RanDom_Chipmunk
On two wheels in high heels
I've given a fair number of people rides on my bikes. Most if them were fine passengers... some acted like they should probably wear a helmet on the bus, too.
My worst passenger ever has been my housemate, Mike. He doesn't have a car and the bus system in my city sssuuuuuucks. So sometimes I give him rides to work. The first time I gave him a ride was his first time on a bike, period.
I gave him the full instructional speech for being a safe passenger. The first thing he did was grab my shoulder and try to swing his leg up and over the sissy bar with his other leg still on the ground... He weighs fifty pounds more than me. Almost yanked me over. Then he adjusted his seating position in a turn. Then he tried to put his foot down at stops just like I did. Then he tried to get off by sliding sideways and falling off.
More recently, as he got on the back, I asked him to double check both pegs were down first. He said yes, and off we go. Then there began to be this terrible scraping sound. I'm thinking my bike is mysteriously broken. Before we hit the freeway, Mike says one of my pegs is broken. I ask him if he wants me to pull over so I can look at it. Well, he doesn't want to be late
, so... I get to his work, we dismount, I smack him. He had not put down the left peg.... He had put his foot on the center stand lever. The scraping was him pushing the stand into the ground while I drove. This isn't my only strangle-worthy passenger performance, but he's been the most creative in the role.
What are your face-palm worthy moments with passengers?
My worst passenger ever has been my housemate, Mike.
He doesn't have a car and the bus system in my city sssuuuuuucks. So sometimes I give him rides to work. The first time I gave him a ride was his first time on a bike, period. I gave him the full instructional speech for being a safe passenger. The first thing he did was grab my shoulder and try to swing his leg up and over the sissy bar with his other leg still on the ground... He weighs fifty pounds more than me. Almost yanked me over. Then he adjusted his seating position in a turn. Then he tried to put his foot down at stops just like I did. Then he tried to get off by sliding sideways and falling off.More recently, as he got on the back, I asked him to double check both pegs were down first. He said yes, and off we go. Then there began to be this terrible scraping sound. I'm thinking my bike is mysteriously broken.
Before we hit the freeway, Mike says one of my pegs is broken. I ask him if he wants me to pull over so I can look at it. Well, he doesn't want to be late, so... I get to his work, we dismount, I smack him. He had not put down the left peg.... He had put his foot on the center stand lever. The scraping was him pushing the stand into the ground while I drove. This isn't my only strangle-worthy passenger performance, but he's been the most creative in the role.What are your face-palm worthy moments with passengers?
