Collinsion!!

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Head on collision for me yesterday, fortunately I was going quite slowly (top of an incline) through Claybroke magna, when it hit me... head on wrong side of road, no lights, must have been 30mph ish as I only saw it when it hit errm altitude 1.4m or thereabouts. A bloomin pigeon hit me on the left shoulder, crazy like, never been hit by a bird before!!

Well there's a first for everything I guess, still no commuting for me for 2 weeks as I've got the next 2 weeks off

 

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Coo

I thought you'd collided with someone called Colin from the thread title.

Glad it was nothing worse though. Enjoy the fortnight!

errm guess I just can't spell

 

[Haitch]

Claybroke Magna!. Is there really a place with such a fantastic name?

Claybroke Magna, say it loud, say it often!

 

[PatrickPending]

Claybroke Magna!. Is there really a place with such a fantastic name?

Claybroke Magna, say it loud, say it often!

I'm loosing it today spelling wise, its claybrooke magna - a village in leicestershire on my commute (next to claybrooke parva)

 

[Haitch]

claybrooke magna ... next to claybrooke parva

It just gets better and better.

 

[Haitch]

They've even got their own website.

Were I but in Leicestershire now.

 

[Haitch]

Cripes! There are also Ashby, Peatling and Copston Magnas and Parvas. No wonder the local pigeons get confused. My money's on Peatling Parva to win on points. I'm a sucker for an underdog.

 

[Haitch]

Fair or unfair, I've changed sides and my money's on Great Glen, Glen Parva's rough, tough urban sibling on the wrong side of the A6.

 

[snakehips]

I once saw the inscription 'Parvis componere magna' on the wall of a gent's toilet. It wasn't in Leicestershire though.

Snakehips Bikes

 

[Haitch]

Was that in the days before they had those discreet partitions between the urinals?

 

[downfader]

One guy I read about online got a pidgeon in the face and a black eye. I once got a bee full on in the eye. Man did that sting.... nearly also crushed a squirrel a few years later under my front wheel.

Lucky squirrel. Once saw a pic online of a squirrel that had gone through the front wheel between spokes and smashed the carbon fork, throwing the rider down into his collarbone at speed. Ouch! Full on smashed shoulder and collarbone iirc.

 

[hackbike 666]

I had one almost fly off of the road into my spokes once,in fact he hit but got away with it.

 

[J4CKO]

I had a Pheasant launch itself into my arms last year, ended up upside down ejecting poop between my arm, lap and torso, I stopped and dropped it, it landed on its back bewilledered and did a sort of Wildfowl reboot on the floor and reset its spatial sensors, turned over glowered at me and flew off making a really angry racket that went on for ages !

 

[Maz]

Claybroke Magna!. Is there really a place with such a fantastic name?

Claybroke Magna, say it loud, say it often!

On my commute I go through Wigston Magna and Glen Parva. Must be a Leicestershire thing!

 

[HLaB]

A few weeks back, I had a cat decide to jump under my bottom bracket when I was doing 20mph, freewheeling downhill in the pitch black. I heard a bit of a squeal as it must have came in contact with my rear wheel but touch wood for the poor thing it didn't sound too bad. I've hit a few flying things too but the biggest so far touch wood has been a bumble bee.