Things I have been overtaken by ....

[Saluki]

That wasn't a motor, that was God giving him energy!

Funny you should say that. Chatting with a guest at work today and she was saying how Jesus is always with us, even on bike rides. When I asked if it was too much to ask him to do a bit of pedalling up the hills, she gave me a bit of an old fashioned look. Thankfully, she then laughed.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

A bumble bee

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

ISTR that someone on here mentioned being overtaken by a bee once.

You remember correctly, see above

 

[rich p]

You remember correctly, see above

Yes, but I thought it was someone on a bike not a sofa.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Yes, but I thought it was someone on a bike not a sofa.

I've been out at least twice this year on my bike. Ok, maybe once...

 

[slowmotion]

I was overtaken by a kamikaze badger at the top of Dark Hill, Richmond Park, on a dark November night. His Park, his rules.

 

[steve50]

A few weeks ago,I was roughly half a mile into a long hill climb when a young female voice called out "good morning" and a pretty female copper in full uniform rode past me on a hybrid bike, she had a lovely smile................

 

[captain nemo1701]

A bloke in a business suit on a Brompton going up the Bristol railway path. And I have 29" wheels .

Almost got overtaken by young guy on what seemed to be an electric skateboard last week (he never put his foot down to propel himself). Only thanks to a wee bit more power to the main engines (my legs) did I accelerate away from him. Blimey, those things can move!. However, with tiny wheels, I wonder how he coped with the root damage later on...

 

[ACS]

A Great Dane called 'Rufus' who subsequently cleared a gate to investigate the presence a couple of horses in an adjacent field. Rufus was one of the names its owner was screaming some distance behind me.

A walker while I was grovelling up Cainwell Pass into the mother of all gales.

Undertaken by an utter lunatic on a skate board while travelling down a local short but fairly steep hill.

 

[Tin Pot]

After seven and a half years of trying to take myself relatively seriously as a cyclist, I thought it might be time to own up to the following things that have overtaken me at one time or another.
In no particular order, here are my top 3:

(1) A shed. (There must have been a tractor in there somewhere, but all you could see was rotting timber and felt roof). Tried to fight it off for a mile or two, but it burned me off on a country lane just after the brow of a hill.

(2) A house. (A great big mobile home being delivered along the A38). Blew me away, almost literally.

(3) A jogger. Not my finest hour, winching myself grimly up Frocester Hill when a jogger sauntered past with a cheery greeting. (B*stard!).

Can anyone top those? Come on Cyclechatters, it's confession time.

Things I have been overtaken by...

1) Guilt

2) Shame

3) Cultural Progress

 

[gavgav]

My back wheel. I braked hard for a Labradour on a wet road and then saw my back wheel come past. A few nanoseconds later I also saw my arse.

I know I shouldn't laugh but !