Bike Disintegrating

What the heck? I was riding down a little hill today leaning on the handle bars of my bike (’stuur’ in Dutch), and guess what? The left side of the handle bars started bending and eventually cracked… leaving me with only one bar left :|… I guess I’ll have to get new handle bars tomorrow… Geezzz… I’ve never seen anything like that… Must have looked pretty funny to whoever was watching me drive with my left handle bar loosely in my hand somewhere (as it was still attached to the bike by the brake cable).

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9 Responses to “Bike Disintegrating”

  1. Jonathan says:

    Would have been less funny if it had hapened all at once on a larger hill.

    Trust me, I’ve done something similar!

    November 10th, 2005 at 2:49

  2. Quicky says:

    Hehe :D.

    …that reminds… **goes shower, dresses, has breakfast and goes to the bike store**

    November 10th, 2005 at 8:50

  3. Maija says:

    :)) Hihihihi… That must have looked funny! :P
    Well, I’m happy that it didn’t happen to sudden and you are not injured. Silly thing to brake, indeed :)
    Also reminds me that dutch guy that was studying with us in Finland - his bike didn’t have or was regularly loosing a seat! He used it quiet a bit anyway, but avoided when he was drunk :D.

    November 10th, 2005 at 9:35

  4. Quicky says:

    Lol…
    /me is reminded of the day right after he bought a new bike and they had stolen my seat…

    November 10th, 2005 at 9:52

  5. InkRose says:

    Maija’s in Finland?!????!!!!!?!???!!?!?!??

    November 10th, 2005 at 15:23

  6. Maija says:

    Hello Inky! :)
    I’m trying to figure if it’s my poor grammar that makes you think that I’m in Finland now? :P
    But if not, then I turn on surprised and a little bit disappointed look: “Hellooo! This is were Maija and Mats met ;)”
    Still, I suspect my lousy grammar :P

    Did Quicky get a new “handlebars” nicer and better (by no mean) than other ones? :)

    November 10th, 2005 at 15:35

  7. InkRose says:

    ah right… I missed the past tense there. sorry =)

    And yeah, I didn’t remember that about you and Mats. :/

    Anyways, I gotta run now.

    November 11th, 2005 at 6:09

  8. Daddy says:

    Bergaf aan 30-40 km/u… stel je voor! Gelukkig was dit niet het geval! Is de fietshelm intussen al ingeburgerd in Nederland? Bij ons stilletjes aan wél; d.w.z. dat je al méér mensen ziet ermee dan vroeger. Het belachelijke van het model is er ook al een beetje af, en het hoeven ook niet zo’n trendy flashy kleurtjes meer te zijn, gelukkig! ‘k heb er me namelijk een gekocht. Weet je dat je er zelfs tegenwoordig hebt met een ingebouwde achteruitkijkspiegel? De flikken gebruiken die, zegt onze fietshandelaar. Er zit dan een spiegeltje op de klep van je helm, en dat spiegeltje weerspiegelt in een ingebouwde spiegel boven op je hoofd, in je helm. En via deze laatste kijk je dan achter je, als je je ogen een beetje opslaat richting je (zonne)klep. Begrijp je ‘t een beetje? Maar die gasten kosten wel zo’n 130 euro. Aangezien ik mijn hoofd nog wel eens naar achter kan draaien, kocht ik er een gewone van 40 euro (zwart en grijs). Mooi en veilig!

    November 11th, 2005 at 17:42

  9. Quicky says:

    Heh, no, helmets are not customary around here. At least not among students. Who would pay more for his helmet than for his bike anyway? Paying for a lock that is more expensive than the bike itself is already quite enough… And how many people find themselves with only one handlebar left anyway? :P

    November 12th, 2005 at 2:39