Wildlife and cycling

[openroad]

When out for a ride today had to put my breaks on really quickly as a couple of pheasants decided to slowly cross the road!! Luckily I stayed on the bike and didn't end up in the hedge!!!

 

[MikeW-71]

Yeah, they're a menace, stupid things. I've nearly been smacked off a couple of times when they decide to fly out of the hedge. Then there was the Squirrel that ran BETWEEN my wheels

 

[TissoT]

Had a badger run into my front wheel on a Sunday morning club run (sprinting through Cheshire lanes)
And ended up in a hedge in a bit of a state .. those badgers are big animals !

 

[jack smith]

There's a rabbit on my route that runs out infont every night in the exact spot on the countryside bike path without fail, it's nearly been minced in my front wheel a few times lol

 

[openroad]

Crikey a badger yes I would have definately ended up in the hedge as well!!!

 

[MikeW-71]

There are much nicer encounters though, like the Barn Owl that floated past me on a night ride and perched on a fencepost to watch me go by

 

[cyberknight]

Had a badger run into my front wheel on a Sunday morning club run (sprinting through Cheshire lanes)
And ended up in a hedge in a bit of a state .. those badgers are big animals !

Crikey a badger yes I would have definately ended up in the hedge as well!!!

Had a badger running along side me returning from nights on a pitch black lane, i could hear it and i was thinking WTF is that !

 

[MikeG]

I came to a grinding halt on Thursday when a peacock strutted into the road in front of me. That was a first. I've had to stop for deer many times, and there is a lane near here renowned as "pig lane" where some free range pigs create a real and moving hazard. Hares abound (get it? ) around here too, and some of them are huge.

Friends of mine in South Africa tell me that giraffes seem attracted to cyclists, and will often chase mountain bikers. We should be grateful for the small mobile hazards we have!

Mike

 

[MikeW-71]

giraffes seem attracted to cyclists, and will often chase mountain bikers.

Something tells me it'd be rather hard to outrun a Giraffe.

 

[i hate hills]

Once got chased by a angry dog while cycling through Ferryden. Not sure if it counts as wildlife but it did look pretty wild.....

 

[ScotiaLass]

I was almost hit by a heron taking off from the canal!
I swear if I had reached up I could have grabbed his feet!
Also had a cygnet wander up to the bike when I stopped for a drink and peck my handlebars

 

[buggi]

Once on my commute i encountered two camels looking over a gate. nearly fell off my bike! turned out the circus was in town.

 

[TissoT]

Had a badger running along side me returning from nights on a pitch black lane, i could hear it and i was thinking WTF is that !

The badger hit my front wheel ... It shot out off the hedge row across the lane
And straight into the front wheel with some force .... I was upside down on the verge thinking what WTF !

 

[cyberknight]

The badger hit my front wheel ... It shot out off the hedge row across the lane
And straight into the front wheel with some force .... I was upside down on the verge thinking what WTF !

Ill raise you the drunk i found asleep on his own driveway with his trousers and pants round his ankles when i was a milkman ........

 

[TissoT]

I hit a sheep while touring last summer......and it hurt me.

What about the sheep !