Q2. Have you had any interesting experiences with bugs or insects while riding?
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite a2. I think we're all probably members of the ISAF club (shout out to the Judy Blume fans)
#bikenite@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite Stands for "I swallowed a Fly"
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite A2. The time a gnat flew into my eye and got stuck was not very interesting, but it was educational. I’ve never ridden without glasses after that.
EDIT: found the photo! The most charming experience was the time a fuzzy little SPIDER with emerald eyes decided to come for a ride on my handlebars. I tried to dissuade it, but it was determined and stuck with me for several miles. Maybe it just needed a lift? #BikeNite
@ClimateJenny @ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
I get spiders hitchhiking like this all the time. One from a year and a half ago.
"A male Pelegrina sp. I'd guess probably Pelegrina proterva." according to someone on a spider ID group elsewhere.
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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 @ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
Sounds premeditated.
Guilty of sting,your honor.
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
A2: Hornet stuck in my cycling glove and kept on stinging me. Had to get my wedding ring surgically removed
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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 A drawback to biking in the evening for us is lots more bugs hit our face. We definitely wear protective glasses to keep them out of our eyes. @bikenite
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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. Once while in the middle of a mildly intense technical downhill, a bee flew into my helmet and started stinging me. I made it through, uncrashed.
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@lopta @ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite that’s what I was wondering too
@genex @lopta @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite Q1 was tagged in draft form but otherwise didn’t exist at all
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@MarkBrigham @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite @wanderinghermit I always thought the mesh was ridiculous until I heard that people actually do get stung on the head.
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@ascentale @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite
A2: Hornet stuck in my cycling glove and kept on stinging me. Had to get my wedding ring surgically removed
@harold @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite ok that terrifying!
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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 @Brownian_motion @MartyCormack @bikenite *in* your mouth?! Yikes!!
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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)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@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
#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes
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
#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes
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
#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes
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
