I just came up with a new one today I call the "Moses Dismount". Usually if people are tailgating me too closely, my goal when I fall is to take them out. Today was different...I was out cokering the Centennial Trail, and was out in front with 5 or 6 other cokeurs crowding right behind me. I wasn't paying attention and hit a little dip in the sidewalk and that's all it took to be sliding along on my face. But instead of piling up on top of me, the peleton simply parted and sped around me on both sides. It was like Moses and the Red Sea. I didn't know until today I had that kind of power.
Appropriately, perhaps, for such a religious experience, JC was my witness.
how about and audible of "LET MY PEOPLE GO!" as the UPD happens.
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Not particularly original, but... "the meandering twist"
I don't like to ride straight down a trail. So I sometimes -- when I still have the energey -- ride along the trail in a slow meander, back and forth across the trail. When I do this, I roll my tire into tight places, like against trees, into roots or rocks. Then, at the last instant, I twist and continue down the trail in a (slightly) different direction. Sometimes I do it when there is no obstacle as well. The twist is a perfectly superfluous motion in that I'm unnecessarily finding off-trail obstacles to avoid. It's also a total waste of energy. But it's poetry to watch.
(I've seen it on video from behind. My MUni riding partner pointed it out to me. I didn't really realized I did it. Of course, now I do it intentionally.)
Klaas Bil wrote:> *On Mon, 2 May 2005 00:20:59 -0500, "tomblackwood" wrote:>
Appropriately, perhaps, for such a religious experience, JC was my> >witness.>
Only half appropriate? JC wasn't born yet when the original> Moses-and-the-Red-Sea event occurred.>
*
Yes, I'm not quite that old yet.
Witnessing the parting of the riders by Tom was impressive. I was riding along side Tom when he launched (I'm smart enough not to ride directly behind Tom <g>). There was about four riders behind him riding more or less two by two. When they came upon the abandoned Coker and the fallen Tom the riders behind split with half going to the left and half going to the right.
I paced off the distance from the dip in the trail that caused the UPD and where Tom landed. It was about 12 feet. A pretty good launch.
billblogs wrote:> *My signature move is a secret because when I do it and get it right,> no one ever sees it. You gotta believe me. * I believe it doesn't count until somebody can verify it really exists! But I know what you're talking about. I call it "eye pressure." You can do the move with a little bit of consistency, but never when someone's eyes are pointed in your direction.
Poor Tom Blackwood. Everybody parted, and then it sounds like they de-parted!
My signature move was developed after riding rutty trails on a trials uni. The trials has a large capacity for pedal striking, and can pedal strike on anything, especially when your wheel is down in a rut. What I would do, and I've only done this sustainedly for a short time, is turn my wheel so that my pedals are always in some semblance of a straight line, and don't hit the side of a skinny rut.
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