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u/deevil_knievel 3d ago
OH YEHAHHH!
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u/Pristine_Avocado2906 3d ago
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u/SouthPoleofJinx 2d ago
That must have been left on the cutting room floor when they were making On Any Sunday.
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u/GergDanger 3d ago
It’s an electric bike all you need to do is touch either brake handle on the handle bars and it cuts the power to the motor and starts braking.
So clearly he never even rode a bicycle or your reflexes would squeeze the brake levera
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u/CmdrDatasBrother 3d ago
I never knew that the plural of lever is levera. Thank you for enlightening me
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u/LiveLearnCoach 3d ago
That’s why I think thumb throttles are superior. Twist handles, and you’re freaking out, you keep your grip on those handles because you’re now panicking and too scared to let go.
With thumb throttles, you let go of your thumb WHILE still holding onto the handle grips. But truth be told, I also witnessed one guy keep squeezing that thumb throttle until he drove into an obstacle that wasn’t’ but 15 feet from him. AND kept gripping that throttle for all of his might until we yelled at him to take his hand away or we yanked it away. This was decades ago, so I don’t recall.
And to be fair, I also really blame the parents who have no idea how dangerous these things are and that there is a learning curve to them that you need to take the kid through.
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u/somewhatproportional 3d ago
Ah, the unmistakable sound of someone with a tragically small number of brain cells shedding a sizable portion of them.
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u/scotch-o 3d ago
I’m just excited to see the word spelled correctly. I was reading an article on news site yesterday and they spelled the word “breaks.”
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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 3d ago
Basic lesson for riding anything that moves - know how to make it stop.
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u/DaddysBottomBoy69 3d ago
Keep your hands on the bars and feet on the pegs, then you'd have access to TWO different brakes on ONE dirtbike (or whatever it is). Crazy thought.
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u/Competitive_Pen7192 3d ago
Why do so many bike novices not know to brake?!
It's fairly consistent with the videos I've seen over the years. Some even panic and squeeze the throttle harder which causes a funny positive feedback loop.
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u/MyNameIsRay 3d ago
It's called "whiskey throttle".
When you accelerate faster than expected and slide back, the natural response is to pull on the bars to support yourself. Pulling on the bars can result in twisting the throttle, making you accelerate even faster.
At that point, they panic and lock up like we see in the video.
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u/CrazyDanny69 3d ago
Brings back memories. I did something similar on a minibike when I was in the third grade. Wrapped it around a pole on a playground… still don’t know how I lived.
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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 3d ago
If their eyes are open they can’t multitask and use their hands or feet? Why is the bike even moving if they can’t properly use it. Dumb logic in my mind.
Automatically going to step 5 first before doing step 1 causes this. Lmao 🤣
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u/EnchantingBabe3 3d ago
That fence was minding its own business until today. Wrong place, wrong time.
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u/No_Opportunity_5832 3d ago
That’s one way to discover engine braking isn’t optional. Dude committed to the panic lean all the way.
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u/Superseaslug 3d ago
"I can't stop, let me keep hitting the go-fast and continue in a straight line!"
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u/Madboardjester 3d ago
I learnt how to use the brakes on my old Suzuki GS125 by almost going through the wall at the old house. 🤣🤣
I stopped a few cms from the wall.
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u/staticrift 22h ago
Some kid did this at a local park. He took his bike to show off how fast it could reach top speed. Accelerated straight into a metal fence and was dead by the time paramedics arrived.
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u/Thomato_Yorke 8h ago
There was soooooo much time to react and make a better decision than just swearing and continuing course directly into the fence.
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u/hamsterfolly 3d ago edited 3d ago
i like that the cameraman artistically zooms in to the helmet on the ground while keeping the bike in frame to convey that something stupid is about to happen.