Animal Cylist crash

John_Rambo

I wish I had a handlebar cam, I would have put those South Africans to shame. Headed out this morning, 100 metres in to my commute on my trusty steel steed and...

BAM!!!

Squirrel ran straight out in front of me from the left, he/she (although, judging by the size, aggressiveness and basic musculature of this beast, I reckon it was a male or Bull squirrel) The charging, enraged monster spotted me and veered left again, avoiding a crunching collision, but, obviously confused and angry, the wild eyed, crazed, untamed wretch galloped along side me crushing daisies and buttercups like they were baby oak trees. I maintained my speed, making no sudden movements to avoid attack and without warning the monster veered right, ripping sods of soil and grass underfoot causing me to brake heavily, contact was inevitable and my front wheel ran over the curs tail... he broke right, decided against attack and burst through a brick wall to escape.

Anyone else have similar animal stories?

MikeD22

I don't have a story but i was reminded of this video. Now that's a serious knock.

endacl

Or something more like this?!? :eek::eek:

To Alcohol

I hit what I think was a badger one night. Riding an old Peugeut Phantom (I think it was) back in the 80's with a dynamo that gave practically no light I was coming down a hill and around a bend late one night and there it was, two red eyes right in front of me. The whole thing happened so fast I didn't even have time to break. I think it was a badger as there was a pretty solid contact and at the very last second I got a split second view of his overall shape, size and coloring. I was over the handle bars and on my back. After a few summersaults, hisses of some description and even a few screams the badger scurried away into the ditch.

ford2600

Red or grey? If red what part of country?

John_Rambo

ford2600 wrote: »

Red or grey? If red what part of country?

Grey, the Capitol.

Slightly jealous of the badger story.

manwithaplan

ford2600 wrote: »

Red or grey? If red what part of country?

If it was the fearsome red badger, he is lucky to have lived to tell the tale.

ford2600

John_Rambo wrote: »

Grey, the Capitol.

Slightly jealous of the badger story.

Mtb spins last winter in dark.

Bright lights confuse deer, a few very close calls.

Chased two hares on road bike 3 weeks ago. They won.

rizzodun

I had a pheasant jump out from a ditch years ago when coming down a hill, he ran ahead just inches in front of me before jumping back into the ditch, his saving grace was I was on a bmx instead of my normal mountain bike, I would have been going twice as fast on the MTB.

el tel

I was riding in Slovakia and my mate ahead of me rode over a wee snake and cut it in half. It was one of those really thin snakes, and the two halves were held together by a sinue-y bit in the middle. We stopped to take a look and I leaned against a tree only to put my hand on the hugest beetle I've ever seen, one of those blighters with the big ****-off antlers on its head. I nearly **** myself.

marketty

marketty

A pheasant flew into me once. Those feckers are heavy and pointy

John_Rambo

marketty wrote: »

What's that? Did this happen to you?

Hail 2 Da Thief

I worked as a bicycle courier in Melbourne last year & during magpie mating season I suffered several vicious attacks.
I'm probably lucky to be alive to tell the tale!!!

marketty

John_Rambo wrote: »

What's that? Did this happen to you?

It's a squirrel. No it wasn't me that pic has been doing the rounds online for a few years

recedite

Anyone else had a dead rat bite through their tyre?
They may look flat and harmless, but they are a vengeful creature.

DirkVoodoo

When I was in Sydney last year, I used to ride around Centennial park. Kept seeing people with zip ties looped through their helmets. I thought it was some bizarre fred-statement to make yourself look even dorkier with a helmet tilted back, visor in place and weird antennae on your head.

Nope, it was bird attacks, like the previous poster said. They swoop down from the trees and try to peck your head:

wotdef

marketty wrote: »

This is actually a flint scraper, but, it's been installed upside down.

Ziboo

Heading home from work a few years ago, a cat ran out in front of me.
I could see the cat and my tyres were going to meet, the cat could see it was going to meet my tyres.
The cat took very sharp evasive action swerving away.... just as I took sharp evasive action to swerve away from where it was... to where swerved to.
My back tyre ran straight over the belly of the cat as it was rolled onto its back in the incident. It let out quite a squeal, A pedestrian let out a similar horrified noise.
The cat shot off not to be seen again.

John_Rambo

Badgers, snakes, beetles with antlers, magpie attacks, close calls with deer, ziboo's cat story is funny, but dead rat bites tops it all.

Zyzz

marketty wrote: »

Offer asking subject to inspection!

StevieGriff

Had a lovely run in with an otter a few years back, one of the shorter loops I do on the bike has a lovely flat section with good quiet road so I like to sprint it. The otter felt he had right of way to cross the road while I was doing 27mph, my front wheel connected perfectly with his arse, sending me sailing over the handlebars and into a momentary superman style flight before my helmet skated along the ground closely followed by a nose, chin and pretty much my entire body.

Little fecker was no were to be seen when I came around. But it gives me great solace that there's an otter out there with a gammy arse.

johnk123

Knocked off my bike by a pheasant before... It was the week after the season closed and I was almost home after a nice spin. A car overtook me and I got a beep as it was someone I know. Pheasant came out of the ditch on the rise and straight between my left thigh and elbow. The feathers fluttering in my face meant hands off the bars and over I went... Family friend could do nothing but stop the car and stand breaking his heart laughing after seeing the whole thing in his rear view mirror!

smacl

Saw this wee fella on the road Saturday morning, I had assumed he was a bundle of innocence, but reading this thread I'm now wondering was he lurking on the road intent on giving me a high speed blowout.



Anyhow, picked him up and rolled him under a hedge. Also found another benefit for wearing cycling gloves.