Aaagh! Scary thing coming.
OrbitRider
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What is it with rabbits these days? Riding home last night, there were dozens of them (including juveniles) sitting quietly at the side of the road munching the grass happily. They seemed oblivious to cars & lorries flying past at 60 mph two feet from them. However, when I got close they all bolted for cover. Now I don't have long furry ears or a cute twitching nose, but surely I'm not such a monster to a rabbit? Are rabbits less used to seeing cyclists on the roads than cagers?
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There is an old cyclist called Leigh (not me!)
Who's pedalling's a blur to see
So fast is his action
The Lorenz Contraction
Shortens his bike to a "T"
FCN 11 (1 weekday)
There is an old cyclist called Leigh (not me!)
Who's pedalling's a blur to see
So fast is his action
The Lorenz Contraction
Shortens his bike to a "T"
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Nothing personal but you smell like a person not like a car and people are predators as far as rabbits are concerned0
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Also, the cars never stop (to the rabbit's mind) andif your wee and fluffy and oh so tasty you can't see the people inside. On a bike your a bit more obviously a person!
Also, I would hope you can cycle faster than smell-waves.0 -
As said - cars are just background noise to the rabbits so they ignore them - People though are to be avoided... I personally have a laugh some mornings when the dozy sods are bimbling along the bridleway and then panic and run DOWN it when I approach.
They really can shift in full flight! I've started a new version of SCR with them... Silly Coney RacingChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Personally I find squirrels are the bane of my ride and suicide for the matter.
The road bike has the aero dynamic spokes on I should think they are the equivalent of the squirrel guillotine.
I would think if you were going fast enough and the rabbit was doing the wrong thing at least you wouldn't have to buy dinner that nightThe doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now0 -
Personally I find squirrels are the bane of my ride and suicide for the matter.
The road bike has the aero dynamic spokes on I should think they are the equivalent of the squirrel guillotine.
I would think if you were going fast enough and the rabbit was doing the wrong thing at least you wouldn't have to buy dinner that nightThe doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now0 -
The thing about rabbits is that they breed like chavs. Or am I getting confused?0
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What is it with rabbits these days?
What where they like before - Was it " meester Orbitrider we're not scared of you"
I have the image of a roadside rabbit gang all behaving like LA gang members!!!.No Babbit No, Look what Birdy doing0 -
Chewy Cheeks wrote:What is it with rabbits these days?
What where they like before - Was it " meester Orbitrider we're not scared of you"
I have the image of a roadside rabbit gang all behaving like LA gang members!!!.
I tell you, they're not like rabbits used to be, there's no respect these days.0 -
It is quite sad though when they get myxomatosis and stand in the middle of the road, blind and trying to eat the tarmac.
Bright eyes
Burning like fire
Bright eyes
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
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Edit - just remembered - I had rabbit for lunch. Shameful!0 -
Shhhh..
I'm hunting wascally wabbits.0 -
Mmmm rabbits. They're delicious :twisted:
My current cycling threat animal #1 is badgers. On the road leading to my house there's a quite steep dip, badgers lurk in the gardens at the bottom of it, at night, and then dander out as I pass ! I've managed to avoid them so far but they look quite solid.Misguided Idealist0 -
I go by the will of the black rabbit.
Not to boast or anything, but I've seen two hares this week and an arctic hare (still white) in April.
They were either hares or rabbits with gigantism, anyway.0 -
Fireblade96 wrote:Mmmm rabbits. They're delicious :twisted:
My current cycling threat animal #1 is badgers. On the road leading to my house there's a quite steep dip, badgers lurk in the gardens at the bottom of it, at night, and then dander out as I pass ! I've managed to avoid them so far but they look quite solid.
They are.
I ran one over in my car a few years ago, not a fully grown one either, and it took out the front bumper, aircon rad, arch liners, rear bumper and exhaust.
I thought I'd hit a tree, stopped, put umbrella on clutch so reverse light would stay on and went to investigate. Prodded prone badger with a stick, it made a funny noise at me, picked itself up and ambled off. I had no idea what to do.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Fireblade96 wrote:Mmmm rabbits. They're delicious :twisted:
My current cycling threat animal #1 is badgers. On the road leading to my house there's a quite steep dip, badgers lurk in the gardens at the bottom of it, at night, and then dander out as I pass ! I've managed to avoid them so far but they look quite solid.
They are.
I ran one over in my car a few years ago, not a fully grown one either, and it took out the front bumper, aircon rad, arch liners, rear bumper and exhaust.
I thought I'd hit a tree, stopped, put umbrella on clutch so reverse light would stay on and went to investigate. Prodded prone badger with a stick, it made a funny noise at me, picked itself up and ambled off. I had no idea what to do.
I was in an old mini with a schoolmate when we hit a badger one night - that was a very unequal contest, the poor mini came off very badly, and the badger just shrugged and wandered off.
Of course, had your umbrella slipped both you and badger could have been run over by your own car !Misguided Idealist0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:I thought I'd hit a tree, stopped, put umbrella on clutch so reverse light would stay on and went to investigate. Prodded prone badger with a stick, it made a funny noise at me, picked itself up and ambled off. I had no idea what to do.
I suspect the badger had a very clear opinion about what you should do.0 -
Fireblade96 wrote:Of course, had your umbrella slipped both you and badger could have been run over by your own car !
Nah, car would have just stalled, and I had the handbrake on.0 -
Always Tyred wrote:I go by the will of the black rabbit.
Not to boast or anything, but I've seen two hares this week and an arctic hare (still white) in April.
They were either hares or rabbits with gigantism, anyway.
Where did you see them then? I know you get normal hares out east of edinburgh (you also get guinea fowl - escapes from the exotic poultry farm).
Are there mountain hares in the pentlands? I've seen lizards up there btw.0 -
tardie wrote:Always Tyred wrote:I go by the will of the black rabbit.
Not to boast or anything, but I've seen two hares this week and an arctic hare (still white) in April.
They were either hares or rabbits with gigantism, anyway.
Where did you see them then? I know you get normal hares out east of edinburgh (you also get guinea fowl - escapes from the exotic poultry farm).
Are there mountain hares in the pentlands? I've seen lizards up there btw.
The others were in the Pentlands. There is a hare infestation in the Pentlands.
Here infact (not my pic).
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On the drive part of my commute this morning I had a fawn run out in front of the car, It got to the other side of the road, then doubled back in front of me again as there was a car coming the other way. First time I've had to do an emergency stop since my driving test.0