Bugs.

nickyhoward55

Ive ridden MTB's for years and have had my lovely little allez since june, ive been riding it quite alot and seem to have avoided the 'bug in mouth' thing so far. Until thursday. And today. Bloody thing flew straight into my mouth and i procceded to roll it round in my mouth until i could spit it out. Wasnt a nice texture i can tell ya!

Then today i had one up the nose, one in the ear and one straight down the throat. Joy!

Share your bug related stories here

Secteur

Worst is a (stinging) insect in the helmet vent on a fast downhill!

Secteur

PS the worst is accidentally squashing a big fat slug and feeling it's entrails spatter onto the shins!

Peddle Up!

Why spit it out? Saves a gel.

The Real Radioactiveman

Just relax and swallow :oops:

oldhairylegs

Out on the tandem with my Missus the other day when a wasp got caught in my helmet strap and proceeded to sting my in my lug hole!

It's still sore now!

Wasps - just what is the point of them?

Peddle Up!

The Real Radioactiveman wrote:

Just relax and swallow :oops:

:shock:

Jrandell

going down a fast downhill, jersey zipped open by about 3 inches, Bumble Bee straight down my top. almost crashed several times trying to squish it as i could hear the f*cker buzzing! get to the bottom of the hill, unzip my jersey and just as it flies out, it stings me! very scary!

nickyhoward55

The Real Radioactiveman wrote:

Just relax and swallow :oops:

Hahahaha! i will remember this next time and giggle a little. If you see someone laughing while trying not to be sick somewhere around doncaster. Thats me.

wardieboy

Wolf them down! All good carbs.

stealfwayne

wardieboy wrote:

Wolf them down! All good carbs.

and Protein, hmmmmm
has anyone heard of the 'eat local honey, stop getting stung my the wasps and bees' thing?
.... Honestly i can say I've been doing this for over a decade and have not been stung since i started.

estampida

nothing makes me wretch more than the thought and the event (still scarred)

cycling in august i can see lots of dots flying around (green fly) then snorted 1 through the nose, and was cycling very hard so it really got snorted in there

t5nel

racing a friend down a long descent at about 35mph. Two direct bug hits to the right eye. had to stop (due to crying/lack of visibility) to the amusement of my buddy who verified two flies independently stuck to my eyeball.

I also hate it when you actually breathe them in - not just swallow them...they never appear again - I worry for the state of my lungs. THere is a sewage works I cycle past on my commute and it is always worrying dense with this sort of suicidal fly.

Rich Hcp

Bugs in the eye are awful, so I always have my trsty Oakleys on, you hear bugs bouncing off the lenses!

Bugs in the mouth, not swallowed any this year, when you do, they're in and gone before you know it!

LeicesterLad

stealfwayne wrote:

wardieboy wrote:

Wolf them down! All good carbs.

and Protein, hmmmmm
has anyone heard of the 'eat local honey, stop getting stung my the wasps and bees' thing?
.... Honestly i can say I've been doing this for over a decade and have not been stung since i started.

Isn't that for hayfever?

JustinLeeAtkinson

I was stung by a bee/wasp which hit me @rse end on the lip during a fast club ride. Bottom lip doubled in size, but had reduced again by the end of the ride.

Same week Cancellara gets stung on a ride and ends up in hospital ...Spartacus eh?

neilo23

Had the summer flu on my birthday but still rode into work. Managed to survive the day only to find that someone had slit both of my tyres open. Had to push the bike 5 miles home and the cherry on the pie was the wasp which flew into my mouth and stung my tongue on the way home. Was not the most fun I've ever had on my birthday.

crescent

Going downhill at +40mph on a recent visit to Arran. A bug hit my helmet (not that one) and I actually felt a bit of recoil, god knows what the bug felt?? Checked my lid at the bottom and had a nice 'splatter' residue of what was presumably an ex-wasp. One of the first things to learn when cycling in summer - keep your mouth shut.

RoadyForever

I don't really notice bugs that much any more (try and close your mouth when you see clouds of them!), but some do really taste awful. I went for a ride in Dartmoor a fell months back, really hot day, after some rain and they really were out in force (I wish I had worn insect repellent).

Oh and is it me or are big flies more suicidal these days? I seem to have something massive hit my sun glasses virtually every ride..

I had a bee/wasp in my helmet last week, It's suprising how fast you can stop and take it off!

Phill B

in manchester about ten years ago i was out and about on a nice sunny Saturday afternoon. i was on my way to a friends house to meet up for a ride, i was at a set of lights near his house when i felt a sting on my knee, then another and then my shoulder got it too. I leapt off my bike and then proceeded to jump around and shake myself like a Tina Turner tribute act.

I sustained 3 bee stings on my right knee and 3 stings to my left shoulder area. it turns out the little b@*%ards realy liked the smell of my sunblock :evil:

mcp73

Cycling back (very hungover) from an old friend's house on Sunday morning. Hit the first really fast descent: wasp stung me 3 times on the shoulder. Unpleasant. Still, there are worse things that could happen.