The Perils of Cows

[Crackle]

Not high on the Peril list, probably somewhere below taking your hand off the bars to scratch your noggin but they do carry some peril I found on Monday when I got stuck behind a huge herd on a narrow country lane, going in for milking .

It wasn't so much a case of weaving around the cow pats but finding the shallowest line. But, as a fully paid up member of the mudguard botherer's association I took some comfort knowing that I wasn't going to get covered in the stuff and if you need another reason on your list of, reasons to have mudguards, there's one which you may not previously have thought about.

So apart from moving, 'clean bike' up the list I forgot about it until this afternoon when I got on my bike to go for a spin. I hadn't got far before I deduced the brakes were rubbing, except they weren't. When I looked down, sticking out either side of my blocks was dried on cow poo. It was tough too. I had to go back and get a screwdriver to prize it off with.

Cows eh.

 

[Fnaar]

Thats udderly ridiculous

 

[Peteaud]

 

[jonny jeez]

I found that tale quite mooooving

 

[Fnaar]

They must be Friesian. They should have some jerseys.

 

[Crackle]

I knew this well crafted warning would be reduced to punnery and you lot would be faeces-itious after you realized I wasn't t-boned by one.

 

[Peteaud]

Q: Why does a milking stool have only three legs?
A: Because the cow has the udder

 

[Davidc]

Cow poo + mud + rain = worlds best lubricant = off!

Cow poo + mud + rain = substance harder than concrete! (when dry)

Cow poo + mud + rain = substance stickier than superglue! (wet or dry)

Cow poo + mud + rain = stealth coating for roads, totally invisible in the dark with all known bike lights!

 

[byegad]

This thread stinks!

 

[rich p]

On the bright side, it gave you a chance for a rest though Crax!

I got held up for some time by 3000 sheep in the Alps this year but dry sheep poo is less of a peril.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I can remember being held up by a flock of sheep whilst on a reliability trial, riding into a village I turned left onto the main road then right into a side road and came to a stop as the road was blocked by a flock of sheep, I was then joined by the two lads who had been chasing me, we sat there for a while, the sheep looking at us and us looking at the sheep, then the Shepard informed us that it was the bright cycle clothes the two lads were wearing that the sheep were objecting to, he had the two lads move into alley so they were out of sight then the sheep moved past and we continued.

 

[jonny jeez]

This is just a load of old Bullsh1t.

 

[Globalti]

What makes a bull sweat the most?

....a tight Jersey!

Boom boom!

 

[Speicher]

On the bright side, it gave you a chance for a rest though Crax!

I got held up for some time by 3000 sheep in the Alps this year but dry sheep poo is less of a peril.

Rich, I think you will find there are 2991 sheep there.

 

[Banjo]

Cow poo has such a distinctive taste when it splashes on your bidons.