Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by Archerhunter
Originally Posted by Sharpsman
All brought to an end....if just a sparrow flies into him...not even counting an owl or hawk!


Bird strike.

Somewhere around here i have pics of a friend hit by a barn swallow doing 60-65 mph.

Almost knocked him off the bike.
How he kept upright I do not know.

The bruise on his chest reminded me of pictures of someone shot with a 38 pistol wearing a bullet proof vest.

He sold his bike.


At 60, even a grasshopper between the eyes will leave a pretty good welt. My worst, though, was a wasp that got inside my helmet at about 60. I was screaming obscenities, steering with my knee, and trying to rip the helmet off. It stung me 3 times under the leg of my glasses before I got him handled. If I'd been allergic, it would have been all over.



Caught one of those huge, southeast asian dragonflies right on the Adam's apple at high speed once in the Philippines...almost put me down