Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2: Not while riding, but I was walking up the hill from the bus stop one day and this big hornet just came through the air in a big long arc out of nowhere, ran straight into the middle of my forehead, stung me instantly, and fucked off. It was like an intentional hit-and-run by a bee just because it could and I was all like YOU FUCKER
@moira @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite hornets sound like jerks!
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@moira @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite hornets sound like jerks!
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite IT DID THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IT COULD
also probably thought it was funny
little asshole
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@ai6yr @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite *in* your mouth?! Yikes!!
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite LOL at least I didn't swallow it
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @bikenite
#BikeNite A2:
Late in the ride of "Rock n Roll the Lakes" in Albert Lea Minnesota, I was stung by a bee in the hand and it blew up like a balloon. Fortunately the nurse at the end of the ride administered Benadryl. I was a bit loopy, but the swelling subsided. -
Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
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A2. Being a baldy makes scalp stings much more likely - I get stung by insects (bees wasps) which get stuck in the vent of my helmet. Not pleasant
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
#BikeNite A2 rolling along with the teenager and she said "thbbt! A bug hit my lips!", I said "did it hurt or just taste like pollen?" Seriously though, I have gotten a bee or something stinger-first in the shin at 20mph and I wish I had stopped to do something to it before riding another ~25min, like I rode past a grocery store and could have gotten baking soda or something. Probably even had bandages & antibiotic spray with me (cargo bike dad kit.)
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
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I am terrified to think about what some of the Aussie riders might have experienced. Everything there seems to be extra mean and super poisonous
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite #BikeNite A2. Recently, I had a bee land in my mouth while I was riding and fortunately I spit her back out before she had any thought to sting me for eating her. I started carrying Benadryl after that (someone here on Bike Nite mentioned that was a good idea... I now agree, lol).
@ai6yr @ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite I had similar experience with a bumblebee when I was teen...
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
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I am terrified to think about what some of the Aussie riders might have experienced. Everything there seems to be extra mean and super poisonous
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite the risk of a snake is real. But getting hit by a too is more likely.
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2. Two noteworthy ones. Worst was when I was cycling on my monotube USS recumbent from home to the gym in the next city. I wasn't more than a block away from home when a bee zipped into my helmet. I'm not allergic, but the sound of the buzzing near my head makes me lose all rationality so I put first one hand up to my head, then the other. Because the bb of a monotube 'bent is at the front, not underneath you, each pedal steers
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2. Two noteworthy ones. Worst was when I was cycling on my monotube USS recumbent from home to the gym in the next city. I wasn't more than a block away from home when a bee zipped into my helmet. I'm not allergic, but the sound of the buzzing near my head makes me lose all rationality so I put first one hand up to my head, then the other. Because the bb of a monotube 'bent is at the front, not underneath you, each pedal steers
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2 cont'd. the 'bent a little. You can never ride no hands for this reason. You need at least one hand on the handlebars to correct for this.
My recumbent steered right into the nearest curb, where I jackknifed into my own frame, slicing open my brand new t-shirt and cutting me over my breastbone. Luckily nothing more serious than that. I eventually rode on to the gym.
(2) Riding through an underpass in Davis, an insect and my
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2 cont'd. the 'bent a little. You can never ride no hands for this reason. You need at least one hand on the handlebars to correct for this.
My recumbent steered right into the nearest curb, where I jackknifed into my own frame, slicing open my brand new t-shirt and cutting me over my breastbone. Luckily nothing more serious than that. I eventually rode on to the gym.
(2) Riding through an underpass in Davis, an insect and my
#BikeNite@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2 cont'd. eyeball collided. It smacked hard on my eyeball, with immediate heavy watering of the eye and pain. Took a couple days to fully recover from that impact. I've also had an insect go straight down my throat. BLEAGH
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale A2. Not lately, but when I was young and (more) foolish I was on the final downhill of my daily commute ride during high summer and a bee flew into the open neck of my shirt. It stung me more or less immediately, but somehow I managed to not be distracted and made it safely to my place of work, though I think people were a little surprised to see me pull my shirt off as soon as I dismounted.
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Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
(Inspired by a discussion with @Brownian_motion and @MartyCormack many BikeNites ago)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite The worst issue I regularly encounter are swarms of small flies or gnats near sunset. I swap out my sunglasses for a pair of goodr
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