Honestly How Can So Many Of You Guys Not Swim

[YPrrrr]

i've only gone to a pool like 5x but could never learn within those times.  ;_;

#poolprivilege

aww ;_;

childhood story time:

when i was like 10 years old- everyone i knew in my neighborhood learned how to ride a bike.  well...my parents were always busy or tired when they had free time.  so i just always would run to places the kids would ride their bikes to so we could hangout or something.  then one day, i asked a 2nd grader, 8yrs old, if he could teach me how to ride a bike.  i didn't give a fuk if he was 2 grades below me.  he was still a friend.

so we went on a mini hill and he said, "okay u use my bike, and go down this hill.  keep ur balance."  we did this because i couldn't find balance on flat ground.  so he held me on the top of that small hill, then ran and pushed me and followed me down until he couldn't- as if he was like my father lol.  eventually i got the hang of riding his bike.  but..i could only ride after the momentum of going off a hill and mainly go straight. 

so later on, he moved.  i missed going in his house talking about the paranormal and playing yoshi's island.  but yeah, my first bike was a bike from a garage sale.  i think it was only $15, but it rusted badly since i kept it outside a lot.  i also crashed a lot and fell from it since it was so tall for me.  my dad bought me a new bike...but it was a huge mountain bike.  the times i used these bikes, i got into a lot of accidents- but would never break anything.  a black guy would put an end to that bike by accidentally crashing into a tree (how???) 

bought another bike.  but yeah, with practice, i learned how to ride a bike with one arm, and somewhat with no hands.  learned how to stand up while riding.  and just not being a pussy when making sharp turns and going up or down from some stairs or curbs.  sharp turns are still scary to me a bit.  even narrow places don't scare me much.  i know how to keep in my own trail, too- in the case of riding on the road with other cars to the shoulders of the road

currently, my bike's backtire is fucked.  i used it many times to get into the downtown area of another town.  but one time i jumped off the curb hard that it didn't feel "right" soon after that and now air always escapes from it. 

That was very nice of your friend. My dad tried to teach me once but basically gave up after that until I was 15. I learned to ride in a straight line but that's about it. Tried again some years later and couldn't get going.

Bikes scare me because I feel so high up on them and with the added speed it feels like I would break something were I to fall

[strongbad]

I'm probably the strongest swimmer on Boyah 
I used to pwn at butterfly

[6M69I69B9]

That was very nice of your friend. My dad tried to teach me once but basically gave up after that until I was 15. I learned to ride in a straight line but that's about it. Tried again some years later and couldn't get going.

Bikes scare me because I feel so high up on them and with the added speed it feels like I would break something were I to fall

lol i feel like that with cars...

i kinda wish i had anxiety for bikes rather than cars...but i'd definitely miss riding a bike

[strongbad]

That was very nice of your friend. My dad tried to teach me once but basically gave up after that until I was 15. I learned to ride in a straight line but that's about it. Tried again some years later and couldn't get going.

Bikes scare me because I feel so high up on them and with the added speed it feels like I would break something were I to fall

that's a reasonable fear to have. bikes can fuck you up. even if you aren't doing anything wrong your brakes can snap or a tube can pop
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[AegisReflector]

i have a phobia of bikes, but im a devishly fine swimmer

[YPrrrr]

that's a reasonable fear to have. bikes can fuck you up. even if you aren't doing anything wrong your brakes can snap or a tube can pop
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Yeah I think part of my fear is the horror stories and pictures I hear/see of broken bones, scars, blood everywhere, etc

[strongbad]

Yeah I think part of my fear is the horror stories and pictures I hear/see of broken bones, scars, blood everywhere, etc

Although statistically, bikes are safer than cars (idk where I heard this now that I think about it though lol)

[YPrrrr]

Although statistically, bikes are safer than cars (idk where I heard this now that I think about it though lol)

In terms of fatalities or what? Speed probably plays a big factor I'd imagine because I think cars are safer than motorcycles

[AegisReflector]

im assuming they're safer because drunk people tend to drive more than bike?

[ncba93ivyase]

bikes don't usually catch on fire or have frames that crush you

and you're usually not going fast enough on a bike to spill your brains

[strongbad]

actually maybe i am wrong

Bicycle fatalities represent less than two percent of all traffic fatalities, and yet bicycle trips account for only one percent of all trips in the United States.

http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/data/factsheet_crash.cfm

[silvertone]

not so rare bike death