I punched a pheasant.

[zacklaws]

Is that some form of early GPS attached to your bike, just ride in the direction of the arrow, with another one pointing North and also doubles up as a kickstand?

 

[bauldbairn]

Bottle mounted guns are for wimps..... get something worthwhile!


Approaching drivers from behind would have to wonder......can he fire that whilst on the move?

Hunting one down on e-bay as I type.

 

[chap]

Absolutely amazing post! That'll teach those pesky pheasants you ain't game! Also, it must be said, that is a beautiful bike, how does it ride?

Hurtling down my favourite downhill yesterday morning on my Guv'nor, I spooked a pheasant, which was doing what pheasants do (whatever that is) hidden in a grass verge. Anyway, as I passed, it launched itself with a flurry of wings and vast amounts of squawking straight at me. Heading straight for my face, I punched it out of the way and carried on: I don't normally punch things which get in my way, it was just instinct - which is a bit worrying.
Having had the Guv'nor a few days now, it was the most extreme reaction to my new steed I've experienced so far, or maybe, it occurred to me later, it was objecting me to being clad head to foot in Rapha (apart from the shoes)- many would I do not doubt, but well you have to look the part, don't you?
At the bottom of the hill, I was struck by guilt: what fate had befallen my feathered assailant? Had I just ko'd it, or maybe assisted it to the great nye in the sky? I simply had to find out.
So I turned round and struggled back up the hill breathlessly, but with great style. I surveyed the scene. It was nowhere to be seen. So, I swooped down the hill again and continued with my ride on a sublime spring morning.
When I got home I discovered its revenge: it had shat all down my left leg, as if someone had emptied a yoghurt pot.

 

[XmisterIS]

Many years ago, I was booting down a dual carriageway in my car.

I may have been exceeding the speed limit, officer, but I really can't remember.

Anyway, I struck a bird that flew up onto the top-left hand corner of the windscreen - and it exploded like a piece of cartoon fruit.

When I stopped and got out, I realised that it had, quite literally, splatted all over the top of the windscreen and stuck there - there were bits of bone and one foot sticking out of a big red splat of guts and blood

EDIT: I just checked out the Rapha website ... 170 squids for a pair of leggins?????!!! You are having a sh*t with me, n'est pas? What's the difference between them and my Ronhill Bikesters wot cost me £15 from LBS?