Originally Posted by
classic1
Bloody magpies. I rode up the street this morning to get the paper and one got me fair in head, which sucks because it attacked me in the middle of the town, not out in the countryside.
That is nofin!
Changed up my 'around town' route the other day and got to the top of a steepish short hill and 'BAMSHIZZAM' one of the buggers went all kamikaze on me. It cleverly came in hard from the side and pecked me just behind the ear below the helmet - drew blood!
Ok so it wasnt anything to cry about but still.
On my NORMAL route there is one maggie and he is cool. We have a good understanding now. When he isn't off chasing food he waits for me on the power lines. He knows when I am coming waits for me to go by and then swoops but only in a '
look out! look out! I'm gonna get ya fella rarrrrr' kind of way. He is cool. Never really has a dip.