The largest thump-THUMP has been a bunny rabbit encounter at 11PM a few years ago. No issue for me BUT BUNNY not so much.
It was at 1:25AM on 4/27/2020 riding 20.2mph at mile 33 of an overnight 100 miler that a wild hog ran into my right side. Resulting crash injuries = left shoulder impact trauma, 2 crack(#5 & #6) ribs, punctured lung and cracked left scapula. Buddy I was riding with was some distance in front of me, saw the HOG and its babies in the light from his helmet light and shouted to warn me but I was too far back to hear him. The hog came out of the darkness and BOOM!!! It was 2 months 13 days from my 70th birthday.
My buddy made the turn around and came back finding me standing and HYPER VENTILATING. He picked up my bike at my request, then held it for me as I mounted it and we rode SLOWLY BACK TO MY HOUSE that was 4 miles from crash site. Wife drove me to the hospital.
Last edited by OldTryGuy; 05-08-21 at 02:20 PM.