What Low Level Risks Should be Considered Whilst Cycling - Advice for Others Please!

[Salad Dodger]

Kamikaze pedestrians.
Seagulls
Wonky manhole (are we still allowed to call them that?) covers

 

[Ajax Bay]

I would say, inspired by your manhole cover post @Salad Dodger , metal surface road 'furniture' and white lines are a risk we all take account of on every single ride: I'm saying they are NOT 'low level.
Very high likelihood; moderately high hazard: so definitely up the right top corner in the risk matrix.
Control measure/mitigations = constant attention and deliberate avoidance; if unavoidable momentary deliberate maintenance of velocity: non-operation of brakes, stay straight and ease off power.
Good luck to those close to the eye of the storm today.

 

[Drago]

Crocodiles. A strangely understated hazard.

 

[Mike_P]

Pothills, those overfilled potholes.

 

[Punkawallah]

Would a lot of there be weather/season dependent?

 

[presta]

Wonky manhole (are we still allowed to call them that?) covers

Or missing manhole covers.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Crocodiles. A strangely understated hazard.

 

[Julia9054]

Likelyhood of being sideswiped by a low flying wheelie bin high today.
I left the bike at home and drove to work

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Sharks are below ground

Do they have land burials?

 

[Drago]

Snipers. A good reason to eschew a rear light at night.

 

[Marchrider]

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Marathon pluses & a steel frame - they shouldn't be a bother

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

‘A shark can swim faster than me; but I can cycle faster than a shark. So in a Triathlon, it would come down to the run. I think I’ve got this’.

good point
however, the trick might be getting to the bike bit with all your limbs still attached - sharks can be quite unreasonable when it comes to obeying the rules of the race organisers

probably because they can;t read

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Snipers. A good reason to eschew a rear light at night.

The tend to be rare in Widnes as far as I know


Of course - if they are really good then maybe no-one knows they are there!!!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

probably because they can;t read

Sure about that?

 

[Gillstay]

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That's an Alligator, come now this is cycle chat you cannot get away with getting a hazard that wrong.