Whats the strangest thing you've found while out cycling

Ginjafro

Yesterday, not a single car was parked in the cycle lane by the church. Bloody miracle!

Jay dubbleU

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I've mentioned this before and don't expect anyone to believe me now, either, but I once saw a Golden Eagle standing at a bus stop on my commute. There wasn't even a bus due for ages.

Eagles don't understand bus timetables - FACT

UndercoverElephant

Jay dubbleU wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I've mentioned this before and don't expect anyone to believe me now, either, but I once saw a Golden Eagle standing at a bus stop on my commute. There wasn't even a bus due for ages.

Eagles don't understand bus timetables - FACT

Yeah, Eagles is stoopid.

bails87

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Jay dubbleU wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I've mentioned this before and don't expect anyone to believe me now, either, but I once saw a Golden Eagle standing at a bus stop on my commute. There wasn't even a bus due for ages.

Eagles don't understand bus timetables - FACT

Yeah, Eagles is stoopid.

They don't look at the timetables, they just wing it.

Headhuunter

When I was in my teens and used to go out cycling with my dad one of our routes used to take us through woods in which pheasants were raised for shooting. The stupid birds often used to run into the road and get clipped by cars. Sometimes we'd find them freshly clipped and dead and as long as they hadn't been squished into the tarmac, we'd take them home and stick 'em in a stew or something...

AirTime

whilst doing LEJOG i came across a VERY large vibrator on the side of the road, somewhere on the rural outskirts of carlisle! found the box first, picked it up and had a laugh to myself, even had the £35 price tag still on it. got back on the bike and 50 meters down the road the bloody thing was on the side of the road!
bit embarassing when going through my photos of the trip with the parents as i forgot how many photos of it i took!

Flasheart

AirTime wrote:

whilst doing LEJOG i came across a VERY large vibrator on the side of the road, somewhere on the rural outskirts of carlisle! found the box first, picked it up and had a laugh to myself, even had the £35 price tag still on it. got back on the bike and 50 meters down the road the bloody thing was on the side of the road!
bit embarassing when going through my photos of the trip with the parents as i forgot how many photos of it i took!

any batteries :?:

rolf_f

The Ark of the Covenant. But I was on a really good fast downhill descent at the time so I didn't bother to stop and pick it up.

daviesee

I got my life back by going out on the bike.

Does that count?

CiB

Rolf F wrote:

The Ark of the Covenant. But I was on a really good fast downhill descent at the time so I didn't bother to stop and pick it up.

Trumps me - I did come across the Holy Grail once, but urr, I've already got one.

I met my wife whilst out cycling. Our eyes met, there was that dramatic pause when you just know there's something indiscernible happening. She spoke first. 'What are you doing here. You're supposed to be at home looking after the kids. Bugger off quick'.

<coat, fetch..,>

invincible

CiB wrote:

I did come across the Holy Grail once, but urr, I've already got one.

fancy swapping it for the shroud of turin?

woodford2barbican

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate......

rolf_f

woodford2barbican wrote:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate......

Your commute takes you through Walthamstow doesn't it.....

woodford2barbican

Rolf F wrote:

woodford2barbican wrote:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate......

Your commute takes you through Walthamstow doesn't it.....

Not at the moment, I only see these things as I head over the Green Man and down into Leytonstone.

If I was going through Walthamstow it is a lot less interesting.

Banned member Porgy

Chewy Cheeks wrote:

On the Rat theme, a rat running along Balham High St, must have been late for a meeting

I used to cycle through Hackney so I've seen loads of rats on my commute.

Often I'd see them poking their heads out of rubbish bins or running across the pavement into some nearby foliage.

Sometimes I'd just see the rubbish in a bin moving apparently of its own accord.


Once in chislehurst I saw a man standing in the middle of the road with what looked like a dead dog on a lead :shock:

prawny

I also found a dido, not far from where I assume whyamihere used to live. I'm not saying they're connected but y'never know

W1

prawny wrote:

I also found a dido......

Her career has really gone down hill, obviously.

prj45

I found a screw today!

It went right though my unblemished rear Continental gatorskin, both sides of the inner tube and the rim tape.

F*****k!

deptfordmarmoset

Strangest thing I've found on a bike was a sense of tranquillity. Then I went round the bend and found a hill...

edisdead

An xbox360.

Banned member Porgy

I once found Keith Chegwin, and another time I found Marc Almond.

bigflangesmallsprocket

Numerous dead badgers, a dead snake, once passed a dead squirrel at exactly the same spot I'd seen two of them frolicking the day before (that made me a little sad..).

Between Hadleigh and Ipswich, during the infamous Steve Wright murders, I passed by some woods and noticed a long shadowy shape, and obvious thoughts came to my head but I said 'Naaah, can't be' to myself and kept on going. Passing again a couple of days later, I just HAD to check, just in case. Of course it was just a bit of rolled up old carpet someone had dumped, but there was a moment when I wasn't quite sure what I was going to find.

I used to come across the odd mucky mag when stopping off for a jimmy behind trees, but that doesn't happen these days. I blame internet prawn myself.

Before CD's, you used to regularly find old nackered ripped up tapes all over the road. I found a working Dead Kennedies tape 20+ years ago and I've still got it!

merkin

I once stopped to admire the view at a field gate and heard someone creeping up on me from behind. I turned around to see a naked man running away. Very strange and quite scary.
Oh and I once found the meaning of life, but I am not allowed to tell anyone what it is.

Jay dubbleU

merkin wrote:

I once stopped to admire the view at a field gate and heard someone creeping up on me from behind. I turned around to see a naked man running away. Very strange and quite scary.
Oh and I once found the meaning of life, but I am not allowed to tell anyone what it is.

42 - everyone knows that - although being pedantic that's actually the answer to life, the universe and everything - you didn't see any white mice hanging around did you ?

roger_merriman

not the strangest thing but a little bit WHF?

which is the roundabout in Seaton. i was down around there for last week, I think it was in aid of a round uk charity ride, local club escorting, only found out when we heard loud music and wander down the garden gin in hand to peer over the road.....

I also managed to do this. which ment the MTB was only fit for rolling to Beer or Seaton, as I didn't want to push my luck.

essex-commuter

Bit of thread ressurection but I found £120 cycling home yesterday. :shock:

surrey_commuter

back in October I found the "finish line" it was all professionally set up by the burger van in RP

The Rookie

This morning I was nearly taken out by two rutting Mallard ducks, clearly more interested in getting the bird than staying alive!

fatsmoker

-1c this morning. One roadie and one commuter in shorts. The commuter was wearing just a t-shirt on top with no gloves. :shock:

Gazzaputt

Carrier bag with a number of sex toys in it. One was fcuking huge. Joydens Wood, Bexley.

I left well alone.