Old 02-01-12 | 05:57 PM
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calamarichris
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From: Carlsbad, CA

Bikes: '09 Felt F55, '84 Masi Cran Criterium, (2)'86 Schwinn Pelotons, '86 Look Equippe Hinault, '09 Globe Live 3 (dogtaxi), '94 Greg Lemond, '99 GT Pulse Kinesis

If I had a nickel for every beesting, I could take every participant in this thread out for fish tacos. I think we're all allergic to beestings, just some of us moreso than others.
I've inhaled several bees, one stung me in the throat (inside) and I was worried the swelling would cut off my windpipe. I coughed up a bunch of legs, and fuzzy pieces (it was a big bumblebee), but continued breathing okay.
I've had some kind of large flying bug in Belgium trapped under my eyelid, struggling and fighting to get out. My Dutch riding buddy thought it was pretty hilarious that I started smacking myself in the face so hard with a closed fist all of the sudden.
I came around a corner once on a downhill and hit a crow on my brake lever. There was a whole murder of them (a flock of crows is called a murder) gathered around something dead in the road, and this one didn't get out of the way in time. I came back and he was a little stunned, because he hopped away from me for a while and eventually flew off.

And if we're allowed to count motorcycle interesting things, I've hit two deer, a pheasant, another crow (this one didn't make it), several small birds, a snake, and many thousands of bugs. Dozens of bee stings, and also a yellowjacket that flew into the sleeve of my leather jacket and left a spiraling path of stings that made it look like my arm got caught in an industrial sewing machine.
Once while camping on a motorcycle trip, I got trampled in my tent by a herd of deer. That was the last time I ever went camping that deep in the woods by myself.

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