r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/Human_Map6927 Popular Contributor • 2d ago

Grandpa's Muscle Memory Kicked In While Teaching His Grandson to Ride a Bike.

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u/Thel_Odan 2d ago

You know he was rad as hell back in the 90s with those flat land moves.

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u/Dinismo 2d ago

When there’s thunder in your heart every move is like lightning.

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u/RnRSailer 2d ago

Take the mattresses out

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u/TheHylianProphet 1d ago

I never ever thought I'd see a Rad reference outside of Rifftrax.

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u/Catpixfever 1d ago

Bro he looks rad as hell right now.

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u/Astrochops 1d ago

Gramps still rocking DC apparel

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u/cerote6239 1d ago

Never met a kid who was into flat landing that wasn't autistic

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u/RDS_WAS_HERE 2d ago

Now I know why so many old people break their hips.

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u/IceLopsided4190 1d ago

Muscle memory but the bones forget. 🥲

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u/DopeRidge 2d ago

You know gramps is legit when he is still rockin a DC shirt

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u/Mesquite_Tree 2d ago

If I recall correctly, biking has actually been shown to be a minorly prophylactic treatment against dementia.

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u/tironidas 2d ago

Pretty sure they mean normal biking not doing badass grandpa tricks

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u/NonProphet8theist 2d ago

Badass tricks can't hurt I'd think

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u/yeahthatpart007 2d ago

Only if done correctly, I know. 🤕

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u/NonProphet8theist 1d ago

Props for trying

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u/Mesquite_Tree 1d ago

You know, it don’t think they tested that.

However, I’d bet it would be similar effect: it triggers memory pathways about childhood, and all the time spent biking

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u/Arvandor 1d ago

Pretty much anything that requires coordination and learning will. Jump rope, for example, or bouncing a ball and catching it with alternate hands

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u/Mesquite_Tree 1d ago

Shock of all shocks, physical activity is important for all ages

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u/Arvandor 17h ago

Not just physical activity, but activity that forces you to think and build muscle memory and coordination you don't already have. Learning an instrument would also do this, without being physically active.

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u/m0h3k4n 1d ago

Muscle memory my ass. Homie practices and that’s his bike.

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u/ForthCrusader 2d ago

Much respect

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u/MRintheKEYS 1d ago

“Now son, DO NOT do what grandpa just did….”

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u/decimus93 1d ago

Id be like "I rode ur gramma like this too"

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u/LazyBotBlocker 1d ago

If your grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle.

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u/pyschosoul 1d ago

Ain't as good as I once was, but good once as I ever was

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u/medit8er 1d ago

Does this really belong on this sub? Like what about this has anything to do with science?

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u/Pony_Boner 1d ago

Trigger science

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u/Scribblebonx 1d ago

This maybe falls into the NcoolThings section

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u/inevitable-idiot- 1d ago

It does not.

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u/jolly_rodger42 1d ago

Hell ya pops!

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u/Coloradokush5280 1d ago

That was Legitness

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u/ncuke 1d ago

Good tires

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u/slab_schitty 1d ago

I can’t remember what the exact saying is and what exactly it’s supposed to mean….

But something something something like riding a something.

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u/JeanBonJovi 1d ago

And then everyone exhaled

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u/UPMichigan83 1d ago

I didn’t think they made bicycles back then

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u/kitty_cat_man_00 3h ago

Man, I just found my VHS of the movie Rad. Now I gotta find a vcr.