Anybody driving to the Tour Of Flanders?

JacksonHeightsOwn

This is going to be the most obscure thread/post to ever grace the cycling pages of boards.ie

If anyone is driving over, would they fancy collecting, wait for it, 6 young racing pigeons up for me, well, for my father? You will be paid handsomely I might add!!

Oh, and to keep it on track with the forum, I think, and hope Boonen will win!!

DirkVoodoo

"Going over to Belgium to pick up 6 racy birds"

...I nearly would.

JacksonHeightsOwn

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

"Going over to Belgium to pick up 6 racy birds"

...I nearly would.

Ah, it was worth a try, this is actually a present for my dad, a belated Christmas present in fact

I'll leave the thread up for the day, if theres nothing back. we'll close it down

Raam

Customs: "Did you pack these birds yourself, sir?"
Dirk Voodoo: KABOOM!

victorcarrera

chrisbonnie wrote: »

...fancy collecting, wait for it, 6 young racing pigeons up for me,... Boonen will win!!

Which team are they with. I'll keep an eye out for them.:D

Seriously though, why not just release them and if they are any good they will fly home themselves.

JacksonHeightsOwn

victorcarrera wrote: »

Which team are they with. I'll keep an eye out for them.:D

Seriously though, why not just release them and if they are any good they will fly home themselves.

Ah, do I have to give you a quick education

Birds fly home from a location you bring them to, not the other way round, besides, these birds aren't even flying yet, they're only a few weeks old

They have a full veterinary clearance cert, probably cleaner than you or I!!!!

And the team they're with? Nobody would catch these fellas, not even cancellara with his motor bike, they can average over 60mph for up to 8 hours of flying!!!

victorcarrera

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Birds fly home from a location you bring them to, not the other way round,

Thanks. 60Mph Thats fast. Where can I buy handlebar brackets for them.

But how do you stop them from flying back to flanders?

cantalach

victorcarrera wrote: »

But how do you stop them from flying back to flanders?

They only read Dutch so they get confused by our direction signs...

victorcarrera

cantalach wrote: »

They only read Dutch so they get confused by our direction signs...

No, I think they have natures equivalent of a GPS system but like my Garmin nuvi it doesn't always work properly.

TheBlaaMan

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Nobody would catch these fellas, not even cancellara with his motor bike, they can average over 60mph for up to 8 hours of flying!!!

No?

Spartacus...maybe not. But I'll put my money on Mr Peregrine any day.....:D

(sorry.........no help in your quest, but then again, you expected this, I guess...)

JacksonHeightsOwn

victorcarrera wrote: »

Thanks. 60Mph Thats fast.

But how do you stop them from flying back to flanders?

They're going to be prisoners, that's what pigeon men do, they have a dedicated section for birds that just breed birds, that's how you have young birds every season, because your breeding birds breed them, these breeding birds are generally bought for a few bob, and are old when you get them, so they'll never get out to fly, they just ride and sit in an aviary all day

No takers then lads?

victorcarrera

chrisbonnie wrote: »

They're going to be prisoners, that's what pigeon men do, they have a dedicated section for birds that just breed birds, that's how you have young birds every season, because your breeding birds breed them, these breeding birds are generally bought for a few bob, and are old when you get them, so they'll never get out to fly, they just ride and sit in an aviary all day

No takers then lads?

That sounds more like bondage that pigeon fancying.
Sorry can't help with that.
Happy flying.

Captain Havoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3iAuKC1qY

JacksonHeightsOwn

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

No?

Spartacus...maybe not. But I'll put my money on Mr Peregrine any day.....:D

(sorry.........no help in your quest, but then again, you expected this, I guess...)

The peregrine really is the racing pigeons biggest hurdle, you'd be shocked at the level of damage they can do, yet the little pigeon will make his way home, I'm notkidding when I'd say I've seen my dads pigeons with cuts across their chests that you or I would require 10 stitches for, yet these little soldiers are up racing again within weeks!!!

Like cyclists of the sky, skinny as anything, but hard as nails