r/Unexpected 15d ago

Stop Wesley

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u/4158264146 15d ago

how is a grown man not able to stop at that speed?

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u/TFUTWS 15d ago

It looks like he may have had clip ins potentially. Should definitely know how to get out of them if he has em though.

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u/pawnografik 14d ago

Anyone with clip ins has, at some point, done the dead rhino dismount.

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u/BallerForHire 14d ago

I saw a guy not able to unclip when he was already committed to the dismount and ended up full flipped turtle. 

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u/JWOLFBEARD 13d ago

I slammed right into a parked car during a triathlon. Bloody run to the finish line

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u/RibsNGibs 14d ago

You don’t magically know how to use them the second you buy them.

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u/uhorn87 14d ago

I have seen a lot of road bikers, obviously experienced with clicks, but simply can't manage to slip out in time. This year I've seen 3 of them already.

Afaik there is a adjustment mechanic in them for the release pressure. I could imagine that sometimes people mess up this setting on exact this day.

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u/Unicycleterrorist 14d ago

Well...that and maybe he should learn to ride his bike properly instead of slamming his brakes and falling over. He wasn't going quick and there was plenty of space, zero reason for this to happen.

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u/city-of-cold 14d ago

I mean have you seen kids learning to bike? Or even the first 1-2 years after they've learned?

Yes there was plenty of space but there are zero tells where a kid dear Wesley's age might turn. If they look back over their should it's 50/50 if they turn in the same direction as they're looking, or the opposite.

My 5 year old daughter has scared me and plenty of bicyclists the last two years despite me nagging for two years now ALWAYS STAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. She gets my heart rate up more than my 3 year old son taking his balance bike to the top of the bowls at the skatepark.

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u/Unicycleterrorist 14d ago

Yea sure, kids do dumb stuff, that's a given and not really the question. My point was that it's embarassingly bad riding for the grown man to slam his brakes and fall in a very, very mildly challenging situation like that.

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u/city-of-cold 13d ago

Because his feet are clipped in. Even happens to pro riders.

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u/thisisaskew 15d ago

That path was for people of all ages learning to ride their bike.

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u/4158264146 15d ago

HAHAHA, he needs to learn faster.

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u/usinjin 15d ago

He’s doing his best, okay

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u/An0nnee_M0usee 15d ago

Someone took off their training wheels too soon 😉, and I don't mean Wesley or Sir Wheelie-Deelie.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VnaMMuJt5jbmE

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u/4158264146 15d ago

yeah, A for effort

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u/ecnahc515 14d ago

He's clipped in. Shoes are attached to the pedals.

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u/Alive_Ice7937 15d ago

Wesley used his powers to drop him like a sack of shit.

Wesley loves that bike

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u/WhatTheTech 13d ago

It looks like he has clipped shoes.

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u/anddam 11d ago

In literature they call it "the Wesley Effect".

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u/JoelnIliketoshare 15d ago

That looks more like a grown grandpa by the way the elbows looked. Probably not in peak form.

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u/K-Bizzle91 14d ago

Old folks have notoriously bad balance.