Ran over a rabbit! What are the odds of that!?

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  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    Considering how many rabbits there must be, the odds of hitting one are quite high.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Plus one, I'm seeing them everywhere ATM
  • ManOfKent
    ManOfKent Posts: 392
    I had one run under the forward arc of my front wheel last night; fortunately for it (and perhaps me) I was going slightly uphill. I guess rabbits like that one have a shorter lifespan than the dozens of others I saw hopping along the side of the road or into the hedges.

    A member of my club broke his wrist in an incident involving a rabbit last year. No shame in that, if he'd been the one who hit it. In fact someone else did and he just fell over while waiting for another rider to end its suffering. :)
  • Mccaria
    Mccaria Posts: 869
    At the moment squirrels and small birds seem to be playing "dare" coming in and out of the hedgerows. Have had the odd badger trundle out in front of me.

    Had a first today when a small bird flew out of the hedge, I was sure it was going to hit me but it altered direction and flew through the main triangle of the bike frame and out the other side. Good job it's an XL size frame !
  • mjf1017
    mjf1017 Posts: 48
    20 years ago I was in Australia, backpacking with a couple of mates. We were cycling through the rain forest north of Cairns.
    We were on a dirt trail with undergrowth on either side. The other pair were about 25 yards ahead of me and suddenly out of the bush to the right charged a ****ing enormous wild pig. It then crashed into the bush to the left and vanished from site. Came and went in seconds but the other pair missed it completely.
  • rickeverett
    rickeverett Posts: 988
    A Great Tit went into my font spokes this morning :( not pleasant. Especially when they are bladed. Quick death, just hope it didn't have young ones.

    Squirrels and Young Rabbits have a death wish at the moment.
  • The Kellyboy
    The Kellyboy Posts: 33
    Oh, I ran over a chicken once, too!
  • Father Faff
    Father Faff Posts: 1,176
    rickeverett wrote:
    A Great Tit went into my font spokes this morning :( not pleasant. Especially when they are bladed. Quick death, just hope it didn't have young ones.

    Squirrels and Young Rabbits have a death wish at the moment.

    Yeh, the young rabbits ain't got any road sense yet so it is pretty dangerous out early where I live. If they get in your front spokes you are over the bars. I suppose if you get bladed spokes and sharpen them you might cut through a really weenie baby rabbit before it jams in your brake blocks...
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  • rgasuk
    rgasuk Posts: 89
    Was out riding tonight with my mate and took out a baby pheasant , was doing about 30mph at the time down hill and quite a busy road . To say I shat myself was an understatement . It smacked straight into my foot then bounced of the front mech, thankfully not in the wheel as I would of been off .backside has just about gone back to normal .

    Never thought about wildlife that much till this happened .oh apart from flying up tracks with the same guy and a couple of deer jumped over the fence and in front of us !
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  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    It's the badgers that scare me. I had a period last year where one seemed to come out of the hedgerow once a week on my cycle to the station and cause me to soil myself with their scrabbling claws on the tarmac. "Badgernoia", :lol:.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    BR 1979 wrote:
    It's the badgers that scare me. I had a period last year where one seemed to come out of the hedgerow once a week on my cycle to the station and cause me to soil myself with their scrabbling claws on the tarmac. "Badgernoia", :lol:.

    I only ever see dead badgers, they don't half smell after a few days!
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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Chased by a pit bull today! What's the odds of that?
    Quite high when you're riding past a travellers camp, I saw the bugger truffling at the side of the road and before I knew it the dog was after me, I'd have passed Cav at the pace I shot off at and thankfully the dog wasn't on form today.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,295
    Used several times in the past...

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  • RedWheels
    RedWheels Posts: 56
    It's not just in the countryside.

    I ran over a rat 2 or so months ago as it attempted to enter Victoria Park from the canal/ Lee navigation in London. Almost hit the car in front of me as i peered back to see the thing scurry off.

