middle finger while trying to open a pineapple. The two middle prongs of the fork went directly on either side of her middle finger bone, yet though the skin entirely. I was only 8 years old and it totally freaked me out (in an almost humorous way). At least her experience taught me how not to open a pineapple.jonnythan wrote:Thanks, I missed that post. I saw the post that said:Loonette wrote:Doesn't mean it's absolutely a true situation, but why question it if the orginal poster was told that it really did happen - do you think that these sorts of things don't really happen? Truth is stranger than fiction...Lion_Lady wrote:Supposedly this really did happen to the friend of a member of one of my other forums.
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Who knows, maybe he did anyway
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Never get a bike you can't flatfoot.
I don't care if you have 20 years of experience; You're gonna have a hell of a time parking on a hill or duckwalking out of a parking spot if you can't flatfoot your bike.
Lots of people will disagree with me.
Lots of them have bought a lot of clutch levers.

I don't care if you have 20 years of experience; You're gonna have a hell of a time parking on a hill or duckwalking out of a parking spot if you can't flatfoot your bike.
Lots of people will disagree with me.
Lots of them have bought a lot of clutch levers.

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