Hup gets hit by a car on his bike?

Posted By Hup | March 27, 2009

OK, so I actually didn’t get hit by a car on my bike, but I really did run my bike full-speed into a curb today, which flipped me (and my backpack) over my handlebars. Why did I hit the curb, you ask? Great question. Well, I was simply trying to weave in and out of some random trees and I saw a branch coming straight for my face, so I ran off the sidewalk, straight into the curb. I was weaving in and out of the trees for no reason more than the fact that it’s the type of thing that us guys do and some skinned elbows and knees are just a part a guy’s life.

So, after I picked myself up, dusted off and checked out the damage on my bike I realized that my front tire was really jacked up and had a severely bent rim, which was probably to the fact that it was rammed directly into a curb. Yeah, that probably did it. But, it was still (barely)rideable and as I was wobbling my way home I figured that I might as well make the best of the situation and come up a story to tell Stephanie about what had happened. I didn’t want to let my new road rash and bent bike rim go to waste, you know?

So, I did what any normal fiancee would do and I made up story and told Stephanie that I was hit by a car and that it was probably time to get a helmet. Of course I snuck in a camera so that you can hear her concern when I tell her I was hit by an oncoming aut0mobile. She freaks out a little bit, which can only mean that she really loves me, right?

Check out the video below or over here on YouTube — it’s pretty funny.

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    5 Talkies! to “Hup gets hit by a car on his bike?”

    1. swell on March 27th, 2009 6:21 am

      i fell off my bike once and hit a car… it was so embarassing.

      anyway, glad you’re ok. hope you get your wheel fixed and stay safe out there!

    2. Rhett on March 27th, 2009 1:25 pm

      I actually did get hit by a car once on my bike. I was about 12 and was riding home from the Y with my brother on the handlebars. The bike ended up UNDER the car. Scary.

      But did I wear a helmet? Hell no, because we were MEN!

    3. Murray Newlands on March 27th, 2009 2:53 pm

      Sorry to hear you had an accident, hope you are ok. I had so many when I was younger.

    4. Maddie on March 30th, 2009 1:31 pm

      There’s a fine line between fun and stupidity, Hup. I know. I broke my jaw biking when I was 11. Still swings crooked when I open my mouth too wide.

    5. The story behind Hup’s unexpected dislocated shoulder and why he loves Steph even more because of it : Hup and Steph on April 9th, 2009 6:45 pm

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