So I bought a volleyball..

jay-d

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From Canadian Tire, the one on Mavis and Britannia. I tossed it in my backpack, fully inflated and off I went excited to play! I entered 401 East from Mavis and WOT'd the bike, you know, just to get up to speed. I've carried a lot of stuff on my backpack, but this was the first time this happened.

It was evening, around 7:30pm, the sun was behind me so I was naturally checking out my awesome silhouette that was projected on the road in front of me to the right. No cars behind me, no cars in front of me and I'm cruising around 130km/h.

I pass the Hurontario exit and that's when I see the shadow of a round object eject out of my backpack! A quick glance over my shoulder and there's my brand new volleyball soaring through the air, ****! I just spent $20 on it, there's no way I'm going to leave it behind! I exit on Dixie, loop back around to Mavis and retrace my steps. Thankfully construction workers are building a collectors section and there was my ball, sitting in the corner, scratched to **** but fully intact chilling on the opposite of the barrier. I love my ball.

Moral to the story is, if you have a backpack with dual zipper enclosure, make sure you zip them to the sides, not the top like I did this one time. The wind might cause them to open!
 
There was so much hilarity in this post, I am at a loss as to where to begin (although, I'm inclined to start with this gem "...so I was naturally checking out my awesome silhouette..."). :lmao:

Take it your ankle is all healed up?
 
I had a similar thing happen this weekend but it wasnt me who lost the ball.

On the 401 W headed to Mosport, I was driving in the right lane when I saw an SUV parked on the shoulder. Usually I'd move over to the next lane but traffic was too dense to do that. Right as I was about to pass, the stupid kid opened the door and a ball flew out. I hit the brakes but realized that I was going to hit it anyways so I let go of the brakes to avoid getting rear ended. Ended up running over the ball and it just got pooped out through the back of my car. Luckily I wasnt on the bike, and even luckier that it was one of those rubber air filled balls. I've seen what happens when a car runs over a basketball at at highway speeds that wouldnt be pretty...

Good reminder to secure your balls!
 
Wilson!!!!!!!!


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There was so much hilarity in this post, I am at a loss as to where to begin (although, I'm inclined to start with this gem "...so I was naturally checking out my awesome silhouette..."). :lmao:

Take it your ankle is all healed up?
Haha.. yea man! All is good now!!

And I know I'm not the only one that checks out their silhouette!!


Wilson!!!!!!!!
It's a Wilson volleyball too! :love7:
 
beach volley ball meet?
 
lephillou... careful not to smell any rags... and you might end up in his basement! :p

It's his new place and there's a really creepy cellar in the basement. Definitely something out of a horror movie!
 
I had a similar thing happen this weekend but it wasnt me who lost the ball.

On the 401 W headed to Mosport, I was driving in the right lane when I saw an SUV parked on the shoulder. Usually I'd move over to the next lane but traffic was too dense to do that. Right as I was about to pass, the stupid kid opened the door and a ball flew out. I hit the brakes but realized that I was going to hit it anyways so I let go of the brakes to avoid getting rear ended. Ended up running over the ball and it just got pooped out through the back of my car. Luckily I wasnt on the bike, and even luckier that it was one of those rubber air filled balls. I've seen what happens when a car runs over a basketball at at highway speeds that wouldnt be pretty...

Good reminder to secure your balls!


i have been hit by a rubber ball, i think it was a raquet ball out of a car while I was riding. it hit my faceshield and it made alot of cracks on it but the shield didn't break apart (thank god)... i pulled over and remove the destroyed shield so that the wind pressure would not cause it to crack and leave shrapnel on my face and rode to the next exit and took city streets home.
 
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