Oddest thing you've ever seen while cycling?

sw33t_r3v3ng3 · 04-08-2014 6:21pm #1

So today i said id go out for a cycle. I wasn't even cycling 20 mins when i came across ... A bowl of spuds..... You heard correct a bowl of spuds just chilling on the side of the road? They looked like they had sour cream? or Mayo on them? Not too sure wtf was going on....

Anyone had any weird experiences while out?

Raam · 04-08-2014 6:27pm

A hooker flashing her cellulite ass in Spain.

sw33t_r3v3ng3 · 04-08-2014 6:28pm

Raam wrote: »

A hooker flashing her cellulite ass in Spain.

Did you just happen to get a flat right then?

Raam · 04-08-2014 6:38pm

sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »

Did you just happen to get a flat right then?

I would run a mile from her!

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.

2Cando · 04-08-2014 6:39pm

I was once cycling through some woods, when all of a sudden something comes out of the sky and whacks into a tree and lands on the side of the road.

Turns out it was an eagle.

It then jumped up and looked at me as if to say "If you tell anyone about this, I'll chop your balls off." and flew off into the distance...

sw33t_r3v3ng3 · 04-08-2014 6:43pm

Like the big ass eagles ? :O

Means Of Escape · 04-08-2014 7:03pm

Raam wrote: »

I would run a mile from her!

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.[/

Beggars belief

man_no_plan · 04-08-2014 7:13pm

I was tipping along one evening when a goat darted across the road in front of me. frightened the sh1t out of me.

Ole Rodrigo · 04-08-2014 7:21pm

Nothing.

Cycling through a mountain tunnel in Spain, and for a few moments I couldn't see a thing.

sw33t_r3v3ng3 · 04-08-2014 7:24pm

man_no_plan wrote: »

I was tipping along one evening when a goat darted across the road in front of me. frightened the sh1t out of me.

A lad who was coming down a hill up the road from me hit a cat and ended up dying! Scary stuff

wendell borton · 04-08-2014 7:58pm

I saw a falcon swoop down and catch a rat on the road up ahead of me.

tacklemore · 04-08-2014 8:01pm

A robotic lawnmower. Must get me one of them!

Shaun Plays Games · 04-08-2014 8:10pm

A man in a vest walking a goat

man_no_plan · 04-08-2014 8:13pm

Shaun Plays Games wrote: »

A man in a vest walking a goat

i hope it was on a lead, those bastards can move when they want to.

Chiparus · 04-08-2014 8:19pm

Shaun Plays Games wrote: »

A man in a vest walking a goat

Gary the goat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbmjF7qLfY8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

funnights74 · 04-08-2014 8:35pm

Cycling along one day, the bike ahead of me looked a bit strange. A woman pedaling along with her dog in a shopping basket on the backer of her bike. The basket held in place with those elasticated wraps, and a wire mesh over the basket in case the dog tried to leg it. Only in Ireland.

eeeee · 04-08-2014 8:41pm

funnights74 wrote: »

Cycling along one day, the bike ahead of me looked a bit strange. A woman pedaling along with her dog in a shopping basket on the backer of her bike. The basket held in place with those elasticated wraps, and a wire mesh over the basket in case the dog tried to leg it. Only in Ireland.

I know a woman with that exact set-up…

smithwicks · 04-08-2014 8:42pm

Was in the middle of no where, about 100 mtrs from me some fella walked across the road. When I got to where he would have entered a field he was hiding beside a large tree stump that had fallen. Crouched down looking up at me. Trying to hide, but not hidden.

I think I just said WTF and carried on, laughing.

Wicklowrider · 04-08-2014 8:42pm

Means Of Escape wrote: »

Raam wrote: »

I would run a mile from her!

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.[/

Beggars belief

I had a squirrel jump into my front wheel once. He spun one full revolution between the spokes and was then fired out - all without affecting the bike in any way. He was killed and landed a good bit up the road ( this was near where the new applegreen place at the Cullenmore) His body lay there for weeks making me feel guilty every time I passed

sonandheir · 04-08-2014 8:53pm

Raam wrote: »

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.

In Amsterdam you say.

