Got a huge fly behind my cycling glasses on the way in today....

[Panter]

I've no idea how, I was going quite fast at the time and it was the size of a Budgie. It just seemed to pass straight through the lense in a style that would have left any watching spectre envious before carrying out some kind of bizzare "let's see how many times I can stamp all over his corneas" type game.

I countered with a vigorous head shaking action, accompanied by much swearing and pawing at the lenses whereupon the fly, luckily, got bored and buggered off.

Anyway, just thought I'd share

 

[Jake]

lucky was not a stingy one.

ate one the other week, could not cough it out. 30mins later, blew nose and it came out then with all the snot

 

[RSV_Ecosse]

Been getting my extra Protein quite regularly on the way to work now. A short part of my commute is past a dairy and sheep farm for about a mile and a half and it's the only stretch i end up having to make sure my big gob is closed because of the flies all over the place.

On a related note, a few weeks ago I was coming home from work and a Wasp flew into the bit between the chin strap and the bottom of the helmet just above my ear and got lodged in there. Stung me a couple of times before I could stop and shake it out.

Was bloody sore!!!.

 

[fossyant]

As someone who uses RX inserts....they can look HUGE if they get stuck..........

 

[661-Pete]

Another reason not to wear shades or other cycling-specific glasses when cycling! (Actually I wear prescription glasses - bifocals - and need them. Flies sometimes light on my face but they can't get trapped behind the glasses. I never wear 'cycling' specs.)

ate one the other week, could not cough it out. 30mins later, blew nose and it came out then with all the snot

You should have swallowed a spider (that wriggled and jiggled inside you) followed by a bird (how absurd) and a cat (fancy that!) and .... help! can anyone go on....

 

[Twanger]

You should have swallowed a spider (that wriggled and jiggled inside you) followed by a bird (how absurd) and a cat (fancy that!) and .... help! can anyone go on....

Dog, cow and horse, I believe.

 

[Breedon]

It's odd you can see the little buggers comimg towards you but you cant avoid them, unless your like neo out of the matrix

 

[fossyant]

Another reason not to wear shades or other cycling-specific glasses when cycling!

Hmm....my everyday glasses would offer no eye protection, certainly not when flying down hills....

 

[cyberknight]

Ever get one in your helmet vents? can hear its buzzing trying to get out

 

[XmisterIS]

I once got a maybug inside my suit jacket ...

I started wiggling and screaming and trying to beat it out with my briefcase.

 

[Bigtwin]

Got a swan stuck in the back of my throat the other day.

My fault, I wasn't watching properly as I was trying to shift a horse that was jammed between the forks and the rim.