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A younger, stupider me was riding a motorcycle on highway 99 near Merced. It was just after dawn on a Saturday, with literally no one else on the road for miles
by gcanyon 5y ago
A younger, stupider me was riding a motorcycle on highway 99 near Merced. It was just after dawn on a Saturday, with literally no one else on the road for miles.
So as an experiment, at 70 mph I put my face down on the gas tank: I could see the highway lines on either side, but literally nothing ahead. I wanted to see how long I could hold that position without freaking out. Answer: about twenty seconds.
This is far from the only experiment I did back then, I’m lucky to be alive.
- sizzle 5y agoThis gave me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I thought I was a badass letting go of my bmx bike handlebars for 5 seconds going downhill as kid in middle school… you really took it to the next level my friend. Glad you are alive and well!
- NikolaNovak 5y agoI have a more vivid imagination than you... I could only last about 2 seconds imagining it before freaking out :D
- gcanyon 5y agoIt was very difficult to do. I still practice this, only while walking down hallways or alleys where the worst possible outcome is stubbing a toe (or maybe banging my head on something). Interestingly it doesn't seem to matter much: 20 seconds is seemingly my limit walking or motorcycling (although I don't know what my walking limit would have been back then).