Paco Rodriguez · 04-08-2014 8:57pm

A grey heron flew out of the bushes and across my handlebars. Got some fright. And had to do the limbo underneath it.

Wishbone Ash · 04-08-2014 9:30pm

3 things come to mind:

1. Being chased up Kilmashogue Lane by an old man wielding a huge wrench - as if I wasn't suffering enough on that climb.

2. Meeting a female cyclist on the Sutton/Clontarf cycle path who was wearing nothing but a green thong.

3. Witnessing a collision between a Luas and a car right in front of me while stopped at traffic lights.

eeeee · 04-08-2014 9:35pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

2. Meeting a female cyclist on the Sutton/Clontarf cycle path who was wearing nothing but a green thong.

I need to go to Howth more...

morana · 04-08-2014 9:41pm

the late great ian gallahar cycling in from kilbride had a deer jump the hedge look at him and leapt across the road into a field. I didnt even know there were deer out there

breffni bogballer · 04-08-2014 9:42pm

gadetra wrote: »

I need to go to Howth more...

wait for me as well

tomasrojo · 04-08-2014 9:45pm

A man drove a SUV up onto Heuston Bridge as I was cycling over it, screeched to a halt, ran out and leapt into the water below. Never saw him came up. Rang emergency services and an off-duty Garda who was outside Heuston Station at the time also raised the alarm.

Never found out who he was or whether he survived. Never saw anything in the news about it. Summer 2008, I think.

A week or so later I saw a dog run over by a van, which was very disturbing as well.

These aren't very entertaining stories, are they?

bambergbike · 04-08-2014 9:47pm

I don't really count close encounters with low flying buzzards, hares and deer as odd any more. A wild boar, now that would be odd - I know there are lots of them around, but so far we have managed to steer clear of each other.

Cycling across rural Bavaria on Good Friday. I saw people out on the streets in in every village shaking strange wooden things that made a funny noise and chanting rhymes. I didn't figure out why until I got to my destination in the afternoon: the church bells don't ring on Good Friday and the Saturday, so the children use their homemade wooden instruments to mark all the hours of the day. They get to make an awful racket on a bank holiday morning AND to imagine they are performing a terribly useful public service for the rest of the village.

Brian? · 04-08-2014 9:52pm

I ran over a scorpion in the middle of a Gila Indian reservation. Cut it in half with my front wheel, nice crunch.

v6e5qzawyrc3jn · 04-08-2014 9:52pm

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detones · 04-08-2014 9:56pm

Bcmf

obplayer · 04-08-2014 10:51pm

Raam wrote: »

I would run a mile from her!

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.

Um... this being Amsterdam I do have to ask...what had you ingested?

ArraMusha · 04-08-2014 11:01pm

A wall of flames.
Cycling from spiddal and came across a bog fire a few years ago..
Had to wait till it passed then cycle thru smoke..couldn't see a thing or breathe

ArraMusha · 04-08-2014 11:01pm

A wall of flames.
Cycling from spiddal and came across a bog fire a few years ago..
Had to wait till it passed then cycle thru smoke..couldn't see a thing or breathe

pjmn · 04-08-2014 11:06pm

... I once saw a cyclist stop at a red traffic light...

RobertFoster · 04-08-2014 11:21pm

pjmn wrote: »

... I once saw a cyclist stop at a red traffic light...

BOOM! There it is! Who had post #34 in the pool?

I saw a guy carrying a bike frame while he was cycling today. Seemed more awkward than odd. I'm sure I've seen odder, but I can't recall.

fillup · 04-08-2014 11:43pm

I got flashed by a young wan in Rathfarnham one early Sunday morning about 2 months ago

It was a real "that woman was in the nip" moment

Wishbone Ash · 05-08-2014 12:09am

RobertFoster wrote: »

....I saw a guy carrying a bike frame while he was cycling today..

You've just reminded me that, a few months back, I spotted a chap cycling down Portland Row while carrying another bike across his shoulders. (I had a feeling that he may have 'lifted' it.)

Buzwaldo · 05-08-2014 12:32am

bambergbike wrote: »

A wild boar, now that would be odd -

Been there, seen that, have a pic on my old phone (honest) . He crossed my path while holidaying in France 2 years ago, and stopped to root just off the road, hence photo-op.

