Wiggle Southdowns Epic Deer Crash

[mrbikerboy73]

Anyone do the Wiggle Southdowns Epic MTB form Fontwell last Sunday? Had a great day but my mate had a slight mishap. Luckily he was ok! Enjoy!

View: https://youtu.be/a07sV453Qaw

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I had a deer jump over me this week and I hurdled over 3 sheep*. I didnae have a camera on me so it probably didn't happen.

*I was running not cycling

 

[Dogtrousers]

Great bit of footage. Hope the deer, your mate's bike and your mate are all OK

 

[raleighnut]

 

[Crackle]

I had a deer jump over me this week and I hurdled over 3 sheep*. I didnae have a camera on me so it probably didn't happen.

*I was running not cycling

Did you stack them or line them up Evil kneivel style?

 

[Cubist]

Is there a fault with my soundcard, or did I hear the deer shout "Straaaaaava!!!" as it crossed?

 

[Cubist]

I hope your mate managed to buck up and not get left be hind.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I hope your mate managed to buck up and not get left be hind.

Doe!

 

[mrbikerboy73]

Great bit of footage. Hope the deer, your mate's bike and your mate are all OK

The deer was gone, we never saw it again. Mate and bike were ok, if a little battered!

 

[Nigeyy]

Oh deer, that's terrible.

I hope your mate managed to buck up and not get left be hind.

 

[ianrauk]

Oh deer, that's terrible.

Oh deer, that's even more terrible...

 

[Nigeyy]

oh come on, have a hart. You could fawn over my response you know.

OK [ducks] I'll stop right here.....

Oh deer, that's even more terrible...

 

[ColinJ]

That deer was moving quickly - I had to watch the video 3 times before I spotted it!

There are some deer in this area but they are so shy that I have only seen them 4 or 5 times in the 30 years that I have lived here. One of those occasions was when I was doing a fast descent on a narrow lane with dry stone walls either side. Suddenly a deer jumped over the wall on my nearside and cleared my head by a couple of inches!

(The hillside sloped steeply up to my left so the deer only had to jump a foot or so to clear the wall and the road was 4 or 5 feet lower.)

It landed safely on my right and promptly jumped over the other wall and disappeared into the woods.