Ran over a pigeon last night!
Butterd2
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Doing my extended training ride home last night I came across a flock of pigeons sat in the road eating something, nothing unusual, so I carried straight on and as usual they all left it to the last second then took off, all bar one that is.
Buy the time I realised he/she was not going to move it was all too late and squish (when crunch actually) one less skyrat in London.
Guess it proves all the time spent tracking down and fixing squeaks, rattles, creaks has worked, the poor little fecker never heard me coming.
Buy the time I realised he/she was not going to move it was all too late and squish (when crunch actually) one less skyrat in London.
Guess it proves all the time spent tracking down and fixing squeaks, rattles, creaks has worked, the poor little fecker never heard me coming.
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Must not laugh.
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Hehe!
I hit a poor little rabbit one morning a few years ago, well it hit me really, it ran into my back wheel which skidded me to a halt. Had to reverse my bike up to pull it out of the seat stays0 -
So wrong, but so funny all at the same time !0
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A pigeon actually flew into and bounced off my spokes this morning. Dunno what happened to him afterwards. I almost run a squirrel over - good luck they are speedy vermin0
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I managed to wing a pigeon as it swooped a bit too low across the road - connected with the upper part of the front tyre and bounced off but managed to keep airborne - lucky."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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I had one leave it too late and bounce off the head tube as it attepted to escape. Unfortunately I don't think I killed it.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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I know pigeons love a game of chicken but I had assumed that was because they always won, it would appear from the responses that they are not as good as they like to think they are.0
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"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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that off singletrack nick?
headbutted a pigeon once that mis-judged my speed - it seemed fine, I was.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Had a squirrel run through my front wheel last year. he did a full 360 before being thrown out again. I think a good what against the fork had snapped his spine. I was a touch disapointed my bladed spokes didn't do a good job of cutting him cleanly in two.0
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What a bunch of evil barstads.0
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Paulie W wrote:What a bunch of evil barstads.
Grey squirrels? Yes, they are. Little toerags keep trying to get into my loft and they attacked a brand ne olive tree I bought last week.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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ive always wondered if riding over the corpse of a bird/rabbit could cause you to punctureBMC TM01 - FCN 0
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spasypaddy wrote:ive always wondered if riding over the corpse of a bird/rabbit could cause you to puncture
Well it wasn't a corpse when my front wheel hit it but probably was by the time my back wheel did - and no p******re.
I always thought cycling was good for the environment but it appears we leave a trail of roadkill in our wake. :oops:0 -
deptfordmarmoset wrote:nicklouse wrote:
That one's well and truly forked!
squirrelled away more like....Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Once got a pigeon by the tail feathers - I think it probably improves the environment removing pigeons and grey squirrels - after all squirrels are just rats with a good publicist0
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Am I the only one wondering what the hell kind of forks those are?
They're huge!Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
spasypaddy wrote:ive always wondered if riding over the corpse of a bird/rabbit could cause you to puncture
Lots of sharp bony bits - I'd avoid just in case.Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...0 -
Paulie W wrote:
Actually, it was digging up the roots. Grey squirrels are vermin.
I need an air rifle.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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MonkeyMonster
nope, it was originally posted on Pinkbike in the very early 2000's
davis
Marzocchi Shivers."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Mrs Benno cycled into me last Sunday to avoid a frog :roll:
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Benno68 wrote:Mrs Benno cycled into me last Sunday to avoid a frog :roll:
Got me thinking about my standing in the family
At least she didn't stop to kiss it...
Re. Grey squirrels annihaliting the Red population - yes - t'is true - but apparently it's not because they're massive and aggressive, kicking the living daylights out of our belov'd Reds to steal their food - it's that they don't hibernate as long, so are in many respects just the early bird catching the worm
L'il old Red wakes up, goes "Hmm.. hungry now - what the?!" and then starves and dies yadda yadda....
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Headhuunter wrote:
Unlike the Olive Tree which is of course native to the UK right!?0 -
Humans are not native to the UK, either.0
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So, does that mean we stop that bleedin song on that annoying cartoon to,
"Caught the Pigeon" ???0 -
Paulie W wrote:Headhuunter wrote:
Unlike the Olive Tree which is of course native to the UK right!?
The olive tree allows me to make excellent martinis. Squirrels have no similar uses.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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