DaithiMC · 05-08-2014 9:57am

funnights74 wrote: »

Cycling along one day, the bike ahead of me looked a bit strange. A woman pedaling along with her dog in a shopping basket on the backer of her bike. The basket held in place with those elasticated wraps, and a wire mesh over the basket in case the dog tried to leg it. Only in Ireland.

I did some work in Taipei a few years back over the course of two years and one of the "games" we had was to count how many things, families, pets, etc. people could get on their mopeds. My record was, Man, boy, girl, pet dog and a string of dead chickens.... I think we are far down the list of mad B**tards when it comes to stringing things to bikes! These ones look alive....
chickenmoped.jpg?w=300&h=223

godtabh · 05-08-2014 10:01am

Raam wrote: »

I would run a mile from her!

Another odd thing I saw was a duck run through a moving bicycle wheel in Amsterdam. He seemed OK after it.

cycle surely?

Alek · 05-08-2014 10:08am

Not technically while cycling, but I think that three hundred sixty eggs and half a handlebar is odd enough.

Accra, Ghana:

Victor · 05-08-2014 10:18am

I once saw a baby elephant coming out of St. John the Evangelist's Church in Sandymount - someone was filming, what I never found out.

Alek wrote: »

Not technically while cycling, but I think that three hundred sixty eggs and half a handlebar is odd enough.

Accra, Ghana:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6773222673_d60477fc9d_o_d.jpg

Seriously impressive.

biketard · 05-08-2014 10:21am

DaithiMC wrote: »

I did some work in Taipei a few years back over the course of two years and one of the "games" we had was to count how many things, families, pets, etc. people could get on their mopeds. My record was, Man, boy, girl, pet dog and a string of dead chickens.... I think we are far down the list of mad B**tards when it comes to stringing things to bikes! These ones look alive....

Ha, I was just about to post about the crazy moped riders here (I'm living in Taipei).

So instead I guess I'll just mention the guy that cycled past me going the opposite direction last weekend. He was wearing a full length spiderman costume (minus the mask). It was 27 degrees centigrade. I may even have caught it on my bike camera.

outfox · 05-08-2014 11:07am

Last year I saw a JCB overtaking a JCB. I tried to overtake em both, but the first guy was fairly moving.

rainbow kirby · 05-08-2014 11:17am

Two limos in a Mexican standoff for a parking space at Regent's Park.

Tree Scape · 05-08-2014 11:27am

I hit a snake this summer in France on a bike path. He was about 2M long
Originally thought it was plastic/rubber, then it started to move, but I still didn't recognise it as a snake, just though the wind was blowing something across the bike path. As I got closer and saw it was a snake tried to break and avoid it but went over it. Was bricking it that it'd turn and bite me as I went over it. Luckily it didn't. It was a Montpellier Snake-non hazardous to humans-only found that out later.
Oh and then saw Vultures up on Aubisque!

Cookie_Monster · 05-08-2014 11:29am

A pile of about 20 cow heads in the middle of a field

Doctor Bob · 05-08-2014 11:35am

Victor wrote: »

I once saw a baby elephant coming out of St. John the Evangelist's Church in Sandymount - someone was filming, what I never found out.

If memory serves, that was The Miracle by Neil Jordan.

Alek · 05-08-2014 11:39am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

A pile of about 20 cow heads in the middle of a field

Thats bowel-movement-inducing, man. :eek:

del_boy13 · 05-08-2014 12:00pm

Cycling home one night many years ago and saw a line of trees on fire in a graveyard. Cycled back the next day and they were all perfectly fine.

No drink or drugs taken and I stopped to double check that the trees were on fire. It was too late at night to be a sunset.

Weirded out the next day when the trees were unharmed.

outfox · 05-08-2014 3:57pm

del_boy13 wrote: »

Cycling home one night many years ago and saw a line of trees on fire in a graveyard. Cycled back the next day and they were all perfectly fine.

No drink or drugs taken and I stopped to double check that the trees were on fire. It was too late at night to be a sunset.

Weirded out the next day when the trees were unharmed.

Was that in Amsterdam too?

Oddest thing you've ever seen while cycling?

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