    I think once he got to the park he cocooned and metamorphosed into his 'flying stage' as a month or so after i got hit in the head by a pigeon.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    I had a bird fly through my open car window once, while I was driving along. It just missed my head, hit the rear window and exploded.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    A couple of weeks ago a bumble bee, propelled by a strong cross wind, collided with one of my Di2 switches with sufficient force to activate it, dropping the chain from the big to the small ring. What are the odds of that?
  • CXrider
    CXrider Posts: 141
    homers double wrote:
    Used several times in the past...

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    ha, I'd be too squeamish to remove that.. Have to call the wife to come and remove it :lol:
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  • mcdonji1
    mcdonji1 Posts: 121
    Startled a rabbit recently and it ran to side of road and tried to jump the Armco. It bounced off the crash barrier twice and I nearly fell off laughing.

    Jim
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  • Father Faff
    Father Faff Posts: 1,176
    What cruel animal murderers we all are.....
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  • rickeverett
    rickeverett Posts: 988
    homers double wrote:
    Used several times in the past...

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    Jesus
  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    rickeverett wrote:
    homers double wrote:
    Used several times in the past...

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    Jesus

    No, it's definitely a squirrel.
  • hanhamreds
    hanhamreds Posts: 100
    I ran over a Cat on the Bristol to Bath cycle path a few weeks a go - I was doing about 20mph at the time and only just managed to stay on the bike.
  • CXrider
    CXrider Posts: 141
    Kinda worse when you suspect it is somebody's pet. :(
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  • carchie86
    carchie86 Posts: 32
    I had an unusual brush with some wildlife yesterday and after reading this on Friday thought I'd add it to the post. I was out putting some miles in around Northumberland yesterday afternoon gently spinning my way up a hill when something crashed into the back of my helmet with quite some force. As I was following a single track road that ran along the perimeter of a forest I turned around expecting to see a branch that had fallen from a tree and clunked me on the head but there was nothing at all there. Perplexed, I looked all around and ahead of me spot a large bird of prey hovering and looking in my direction. It flew off and as I look up to see where it has got to, it reappears directly behind me once again hovering before swooping down for another attack. The first crack on the head even through my helmet wasn't pleasant so I pedalled like mad to try and get away and thankfully the second impact never came.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Was it a buzzard? Read somewhere about attacks from them being on the increase...
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Ah yes, ere tis..

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  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    carchie86 wrote:
    I had an unusual brush with some wildlife yesterday and after reading this on Friday thought I'd add it to the post. I was out putting some miles in around Northumberland yesterday afternoon gently spinning my way up a hill when something crashed into the back of my helmet with quite some force. As I was following a single track road that ran along the perimeter of a forest I turned around expecting to see a branch that had fallen from a tree and clunked me on the head but there was nothing at all there. Perplexed, I looked all around and ahead of me spot a large bird of prey hovering and looking in my direction. It flew off and as I look up to see where it has got to, it reappears directly behind me once again hovering before swooping down for another attack. The first crack on the head even through my helmet wasn't pleasant so I pedalled like mad to try and get away and thankfully the second impact never came.

    Which reminds me, two or three years ago I stopped at a village green for a breather, and I noticed across the road there was a small pond, next to which was an old fashioned red phone box, and standing outside, as if waiting to make a call, a large white goose. I thought this would make an amusing photo, so I got out my phone and began snapping. The goose took exception to this and advanced towards me, hissing aggressively. I decided it was time to leave. As I accelerated away I could hear his feet going slap slap slap on the tarmac behind me as he gave chase. I remember thinking this too would have made an amusing picture if there had been anyone there to take it.

    A couple of weeks ago I found myself in the same village, and the goose was still there, by the phone box. In a much mellower mood this time though, he left me alone.
  • CXrider
    CXrider Posts: 141
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Was it a buzzard? Read somewhere about attacks from them being on the increase...

    Certainly, birds are getting more confident and will only get out of the way with about 2 yards to go before you hit them.
    Had one just miss my chin with the slightest of feather touches.
    I do not fancy being attacked by a bird of prey, or a dog, or a horse come to think of it.. and that happens.
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