Why you shouldn't unzip your top!

andy_wrx

I'm waiting for ColinJ to come along and post his story of a wasp flying down his open shirt, down his bibshorts and stinging him on the b*ll*cks...

superkenners

Simple solution, ditch the bright yellow top!

Ben6899

I got stung by a wasp on Saturday - I had my jersey zip a 3rd open as it was hot. I'd just done ~30miles and had 20 seconds before crested Blissford Hill (25%) when the little f***er flew into my collar and stung me on the neck. I'm grateful it didn't happen on the hill.

I only had 5 minutes to ride until I was back, but it was sore. As soon as I did get back, I rubbed the sting with pipe tobacco and it's given me barely any grief whatsoever since.

Try the tobacco remedy, it really works!

Scrumple

but causes localised cancer ?

Ben6899

Repeated use can do, yes.

It wasn't my tobacco.

leech

This thread has had me buzzing. Sorry! The best line has to be Bunneh writing 'Omnomnom'
Who'd have thought bees were so dangerous on a ride.

dru

When I saw this thread a week or so ago I thought, thats funny, I've never got hit or stung by a bee whilst riding and had a little laugh to myself.

'Bee' careful what you laugh at..... karma works in mysterious ways.

I was doing a triathlon today near Ledbury and whilst on the bike leg was getting a bit hot, so I unzipped my top abit, not much (as its a tri top rather than cycling jersey) just to let some air in.
Got down on my aerobars and got up to just shy of 40mph on a long and fast descent. At the same time I thought no chance on a bee or wasp getting in here.

then something caught my eye heading for my face BANG.

I got hit in the mouth (on my lower lip) by something... large fly I thought... awwwww that hurts.

Rubbed my finger along the line of my lip and that.. that fly or whatever it was, was still there
Pinched it and found that it was atached to me. I pulled it away from my face and found it was the lower part of what was a bee or a wasp but no barbel - that was still in my lip.

Managed to pull it out whilst going along (thankgod it was straight) must have been best part of a cm long.

I then for the next 3 miles thought back to my childhood - had I ever been stung before, did I know if I was allergic or not, then my mouth/lip started to go cold... was starting to get worried. At that point I hit a hill and my chain came off. So I jumped off the bike, fixed it and got going again. About 30 minutes later I remebered that I had been stung in the mouth by said wasp... guess I found out the fortunate way that I'm not allergic.

Still need to find a cure for not cycling around with my gob open thou. Tried it for a while as I was paranoid I'd hit another one on the next lap... but found breathing too much of a problem.. :roll:

ColinJ

andy_wrx wrote:

I'm waiting for ColinJ to come along and post his story of a wasp flying down his open shirt, down his bibshorts and stinging him on the b*ll*cks...

Sorry for the delay, Andy - I've been very busy!

ColinJ wrote:

I was out riding a few summers back when a wasp flew down the front of my jersey. I leapt off my bike and starting slapping my chest and and tummy regions in the desperate hope of killing it before it stung me.

When I stopped, I could feel a little lump under my jersey and concluded that I'd despatched the wasp so I lifted the jersey to brush its corpse away, only for the stunned creature to wake up and start buzzing in a very intimidating fashion!

I panicked and tried to swat it off me, but only succeeded in knocking it down the front of my bibshorts! I experienced full-on terror and started leaping up and down, pummeling my nether regions and screaming "Die, bastard, DIE!"

The wasp stung me 3 times where it really hurts before I finally managed to flatten it. I don't know what was worse - the throbbing pain down under, or the embarrassment of looking up and seeing a gobsmacked farmer staring at me from the cab of his tractor in the adjacent field! :oops:

CiB

That lion pic + words had me coughing sandwiches over the k/b. Priceless.

Carry on.

Noclue

Me when a wasp carelessly flew into my eye

EV!lution

I had 2 bees fly in to my helmet at the same time, that was scary

furrag

I got stung by a wasp last year on a descent. Of all the places to hit, it landed and got caught between my cheek and helmet strap! It stung the fuck out of me. I now where a cap too, just in case one gets into the helmet vents. Bastards.

Cleat Eastwood

Noclue wrote:

Me when a wasp carelessly flew into my eye

which eye?

I had a bee sort of hide itself away on my right hand shifter last autumn just before theyre all meant to bugger of hive-ward for the winter. This little blighter didnt half give me sting, my finger tip actually went numb. So much fro the bad winter killing off the wasp gits.

navrig

I also ride motorbikes and on onw outing lifted my visor whilst stopped at temp traffic lights. I had sunglasses under the visor and hence forgot to close the visor when the lights turned green. A bee flew into my helmet and lodge under the leg of my sunglasses stinging me on the eye lid at the same time.

If the original poster thought getting a bicycle to the side of the road and removing a jersey was bad he should try it on a motorbike in a busy line of traffic whilst trying to dislodge a been from your eyelid. Then remembering the sidestand, taking off the gloves, then the glasses, then the helmet and then flicking the little beggar off of my eyelid.

c0ugars

I once had a bee fly in one of the vents on my helmet and stung me it hurt like hell!!!!!!!!!

Agent57

A couple of summers ago, a bumblebee flew into my mouth. Luckily, I managed to spit it out before it could do much damage. I did fee it start to sting me, and my tongue was a little numb though, so close shave I reckon.