Craziest /daftest / funniest / dangerous thing thats happened to you while out on your bike?

[i hate hills]

To kick this off i had a car come out of a side street and nearly knock me flying a couple of years ago. My reaction was i'm afraid to say was to go into a rant and question the drivers parentage before carrying on my ride. The driver in question then caught up with me and i heard the sound of an electric window going down and to my horror i was face to face with an absolute gorilla of a man, a pure silver back. My eyes started to look for an escape route when the big silver back said "really sorry mate i didn't see you there " to which i repiled nae bother. My heart was going ten to the dozen and after he was away i burst out laughing because that could have gone so wrong.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

A fellow CCer pointed out that the road was littered with copulating frogs.

Well that's not the weirdest, but balancing on two circles and travelling by leg power is a fairly weird starting point to any tale

 

[DCLane]

One of my oddest was a couple of weeks ago on the 'alternative route' commute home through Belle Isle in Leeds ( hint - go through here FAST).
Lady passenger hanging out of a car, lifted her top up and went "woo, woo" .

 

[Alan Frame]

A fellow CCer pointed out that the road was littered with copulating frogs.

Were they engaged in frogs porn ?

 

[TVC]

I kissed the roof of a car with my entire face.

 

[jazzkat]

A few years ago myself and two friends did a 'bit of a pub crawl' on our bikes.
I know, its not big and it's not clever.
Anyway, we rode for about 30miles having 1/2 a pint every pub. At the end of the night (about 10pm) we had consumed about 10 pints over the course of afternoon/evening (we started at about 1pm).
Our last pub was down hill and in my home town. I had about 300yds uphill to get home the others were catching the train. We got on our bikes and set off forgetting we had left our bikes in high gear. The combination of high gear, large quantities of alcohol and a steep hill gave much mirth and hilarity among the people watching from the beer garden. Luckily we managed to stay upright
Daft - yup
Funny - yup
Dangerous - yup
Stupid - probably

 

[matthat]

I once met a STAG on the A39 from bridgewater to minehead at about 3am in the morning!! I almost pooped myself!!

 

[TheDoctor]

Suddenly, running across a whole cod in Portugal seems a bit tame...
It was a dried cod, and a bit smelly.
Oh!! Just remembered. I was cycling alongside the Grand Union, and I nearly had a mid-air collision with a heron. Herons are surprisingly big.

 

[Matthew_T]

Craziest - I have been attacked by seagulls.
Daftest - I fell off my bike by being a prat around a corner.
Funniest - The looks on peoples faces when I overtake them!
Dangerous - Well I have plenty of these and I cannot really pin point one particular incident.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I once tried to cycle down the steps at Dumbarton East station about 20 years ago and nearly killed my bike!

I need to explain, there are a LOT of steps, and they are rather steep - after I'd (predictably) gone over the handlebars, I seem to remember my bike crashing down the steps behind me and actually bouncing over my head once I'd stopped and continuing on its 45 degree angle journey downwards. I'd hate to think if it had hit me!

I think it was 'The Aztec' (a Raleigh Aztec), the predecessor of 'The Tank', and quite frankly, and I don't think it was ever quite the same after that!

 

[jazzkat]

Talking of steps, I've just remembered one.
When we were kids we built this ramp at the top of some steps. I went first, down the hill picking up speed, hit the ramp - massive launch into the air.......
I was riding my brothers bike, it had a back pedal brake so when I hit the ground my weight on the pedals caused the back wheel to lock...massive skid.....
ouch.
Actually come to think of it 'ouch' seems to sum up a lot of my cycling as a kid. I went over the bonnet of a car and ripped a leg muscle after doing loads of skids and ended up in the splits position.
Maybe cycling isn't so good for you

 

[guitarpete247]

Today I was riding up here when a young guy pulled up alongside me, wound down the passenger window to ask me where Bosworth Rugby Club was. I was going uphill but managed to have enough of a conversation with him to give him directions. He thanked me and drove off.
I'm glad I was near the bottom of the hill not 100m further on .

 

[guitarpete247]

Funniest thing was many years ago. I was riding with my middle brother. I passed a few parked cars. He was behind me. I then heard a loud crunch. When I looked back my brother was on the floor. He'd run into the back of a parked transit. The owner came out after having heard the noise. As soon as he knew it ws only my brother's pride that was hurt he went away laughing.

 

[swee'pea99]

Lady passenger hanging out of a car, lifted her top up and went "woo, woo" .

'Lady'?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Funniest thing was many years ago. I was riding with my middle brother. I passed a few parked cars. He was behind me. I then heard a loud crunch. When I looked back my brother was on the floor. He'd run into the back of a parked transit. The owner came out after having heard the noise. As soon as he knew it ws only my brother's pride that was hurt he went away laughing.

On god I remember taking into the back of a parked car when I was a kid, it was such a shock!