Pretty Sure I was Shot at

[JiMBR]

I took a wee ride on the loan bike I have from my LBS while my own is getting repaired.

I was on the way back...cycle path, when all of a sudden I saw a shape approaching very fast from my left.
I heard a load 'crack' as the projectile hit my helmet.

I slowed down and had a look, but couldn't see anything (I didn't want to hang about).

I've been on the same route a few times without incident, and will take that route again...if I catch the person who did this, they will wish they didn't bother!

 

[bauldbairn]

Hope you didn't get to much of a fright!

Lucky ye had yer helmet on really!

Ye have tae question the mentality of some of these people - if it hit yer helmet its only inches away from your eye and possible serious injury.

 

[PBancroft]

Any damage to your helmet?

 

[Cubist]

Hate to say it, but if you saw the approaching projectile then I very much doubt if you have been shot. Pellets from a cheapo air rifle are not visible in flight, unless some very particular light conditions are in force. Doesn't mena it wasn't unpleasant, but firearms it ain't!

 

[JiMBR]

Any damage to your helmet?

A small dent...luckily it's not cracked.

 

[red_tom]

Kids lobbing stones?

 

[Mr Pig]

Kids lobbing stones?

Sounds more likely. You wouldn't have seen an air-gun pellet coming. Could've been a catapult, I had the window of my car smashed with one of those. Was raging as I found out who did it but I couldn't do anything about it because he denied it.

 

[purplepolly]

This is one example I give to non-cycling friends and acquaintances who ask why cyclists always wear wrap-arounds. They protect my eyes against projectiles, both deliberate and loose road chippings. People think that's getting a bit paranoid...

 

[postman]

Was it part of a Formula 1 racing car perhaps.
But glad to see you were not injured.

 

[Corvette chic]

report it the little barstewards might take the next persons eye out... glad you weren't damaged

 

[accountantpete]

On the other foot, my veloflex's when fully pumped up can really ping a stone which in one instance succeeded in giving a walker a bit of a fright as the pebble hit the tree just in front of her with an almighty crack