Danger from above!

[BlackPanther]

Here's one more reason to wear a helmet, (not wanting to get into the whole 'should you/shouldn't you' debate again.) I was cycling past Doncaster Racecourse this evening towards the town centre, when I felt an almighty crack on the top of my helmet. I then saw the offending 'bomb' that'd bounced off my head land on the road to the right. It was a flipping conker. I'm pretty sure that if I'd not been protected, the offending conker would have drawn blood on my baldy head, ouch! I also saw quite a few largish branches strewn across the roads today.

 

[fossyant]

LOL - they are on the floor too - had to be careful a few times today as I've been out in the wind 4 times on the bike. Pinged one conker with my tyre this lunchtime.

 

[Davidc]

They're slightly useful when going under bridges on canal towpaths as well.

 

[stevetailor125]

I decided to drive in for therapy today, quite glad I did, just round the blind bend at the bottom of the hill on the cycle path I use was standing 2 cows. A Tree had gone down breaking the fence and the cows were happily grazing on the dual carriageways grass verge. If I'd hit them on the bike at the speed I come down there we could have had beefburgers for a month

 

[BentMikey]

Beefburgers? You mean monkeyburgers, because the cows aren't going to be coming off worse in that collision.

 

[Glow worm]

LOL - they are on the floor too - had to be careful a few times today as I've been out in the wind 4 times on the bike. Pinged one conker with my tyre this lunchtime.

I saw some kids in the village of Reach collecting conkers from a tree on the village green on my way home this evening. I thought kids stopped playing with conkers years ago.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Don't need a helmet

Just do what you used to do with conkers and soak your head in vinegar overnight instead to toughen it up

 

[Theseus]

They're slightly useful when going under bridges on canal towpaths as well.

How do you use a conker for that?

 

[Theseus]

LOL - they are on the floor too - had to be careful a few times today as I've been out in the wind 4 times on the bike. Pinged one conker with my tyre this lunchtime.

Does that make your bike a one-er?

 

[biggs682]

i bet you cant roast it to make it harder ?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Don't need a helmet

Just do what you used to do with conkers and soak your head in vinegar overnight instead to toughen it up

I concur.

 

[CopperCyclist]

If you hadn't been wearing a helmet, you'd have had slightly less drag with your bald head, and thus been one foot further forward, missin the conker entirely!

 

[screenman]

Yes, but you might have hit the larger one in front.

 

[upsidedown]

Every year these threads remind me of one of my all time favourite CC posts from a few years back:

humptygocart said:

Near where I live, the conkers are falling after the weather suddenly turned colder. The conkers fall on the road and get crushed and squished by wheels into conker paste, then when it rained they went all frothy. Frothy conker paste.

Pointless anecdote, badly told.

 

[BlackPanther]

If you hadn't been wearing a helmet, you'd have had slightly less drag with your bald head, and thus been one foot further forward, missin the conker entirely!

You've neglected to factor in the fact that as I feel safer when wearing a helmet, I tend to pedal harder and thus travel slightly faster. Coincidently, this also equates to about one foot, which would put me back into conker falling territory.