After a bit of an absence, it’s time to delve into the picture archive and name and shame those amongst us, who have once again have gone beyond the call of duty in providing us with material to laugh at.
I was toying with the idea of taking this month’s theme from the ever popular ‘A Question of Sport’ television quiz, and go for the ‘What Happened Next ?’ round. However, as this is the Fall Guy thread, I thought it would be bloody obvious what happens next !!! So we’re sticking with the theme set by Dan in his post.
So without further ado, I present the Going, Going, Gone round
As the saying goes, ladies first. However I believe ‘dribblers’ precede the women, so to kick of the proceedings we have Mr MBNW himself. Having ridden The ClimachX trail on a number of occasions you’d think that he’d know where to slow down and be a bit careful, but to our merriment Oggy was too pre-occupied with looking ‘Gnarly’ for the picture to notice the ditch just beyond the crest of the hump.
And here he is with that ‘Tell me you didn’t get that on camera’ look on his face
Next we have another appearance from Redkite. Again out on The ClimachX trail which she has ridden on more than one occasion, so again, you’d think she’d know better
Luckily I did ;D and knew where to stand to gain maximum advantage of a classic case of ‘picking the wrong line’
Our next entrant is the second member of the elite ‘Orange 5 Owners Club’ to put in an appearance this month. I give you Aled on MBNW’s recent trip up to Scotland. Obviously inspired to ride what can only be described as a pile of rocks dumped on the floor to keep the pikeys off the land, Aled fails to disappoint the beckoning crowd and duly falls flat on his face much to everyone else’s amusement.
Our next setting is one of the ‘Off Piste’ rides. Rides that are guaranteed to provide a moment or two of dramatic action. And true to form, we have Monster demonstrating how to get your Mrs to let you buy a new bike, throw your existing bank down the biggest rockface you can find. A ploy that has proved successful as Monster now has that new bike, and has joined the ever increasing ranks of the ‘Orange 5 Owners Club’
Our next contender is that embarrassed about his fall that they have done their best to conceal their identity. However I believe it to be Ben on the Conwy forum ride. To be honest, this needs very little introduction as it is clearly visible that while the front wheel has decided on the best line down the mountain, Ben has decided to take a different route to his bike. There was only ever going to be one winner and that's not Ben
The reason I think that last picture was Ben is because here he is again, this time in full view of everybody adopting the same posture as the previous picture ;D
Our next contestant brings us back to a collection of pictures featuring the ladies (for want of a better word) of the forum. And for your amusement I offer this picture of Adele. To be honest, words fail me as I was too busy laughing
Here she is slowly making her way to her feet, suffering more from embarrassment that any pain. I would like to point out how the girls on the forum help, encourage and look after each other, as demonstrated here by Redkite, who does rushes to
help get a picture (That’s my girl
)
However, as the saying goes ‘What comes round, goes round’ and here we have Redkite receiving her Karma. Having seen me with the camera poised, she suddenly decides that she doesn’t want me seeing her ‘not looking her best’, so decides to hide behind the gorse bush in front of her. Unfortunately, she just wasn’t quick enough
Just to prove that her inclusion into the Fall Guy Hall of Fame was no fluke, I would like to show exhibit number 2. Again, this is Adele, adopting her favourite and by now, well known pose. While everyone else saw the path that led around the hedge, I can only surmise that Adele was too busy talking to Bev to notice. You can see Bev in the picture giving Adele that ‘How did you manage that’ look
As with most families, there is a certain amount of rivalry between siblings, and here at MBNW it is no different . So anything Adele can do, Gill will have to do her utmost to upstage her. Here we have Gill performing the classic, “Oops, my front wheel has hit a rock” routine, and has duly fallen into the heather or a soft landing. Thelma can only laugh as Gill tries in vain to maintain some dignity. However, she fails dismally
Our final lady this evening is again someone making their second appearance tonight. It’s Oggy, and his attempt to ride a rather wet skinny that Monster rode only two minutes earlier. With much Gnarlyness, he duly manages to get all of two foot along the afore mentioned skinny before unceremoniously making a complete fool of himself.
And before he tries to tell everybody how narrow it was, we have Dan showing just how wide the log truly was (At least that’s what I think he’s demonstrating
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