Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - I hit a squirrel today...

So i was riding down a street i almost daily ride down when a squirrel comes zipping out from under a parked car to my right. I would have missed it, but it decided to turn around at which point my front wheel hits part of it. Then the squirrel jumps directly upwards and latches ONTO MY LEFT ARM. It then decides that it doesnt want to be there either, jumps down and continues its crossing of the street. I go on my slightly confused way.

Apparently no harm done except for a small scratch on my arm and i think its tail was ****ed up. Suppose it couldve been alot worse.

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DUDE! That's super ironic, because today I came inches away from hitting a squirrel.. same deal, he crossed in front of me, then got freaked out and started zipping back and forth in front of me, until he finally took off... crazy ****.

http://www.bikeiowa.com/uploads/gallery/41_PoorSquirrel_1.jpg

Deadly little buggers, really.

****ing weird! Doing laps in the park today I almost ran over a chipmunk. I thought for sure I was gonna kill the little dude and at the last second we both swerved, missing each other by about two inches! Crazy rodents!

ha ha ha...that's ****ing funny.

i almost hit two pigeons today. damn things. still hard to tell--they may have been paying more attention than half the peds out there....

That is a much better scenario than hitting a fat girl.

They can be flat out lethal.

little dogs without leashes are deadly. the big ones are smart enough to stay away

Hahaha! Good story.

A squirrel ran up my uncle's pants leg one day. I wasn't there, but da*n, I can only imagine!

F*uckin' squirrels.

Wow, never heard that before. Do you use peanut butter for sunscreen?

I hit a squirrel once in central park. Little sum***** faked me out. I didn't think he was going to go for it, but then at the last second he went for it. Was kind of like running over a little pillow. Some lady saw it and screamed "OH MY GAWD, HE HIT THE SQUIRREL!!!!". He(or she), did a weird little flip and kept running. Hopefully it survived and was a little bit wiser from the experience.

I've heard that squirrel up the pants story before, and can never quite believe it.

dun dun dun, another one...

Last week I almost hit a deer. On a downhill out in the country, I was sprinting and getting some spinning practice, and one jumped out of the woods. Yeah kinda scary.

I was really most suprised that it actually jumped up and grabbed onto my arm. I guess at least I can say i've touched a live squirrel?

We have no deal with the squirrels!

We have no deal with the squirrels!
hehe...georgie boy!

DUDE! That's super ironic, because today I came inches away from hitting a squirrel.. same deal, he crossed in front of me, then got freaked out and started zipping back and forth in front of me, until he finally took off... crazy ****.

This post reminds me of that Alanis Morrisette song that was so annoyingly popular in the mid 90's.

About six weeks ago I hit a possum on my bike... I'm just glad it wasn't an armadillo.

I think I've killed 2 squirrels and hopped over one rattle snake in the last 3 years. Sacto is a dangerous place sometimes. ;)

This post reminds me of that Alanis Morrisette song that was so annoyingly popular in the mid 90's.

Yes, in that both completely miss the point of what irony actually is.

I don't know why I find those pictures so funny.

A squirrel faked me out the other day as well! I only ran over its tail though. It made some awfull sound and ran away...

I don't know why I find those pictures so funny.

This thread also reminds me that I have a picture of a pigeon that didn't move for the T in Boston...sliced right in half:eek:

Yes, in that both completely miss the point of what irony actually is.
Actually, it's a masterpiece of wit. Isn't it ironic to name a song "Ironic" about a bunch of things that aren't actually ironic?

Uh no... It's just dumb.

Uh no... It's just dumb.

+1, ironically...

a lady was riding a fix on the bike path here Albuquerque(no traffic) a pack of baby duck ran across the path she swerved to miss them wrecked and broke here collar bone.
if the cars don't get the wildlife will

I almost hit an elephant once while doing 720 skids through the african desert.

Suppose it couldve been alot worse.

Rabies.

me three, almost ran two over in the same block, and this **** never happens...yesterday was karma day for squirrels I guess. Actually, the best is last summer I hit A BIRD while racing around town. It hit my front wheel, shot up into my shoulder, then hit my friend riding close behind and he nearly fell off his bike.

Actually, it's a masterpiece of wit. Isn't it ironic to name a song "Ironic" about a bunch of things that aren't actually ironic?

That is both the funniest and truest thing I've seen today.

I know a guy who has a tattoo of a squirrel running up one leg and another tattoo of a squirrel running down the other leg with two nuts in it's mouth.

****ing weird! Doing laps in the park today I almost ran over a chipmunk. I thought for sure I was gonna kill the little dude and at the last second we both swerved, missing each other by about two inches! Crazy rodents!

Better than when you almost hit that kid :eek:

I kind of hit a dog a few months ago. I thought it was just running around in the street, noticed the leash about 5 feet before I ran into it, the dog swung around my bike and almost went under the front tire. I made sure the little bugger was ok and offered to give my info to the girl walking it just incase it got hurt. She said it was no big deal, so I bounced.

No squirrels though.

take it to a squirl hosp

well if you do kill one please send the tail up here so I can use it for fly fishing fur stock

BS. i'll glue that sucker to my helmet.

take it to a squirl hosp

Yeah, but you'll need to send away for the really tiny medical instruments.

I think I killed a chipmunk a while back.. was doing a training ride, right next to the white line on a road where the thick grass/brush goes right up to the white line, or at least within 2 inches. So I had no time to react to it.. somewhat disturbing, but the family settled out of court, so I wasn't stuck with munkslaughter charges.

No squirrels in Australia, but I've run over a snake, I've hit a possum, narrowly missed an echidna (would have punctured for sure!) and I've been charged by an ostrich.

I know a guy who has a tattoo of a squirrel running up one leg and another tattoo of a squirrel running down the other leg with two nuts in it's mouth.
pics?

when i was in Newcastle awhile back, I ran over a snake with my skateboard, he chased after me for like 200 meters

No squirrels in Australia, but I've run over a snake, I've hit a possum, narrowly missed an echidna (would have punctured for sure!) and I've been charged by an ostrich.

Dude... ostriches are f'n scary!!! How the hell did you outrun that thing?!?!

because he's ****in gnarly, thats how. au sounds fun, plus i could visit steve irwin's grave.

I've been charged by an ostrich.

Conversation over. You win.

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I've never hit an animal (i've kicked a dog that tried biting my foot though), but I use to live in Texas and one time I was riding about 1.5 hours outside of Austin and I had two horse running along side be for about 1/2 a mile... There was a fence between us but them seemed to just enjoy running along side me, it was ****ing sweet!

I've been charged by an ostrich.

This thread is useless without pics!