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Shickdawg
06-30-2005, 09:00 AM
So I decided it would be a good couple of days to ride into work today and tomorrow (despite the hurricane-force winds out there today), doing my part for the environment and basically not spending $2.29/gallon to drive my Jeep. On my way I was suddenly and viciously* attacked, with no provocation...


...by a bird. :D Seriously, I had a bird assault my helmet as I was riding down the road. I don't know if the bird thought I looked tasty, or looked like a good place to take a quick breather, but I was rather taken aback by it. Fortunately, the rest of the ride went without incident.


*not viciously
Danimal
06-30-2005, 09:08 AM
Only you man... only you.

Just goes to show you helmets do work.
ppgc
06-30-2005, 09:48 AM
At least you didn't wind up like Fabio!

http://www.sacredfools.org/CrimeScene/TWIC/Photos/FabioBird.jpg

http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/archives/april99/stories/040199_01.shtml

Sorry to hear about the bird attack!

-pete
Trevize1138
06-30-2005, 09:51 AM
So I decided it would be a good couple of days to ride into work today and tomorrow (despite the hurricane-force winds out there today), doing my part for the environment and basically not spending $2.29/gallon to drive my Jeep. On my way I was suddenly and viciously* attacked, with no provocation...


...by a bird. :D Seriously, I had a bird assault my helmet as I was riding down the road. I don't know if the bird thought I looked tasty, or looked like a good place to take a quick breather, but I was rather taken aback by it. Fortunately, the rest of the ride went without incident.


*not viciously

Where was this attack? Bodega Bay, CA? Did you run to a phone booth and watch seagulls bludgeon themselves on the glass as they came at you? :crazy:
manual63
06-30-2005, 10:15 AM
Just another reason I should wear my helmet??

:p
Shickdawg
06-30-2005, 10:22 AM
Actually, I wonder if the helmet was the provocation for the bird. I may have been safer helmetless!
Uncle Leo
06-30-2005, 10:46 AM
Last time I rode Theo I was attacked by a low-hanging branch. The end of it somehow found its way into one of my helmet vent holes as I rode underneath. All of a sudden I felt this pressure on my head as the branch tried to pull me off the bike, luckily it popped out of the helmet with a big boing! and I stayed upright. Could have been ugly.
Danimal
06-30-2005, 06:04 PM
I get attacked by my wife every day. :)