FYI a Coaster Brake = DANGER!

[danreid27]

Did you ever consider that you would have "NO brakes at all" if your chain breaks or falls off!
Be aware / be safe. :!:

 

[user 135]

My chain broke coming down a big hill once. Kinda freaky but then I remembered to place my shoe on the front tire. Works like a charm and I love the smell of burning rubber

 

[flash22]

dont panic !!!!

if you cant stop find a non spikey bush the plow into

 

[danreid27]

Good ideas gang! :wink:

 

[Lowdownminitrucker]

Did you ever consider that you would have "NO brakes at all" if your chain breaks or falls off!
Be aware / be safe. :!:

:shock: :shock: :shock: You know...I NEVER thought of that,having ridden rim or disc brakes for so long :shock: :shock: :shock:

After having the wheel come off my Blazer at better than I should have been going Saturday,that's ALL I need,is to have the brakes go out on my bike too :lol:

 

[yoothgeye]

Did you ever consider that you would have "NO brakes at all" if your chain breaks or falls off!
Be aware / be safe. :!:

Man, it's the 21st century, if your chain breaks, just crash and sue someone, no need for us to worry about such things.

 

[2manybikes]

My chain broke coming down a big hill once. Kinda freaky but then I remembered to place my shoe on the front tire. Works like a charm and I love the smell of burning rubber

I had the same sort of experience... Kinda like Flintstone brakes only different :mrgreen:
Maybe thats where the term hotfoot came from.

 

[Wildcat]

I've had that happen a few times, or lost a brake pad when all I had was rear handbrakes. I put my foot between the frame and rear tire down by the kickstand mount. I did that with the front tire, but flipped over. The rear just locked up as my shoe got grabbed. Bare feet would be a problem too.

 

[DHrider]

take yer shoe off and stick it in the chainstay. or just hop off and let it continue on under its own volition.

 

[CCR]

.... or just hop off and let it continue on under its own volition.

Yes, I believe this was the most practiced method of dismounting a questionable bicycle back in the day.

 

[blackdiamond]

i have had the chain come off running from a few german shepards :?
the sound it made scared them off. :lol:
But... feet stop a bike... :roll:

 

[Wildcat]

Back in the 60's, my friends and I would practice "bailing out". More proof that boys destroy everything they own. After watching some of those WW2 movies, we would mimic pilots bailing from their aircraft. We would ride next to the curb, and jump off into the grass as the bike kept going on it's own. We would be covered in grass stains as we kept increasing our bailout speed. Usually the bikes would go 20 or 30 feet and crash, but every so often, a bike would go all the way down the street. Then things got even worse for our bikes, we would run with them, and let them go, usually toward a curb or tree. Bikes would bounce and do flips in the air if they were going fast enough. We were having a blast. One even climbed the stop sign. Other kids joined in the fun and we were even having judging on the crashes. One of my buddies suddenly got a stricken look on his face, it was his Mom coming down the street, with a wooden spoon. He drug his new bike back up the street, the back wheel had come loose and wouldn't roll. That's why you find plenty of girl's bikes, but not many boy's bikes.

 

[Lowdownminitrucker]

Back in the 60's, my friends and I would practice "bailing out". More proof that boys destroy everything they own. After watching some of those WW2 movies, we would mimic pilots bailing from their aircraft. We would ride next to the curb, and jump off into the grass as the bike kept going on it's own. We would be covered in grass stains as we kept increasing our bailout speed. Usually the bikes would go 20 or 30 feet and crash, but every so often, a bike would go all the way down the street. Then things got even worse for our bikes, we would run with them, and let them go, usually toward a curb or tree. Bikes would bounce and do flips in the air if they were going fast enough. We were having a blast. One even climbed the stop sign. Other kids joined in the fun and we were even having judging on the crashes. One of my buddies suddenly got a stricken look on his face, it was his Mom coming down the street, with a wooden spoon. He drug his new bike back up the street, the back wheel had come loose and wouldn't roll. That's why you find plenty of girl's bikes, but not many boy's bikes.

:lol: :lol: :lol: We did that too! 8)

 

[yoothgeye]

:lol: :lol: :lol: We did that too! 8)

Haha, me too, we would ghost ride bikes down big steep hills aiming for stumps for maximum air and flip time.

 

[ratina]

what if you have full fenders :shock:

 

[Lowdownminitrucker]

:lol: :lol: :lol: We did that too! 8)

Haha, me too, we would ghost ride bikes down big steep hills aiming for stumps for maximum air and flip time.

LMBO,yup! :mrgreen:

 

[Lowdownminitrucker]

what if you have full fenders :shock:

Then you're kinda...screwed :shock:

 

[ratina]

what if you have full fenders :shock:

Then you're kinda...screwed :shock:

I guess thats when you jump off if you have to!

 

[snydur]

what if you have full fenders :shock:

Then you're kinda...screwed :shock:

I guess thats when you jump off if you have to!

feet straight bown onto the ground. and pray, hard. known from experience with a black huffy.

 

[Rockit!]

what if you have full fenders :shock:

Then I guess you'll have to, ahem, FEND for yourself. :mrgreen: