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Blog Guy, I’m SO pumped! I’ve never been any good at sports, but yesterday I saw a reference to one that could be perfect for me!
That’s great. What is it?
You’re not even going to believe it. DOWNHILL bike racing!
Can you imagine? I mean, how athletic do I have to be to sit on a bike and steer the handlebars while gravity does the rest?
Um, before you register for the race….
Don’t bum me out. This is my one shot at being a jock. I’ll bet the hot chicks are ALL OVER downhill bikers! Somebody show me the start of the hill, baby!
Excuse me, I know you’re all excited, but I’m guessing that no one has told you how they stop these bikes?
Well, I guess, you know, hand brakes or pedal brakes or whatever….
Right. Whatever. Enjoy….
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Riders fall and crash during a bike downhill race in Sigulda, Latvia May 30, 2010.
REUTERS photos by Ints Kalnins
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That’s what happens when Willy Wonka sponsors an event. Everyone thinks everything is edible.
“Oh look, peppermint candies!”
I wouldnt like to be the rider in the 1st pic… “Anything but the face”… I cant remember who said this though….
No wonder he has trouble on a bike, he has three legs.
Gives new meaning to the phrase “barreling down the hill.”
ouch
Oww! That’s one way to get the old blood flowing. He’s gonna need an extra doughnut.
The guy in the green t-shirt (background) looks like he’s clapping. Maybe this is like NASCAR, everyone wants to see a wreck.
@ifly … nice tag line!
Shra – It was Dom DeLouise in ‘Blazing Saddles’ in the studio canteen.
When I used to race in mountain biking, people clustered round the accident blackspots to watch the downhillers crash horribly into trees. That’s why I used to race cross country.
It hurts just to look at the pics!
That guy has already got two dressings on his right leg, not a good sign. Perhaps that’s why cyclists shave their legs, because they can’t stand the pain when they take the sticking plasters off.
Ouch!!! now that really hurt, Nurse!! You should work on that bedside manner!
Nurse, they shave their legs cause they wear short-shorts!
Who wears short-shorts?
They wear short-shorts!
And when they dare wear short-shorts they gotta Nair!
Actually Knitty, it is mostly for ease of wound cleaning! So they used to tell me anyhow.
That’s why I used to work with unconscious people and now I work with trees, Shra.
Beavis and Butt-head would be proud.
Yeah. heh heh. …