Quote (TiStuff @ 19 Jun 2022 02:16)
"trying"? IRL people laugh at the funny stuff I tell them. sometimes i tell them about the people on JSP :)
he put his left foot down then his right foot got tangled up in the pedal as he tried to put that one down. it was a low energy flop over
I've gone and looked at the video taken from the other angle. I'm wondering if Biden is used to riding bikes now. First, anyone who's ridden a bicycle knows that pedal straps are not great to use if there's a lot of stop and go. Mostly they're for longer distance unimpeded pedaling. Second, if you have straps, your first thing to do is get one foot down, stabilize yourself on that foot, lean the bike towards the stable leg, then get your other foot out of the strap and firmly on the ground, then lift your leg over the bike and put the kickstand down. Here's the order of operations as Biden did it:
1. Biden's riding the bike normally.
2. Biden slows down and comes to a stop in front of a small group of people.
3. Biden gets his left foot off the pedal and out from the strap.
4. Biden leans the bike towards the foot that's still caught in the strap.
5. Biden Falls because he did not support himself while attempting to free his foot, but instead put his weight on the bike that he was leaning towards the leg he had no control over.
It was stupid and avoidable. But he did not "fall off his bike" so to speak. More accurately, he fell on his bike, while doing everything wrong in an attempt to free his foot from the pedal strap.
Stupid, avoidable. But he wasn't harmed, so all's fair. If the same thing had occurred with Trump, Obama, Bush, or Clinton, the standard response would have been, "This guy isn't qualified to ride a bicycle for exercise, so give him an actual exercise bike, where these issues won't exist." Therefore, that's my take.
Though I am looking forward to more memes.
This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Jun 19 2022 03:25am