Well theres a first for everything, i leave my house about 4am each day to commute to work, i travel 4 miles along a dark back road, i love my bike and do have decent lights, most mornings i see and hear rabbits, they dont really bother me, but this morning travling at approx 20mph a badger ran in front of me, i hit it dead on, i went flying so did the bike, i landed on the road with the bike next to me i knew straight away there was damage to the bike as the lights had flew off somewere, the badger was fine as it ran past my head (luckly without attack). Feeling dizzy, i walked home in the dark, when i got home my helmet had a chunk missing my hi vis was torn,i had lots of cuts, the palms were completley ripped off my gloves, the bike had handlebar and saddle damage. The reson why i wrote this is becuase i feel very lucky that i was wearing a helmet, i have friends who dont wear them but will strongly influence them to wear them now, if i wasnt wearing it, it would have been a chunk out of my head. Thanks.
Hit A Badger today
- Thread starter cornish
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Glad you're ok, was the badger wearing a helmet as well then?
You would think so, those things are solid, probely thought to itself "did something just touch me" lol
WychwoodTrev
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Wychwoods Oxfordshire
No the badger is as hard as Hoogerland
Will members on here stop hitting live animals and throwing themselves down the road GWS
Will members on here stop hitting live animals and throwing themselves down the road GWS
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
FTFY
Hope the badger's OK.
I've heard that they can be vicious and hitting it could have made it very cross.
I'd practice badger defence skills if I were you. It just might ambush you to get its own back.
_aD
Do not touch suspicious objects
- Location
- East Hampshire, UK
Since no-one else has done it yet: Aaaaabadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadger.
That being said, it sounds like you could have come off worse. They're bigger, faster and more vicious than a lot of people think.
That being said, it sounds like you could have come off worse. They're bigger, faster and more vicious than a lot of people think.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Surely if you hit a badger, something gets brocken?
Yours sincerely,
Bernard,
Hainault
(The original Essex badger)
Yours sincerely,
Bernard,
Hainault
(The original Essex badger)
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
They are rather sett in their ways so it's likely that another encounter is likely.
rualexander
Legendary Member
You should recognise it if you see it again because it will have a stripe on it where your tyre went over it.
Mr Phoebus
New Member
must(have)elid.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I would change your route to work for a few days if I were you. They hold grudges.
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
Don't poke it with a spoon 
but a badger should have shrugged most of the hit off tbh, they're damned hardy little blighters!
but a badger should have shrugged most of the hit off tbh, they're damned hardy little blighters!
Evil Rabbit
New Member
You will need a TB jab then.
