Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - swallow a bug?

have you ever swallowed a bug while riding ??

Yep, along with having one fly in my nose...never to come out.

+protein

many, many times. Wait until a bug gets sucked into the vents of your helmet.

tons of times

bumblebees are the worst. You can hear them coming towards your face and when they give a surprisingly strong impact. No stings yet.

in your nose , is it still in there?

yup... hate that ****

in your nose , is it still in there?

Probably is, setting up camp somewhere east of my occipital lobe, gonna' turn into a ****ing town up there.

Bumblebees and wasps smashing into your glasses are a bit of a shock too. Definitely ate a few flies and mosquitoes, and ate and inhaled many many gnats.

This is a bug almost the size of
a sparrow now ...

In a year, that bug is going to be almost the size of a robin.

10 years from now, he's going to be all "Now keep in mind the bug we're talking about was almost the size of an eagle..."

extra protien!!

(actually, i really hate when it happens. usually by the water around sunset in the summer. makes me gag. even worse when it gets in your eye, cuz it hurts and makes it hard to see where you're going)

have you ever swallowed a bug while riding ??

No, I'm vegan. ;)

who needs energy gels when you have horseflys?

ive had one hit the corner of my mouth but ive never been lucky enough to catch one in the mouth

In the spring and summer, black flies in the eyes are the worst nuissance ever. As far as real concerns, once I was hit in the lip by a hornet as I came down a LONG downhill. It stung me and I couldn't manage to swipe it out for five seconds. I had a fat lip but I'm pretty sure the hornet got the worst of it. Still shocked the hell out of me.

yeah, first time i swallowed one i started laughing hysterically and choked on it.

In the eye is the worst, hence the goggles...cue McBane joke.

there's a section of road I often ride where at certain times of the year I run into a swarm of gnats. All you can do at that point is keep riding, breathe through your nose, keep your head down and swallow as few as possible. But after I get back, I usually have to wipe a bunch of them off my sweaty forehead and everyone that stuck to my head through the helmet vents....

In the eye is the worst, hence the goggles...cue McBane joke.

Zee goggles, zey...stop bugs, apparently.

wasp in the mouth. much lip stinging ensued. wasp spat out and stomped thoroughly. not a fun experience.

Here in B-More city we had the 17-year cicadas in 2005, if my memory serves. I didn't bike quite as much back then, but those things are the size of golfballs, and dumber than a barge of bricks. The results, and the smell, were both rather predictable.

when i was a kid on my bmx'er i had a bee go in to my mouth & sting the inside of my lip. talk about ouch (& swelling).

In the eye is the worst, hence the goggles...cue McBane joke.

it was rainer wolfcastle as radioactive man!

every have a bug get caught in your sunglasses like a big dragonfly or somethign happened once scariest thing ever

yess

better than powerbars

Zee goggles, zey...stop bugs, apparently.

jiminy jilickers

Every now and then. As someone else said, worst is if you hit a bee or wasp or something. That stuff scares ya.

Bees getting stuck in helmet vents is the scariest thing ever... but bugs in the face are a close second.

I got stung by a bee on my tongue once.

When I got home, I told my wife "I ot un by a bee on my un." She though I'd hit my head and became ********.

I got stung by a bee on the inside of my lip. That was because I was putting bees in my mouth.

(I was 17)

Bees getting stuck in helmet vents is the scariest thing ever... but bugs in the face are a close second.

wasp down the jersey in traffic is far worse.
-Owww
-at least it can only sting me once I guess I can fish it out with my hand.
-**** it stung my hand.
-and my stomach again
-oh **** there is a semi a few inches from me.
-It's still ****ing stinging me.

Forgetting your glasses and getting small bugs splattered in you eye is pretty bad too.

no luck with bugs, but i got hit in the face with a pigeon. startled me and made me feel dirty. damn rats w/ wings.

no luck with bugs, but i got hit in the face with a pigeon. startled me and made me feel dirty.
Um. Exactly what part of the bird did you rub your face in?

Bees getting stuck in helmet vents is the scariest thing ever... but bugs in the face are a close second.
I got stung last fall by a wasp that got stuck in my helmet. I ended up with a welt that made it nearly impossible to put my helmet on for 3 days.

Best advice is to carry lots of water and swallow hard.

I got stung by a bee on the inside of my lip. That was because I was putting bees in my mouth.
Bad enough


(I was 17)
that makes it a lot worse. 17???

Ahh, the bee in the helmet on the decent. Leaves you slapping yourself on the head while passing motorists laugh at you.

No, I'm vegan. ;)

You know, I never thought about it, but a I guess a true vegan would have to walk everywhere because every other form of transport inherently consumes bugs. Awesome.

Down at the end of my street in the summer, when it's dry, if I've got any sweat or water on my shirt I get swarmed by tiny gnats that cling to the moisture until it's gone. Their wings sparkle a little, so it looks like somebody wiped a sparkle-beast's ass with my shirt.

I got a juicy jumbo fly in the ear once during a strong cross-wind. It exploded in my ear canal. THAT was gross. You do this reflex where you pull your shoulder up to your ear... I must've looked like Edward Norton in The Score. Okay, Danny, buh-bye.

You know, I never thought about it, but a I guess a true vegan would have to walk everywhere because every other form of transport inherently consumes bugs. Awesome.

That's also called Jainism.

Their wings sparkle a little, so it looks like somebody wiped a sparkle-beast's ass with my shirt.



:lol:

I've only consumed one bug here. I was on my way to the trailhead at Lake Leatherwood when I heard a buzzing noise. Next thing I know, I've swallowed something about the size of a baby carrot. It was crunchy, too. :cry:

Zee goggles, zey...stop bugs, apparently.

zey do nah-thing!!


*sigh*

this has made my work shift bearable today.

thanks.