Last night on the way home...

2»

Comments

  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Attica wrote:
    Damn, I forgot about this (I'd been confining myself to flying creatures)

    This summer I was riding a lane at night, saw a badger scamper out of the way as I approached and was too busy watching that one to notice his friend that was right in my path, saw it too late and he saw me too late, I ended up kicking said badger in the head as he lurched out of he way. My foot was on the back stroke and he was moving away so I don't think I did it any permanent damage, but still...

    I kicked a badger!

    a frickin badger!!!

    In the head

    Oh aR!
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • The Chingford Skinhead
    The Chingford Skinhead Posts: 718
    Almost hit a grey squirrel a few weeks back. Two of them were fighting on the cyclepath and one decided to make a bolt for it ans dashed right in front of me!

    Other than that my only excitement (two sundays in a row) was during the summer cycling by the River Lea through Walthamstow and Hackney marshes where a wasp or bee or hornet (whatever it was it was big, angry and buzzy) flew iinto my helmet. Tough call on what to do. Thankfully I did the following in sequential order. 1) don't panic! 2) don't fall off bike 3) stay calm and hope it leaves by itself without giving you a zap 4) once it is out put my foot down and got the hell out of there!
    Pain is only weakness leaving the body
  • The complaining tadpole
    The complaining tadpole Posts: 56
    Had a suicidal muntjack deer run out across the road in front of me on my way home the other night. Missed it by about a foot! Those things are solid ( I know from previous experience having hit one in my car a few years ago :cry: Needed a new wing, bumper & radiator.) So god only knows what state I'd of been in if we had actually hit each other :shock:
  • Massimo
    Massimo Posts: 318
    A pigeon once refused to budge unitl I was just about to run it over. It took off but not quick enough to miss my handlebars - it seemed fine tho'. It was probably playing 'chicken' with its mates...
    Crash 'n Burn, Peel 'n Chew
    FCN: 2
  • sheepworryingbhoy
    sheepworryingbhoy Posts: 167
    Bloody pheasants at the moment, hide in ditches then spring out unexpectedly squawking like madmen...I'm sure they lie in wait for me.....
  • adrianb1066
    adrianb1066 Posts: 66
    sheepworryingbhoy wrote:
    Bloody pheasants at the moment, hide in ditches then spring out unexpectedly squawking like madmen...I'm sure they lie in wait for me.....

    One strutted out from a hedge whilst looking straight at me. I don't think his eyesight was especially good or he may have been a bit depressed as I was on my powered 2 wheeler doing 60mph at the time. RIP feathered dude :(
    2010 Specialized FSRxc
    2011 Giant Defy 4
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Attica wrote:
    I kicked a badger!

    a frickin badger!!!

    In the head

    This may be the single thing that's made me laugh most on bikeradar :)

    Also, all you pheasant-hitters - I know it's a cliche, but do you stick 'em in your rucksack and make dinner?
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
    Blog (incl. bikes)
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    biondino wrote:
    Attica wrote:
    I kicked a badger!

    a frickin badger!!!

    In the head

    This may be the single thing that's made me laugh most on bikeradar :)

    Also, all you pheasant-hitters - I know it's a cliche, but do you stick 'em in your rucksack and make dinner?

    No because my freezer is stuffed full of the little buggers, there's only so much GAME one can eat...
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    itboffin wrote:
    No because my freezer is stuffed full of the little buggers, there's only so much GAME one can eat...

    Indeed. I tend to avoid eating game completely these days, after the time when I almost choked on a small diecast metal top hat. I'm still waiting for a letter of apology from Waddingtons....

    I'll get me coat. :oops:

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    The Chingford Skinhead wrote:
    Almost hit a grey squirrel a few weeks back. Two of them were fighting on the cyclepath and one decided to make a bolt for it ans dashed right in front of me!

    Other than that my only excitement (two sundays in a row) was during the summer cycling by the River Lea through Walthamstow and Hackney marshes where a wasp or bee or hornet (whatever it was it was big, angry and buzzy) flew iinto my helmet. Tough call on what to do. Thankfully I did the following in sequential order. 1) don't panic! 2) don't fall off bike 3) stay calm and hope it leaves by itself without giving you a zap 4) once it is out put my foot down and got the hell out of there!

    Hornets apparently have an undeserved reputation for being a bit nasty - they're apparently quite docile compared to wasps, and rarely sting. I think it's just 'cause they're bigger that people seem more wary of them than of wasps & bees.

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal

Categories