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"Deer Cyclist"

10-10-2011 3:22pm

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#2 10-10-2011 3:32pm

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Jaysus that would give you some headache.

I wonder at what point though between "Hey look, a deer" and realising that it was coming for him did he decide that it might be time to stop?

Bastards can move quickly. I remember driving down a country road at about 50km/h, deer bouncing along the field beside me. Left-hand turn coming up, but the deer kept going straight, jumped about ten feet over ditch & barbed wire fence and bounded across the road in front of the car. Incredible agility.

This guy probably only realised what was about to happen when the deer was five feet from him.

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#3 10-10-2011 3:45pm

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Pedant warning

That is actually an antelope species called a Hartebeest. They are much heavier and less nimble than deer or their smaller antelope cousins. That must have hurt!

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#4 10-10-2011 3:48pm

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rich.d.berry wrote: »

Pedant warning

That is actually an antelope species called a Hartebeest. They are much heavier and less nimble than deer or their smaller antelope cousins. That must have hurt!

Last week I'd have claimed it was Sean O'Brien.

This week, I'm not so sure.

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#5 10-10-2011 5:23pm

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Ouch!

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#6 10-10-2011 5:27pm

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Whoa that looked sore. I thought this was going to be about a new breed of commuting cyclists that cycled straight at you or something.

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#7 10-10-2011 5:30pm

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jesus, that reminds me of when i was on a trail in killarney with a club member last year and two deer ran right straight across the trail in front of him, close call it was but at least he didnt get ram roaded like that poor fella

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#8 10-10-2011 5:49pm

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& there's me always going on about dogs

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#9 10-10-2011 5:55pm

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Yes, I must start wearing a helmet in case the tame deer in the Phoenix Park attack me... and a hard hat too given there's now a construction site beside the cycle track on the main avenue. :pac:

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#10 10-10-2011 6:16pm

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monument wrote: »

Yes, I must start wearing a helmet in case the tame deer in the Phoenix Park attack me... and a hard hat too given there's now a construction site beside the cycle track on the main avenue. :pac:

Can someone please post the link. Embedded file not working on the touch site...

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#11 10-10-2011 8:29pm

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Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M

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#12 10-10-2011 9:56pm

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he nearly got creamed again at 57sec by another bike

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#13 11-10-2011 1:19pm

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Is that him or the animal making that noise after the impact:eek:

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#14 11-10-2011 1:22pm

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funkyjebus wrote: »

Is that him or the animal making that noise after the impact:eek:

That's him.
The Hartebeest was last seen heading for the horizon at about the 10 second mark.

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#15 11-10-2011 1:33pm

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he's lucky it didn't land on him also, I would say he thought it was going to go to his rear or change direction

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#16 11-10-2011 2:18pm

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Can't work out if the creature was aiming for him or just saw him at the last minute and made an arse of jumping out of the way.

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#17 11-10-2011 3:52pm

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I wonder if he said "D'Oh! A Deer! A Female Deer!"?

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#18 11-10-2011 8:39pm

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and all the complaining us cyclists do about dogs.....

take a look at this ha.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M

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#19 11-10-2011 9:20pm

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cycletheroad wrote: »

and all the complaining us cyclists do about dogs.....

take a look at this ha.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M

Threads merged

your in 3rd place on posting this

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#20 11-10-2011 9:27pm

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ednwireland wrote: »

Threads merged

your in 3rd place on posting this

Ha sound.......i should have checked first.

I'm going to keep a closer eye on them heifers up the road from me, when i'm passing.:D

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#21 12-10-2011 5:59pm

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At least you don't have to contend with this kind of nonsense!

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

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#22 12-10-2011 6:00pm

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It's been done...

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#23 12-10-2011 6:01pm

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Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's been done...

Apologies. Couldn't see it. Mods feel free to delete the last four minutes of my life!

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#24 12-10-2011 6:04pm

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On RTE One 18:00 news.

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#25 12-10-2011 6:05pm

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Think this was the original one: BAM

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#26 12-10-2011 6:33pm

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#5;)

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#27 12-10-2011 6:34pm

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merged

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#28 12-10-2011 10:24pm

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It made the BBC News website today as well.

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#29 13-10-2011 12:02am

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Cycling hat aside, what is it about this particular video that's made it so popular that it's garnered so many views and hit so many mainstream tv news programmes? It's quite interesting.

🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast

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#30 13-10-2011 7:14am

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I think it's the "You've Been Attacked by a Wild African Animal Framed" aspect of the clip that make it so appealing.

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#31 20-10-2011 11:53am

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at least it was only a deer that got him this poor guy was attacked by a lion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahnfn1LIm7A

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#32 20-10-2011 11:59am

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granda wrote: »

at least it was only a deer that got him this poor guy was attacked by a lion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahnfn1LIm7A

Oh dear, thats bad.

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