ouch
Mexico
Today, I learned that my brakes don't work anymore on my bike. When did I learn this? While speeding down a really steep hill. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
PolarBear2020
Rent-a-wreck
Today, I was driving my rented car on the highway at 60 mph when I realized that the brakes had gone. FML
car
Australia
Today, after a costly fix for my brakes that failed a while back as I was going down a hill, I found a $130 bill in the mail attached to a speed camera photo of me shitting myself. FML
Anonymous
I want to ride my bicycle
Today, I decided to ride my bike for the first time in over a year. It was seemingly going well, until I got to the first hill. As I began to ascend, I was trying a bit to hard and shit my pants, 8 kilometers away from my house. FML
Fox
United States
Less haste, less speed
Today, while driving extremely fast on a road in the middle of nowhere, I started to go down a hill. Noticing a police car at the bottom, I slammed my brakes and blew a tire in the process. It turns out the police car was an old cutout used to trick people. FML
ihpgolj
United States
BIKES
Today, I was riding my bike down a road I know is quite hazardous. Having almost been hit in the same spot the day before, I rode across the intersection very satisfied without having been injured. Until I crashed into the guy front of me and flipped over my handlebars. FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Sorry!
Today, I got on the train with my bike, leaning it up against the wall. After a while, it began to slide down the wall and wobble, so I dashed out to catch it. As I ran for it, I slipped and crashed into it, knocking it into an old man and busting the rear brake. FML
E-fail
Bathurst, Canada
On yer bike
Today, I received my new e-bike. I could barely afford it but I desperately needed a method of transportation. On my second ride, I splashed through a fresh sidewalk. There was sidewalk in the chain, in the brakes, everywhere. There goes my brand new bike. FML
Anonymous
DIY FML
Today, after spending hundreds of dollars on parts and tools, and hours of research to teach myself how to perform the work, I upgraded my bike. It was also today that I made it 4 blocks from my house on my first ride before I hit a curb and broke my collarbone. FML
Anonymous
Toronto, Canada
Sick board!
Today, it was my first time trying to longboard. I ended up going down a steep hill and didn’t know to how stop. I wound up in the hospital with a fractured knee and bruises all over from trying to stop myself. FML
Anonymous
Burbank, United States
Today, I was driving a little over the speed limit, when I saw a cop car waiting to join the road ahead of me. I quickly hit the brakes so they wouldn't have a payday with me. I hit the brakes too hard, lost control and almost ended up on someone's lawn. FML
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iAmScrubs 19
Let's just hope that your bike is going so fast that it begins to fly like E.T.
issoz 10
On the bright side, you're still alive to share the story..
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Miss_Michaela 10
You would know before you reached a hill if your cars brakes are out.
Cinn_fml 23
Ouch. But at least you're still alive to check next time you take your bike out. But you really should've checked your brakes before hand, especially if it's been a while since you took your bike out or it's old, though fair play if you did and they just chose that moment to break on you.
mrbigblackspooky 0
whats the big deal? i ride brakeless on purpose. drag your feet? thats what most people who ride without brakes do to stop. herp a derp.
Sun_Kissed18 25
You are aware beforehand that you have no brakes so you use your feet first. Seeing as he was unaware, going very fast and probably panicking, he probably didn't have the presence of mind to calmly use his feet.
codyfranta 0
Bmxer I presume?
redbull1369 0
or you could just pinch your foot in between the frame and tire
kelj208_fml 4
u idiot u cant drag your feet down a steep hill and. sure he was goin 25mph+ r u crazy the best thing to do is stay calm and ride it out or find trees to use to slow down or something
codyfranta 0
121- you fail.
Sweej 1
Brakeless down a big hill isn't as bad as OP makes it sound... Just do continuous wide loops all the way down, and make the turn at the bottom. Seeing as how you posted this, i would imagine you handled it just fine.
theworldsaboob 0
#21 thats ****** up hahahha
ThreeSheetsGone 12
Ryan Nyquist would be ashamed of you. If you don't know who Ryan Nyquist is, Google him.
tylenol123 0
I met him at dew tour in ocean citymaryland :D
mb2_native 15
a bike doesn't need breaks, I always took the brakes of my bike when I had one, next time, put ur foot between the tire and the bike frame where ur back brakes are and push in, stops pretty quick :p BTW, FYL hahah
smiley1014 23
Wow, you always took the breaks off your bikes? Sounds like natural selection somehow missed you. Don't worry, you seem like you're willing to give it another chance.
smiley1014 23
Darn it didn't mean to put break i meant brake. Serves me right for trying to type fast.
seeunexttuesdays 6
I don't think the speed of your typing had anything to do with you using the wrong "break/brake."
mondayna 3
think of the bright side. your still here since you wrote it to here
miranda2195 0
Your- possession You're- a contraction of you and are ***the~more~you~know***
habbdicted 6
You didn't know? I could've sworn you saw me cutting the brakes in the middle of the night....
snuffypeacee 0
HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!
Noob30 0
BEST COMMENT EVUUUUUUR
hazardoussmiles9 22
It'd be funny if you posted this while on your bike...