I hope that was bird poop...

[KSH]

So, I was riding along today, just testing out my new peddals... and all of a sudden I feel something *wet* hit me.

It hit my glove and my shorts... it was brown... and looked like the consistency of when a guy spits chew in a cup.

Oddly... a car passed by me... right when I got him.

I wasn't sure if it can from the car.... I really do hope it was bird poop though.

After that, I headed home... the test ride was done for the day.


What have you been hit with while riding? Do tell!

[spazzdog]

Back in 2000 when i was training for the AidsRide, I was riding with my partner (she was in front). There was a dead skunk ahead of her but on the road not the side.

She passed it.

As I was coming up on it a car (I think) hit it again and I got squirted with road kill guts.

It was yucky... but we laughed a lot after all the "EWWW! GROSS" tumbled out our mouths.

spazz

[Technotart]

EWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<shudder>

[Deanna]

I've twice had soda cups thrown at me, both times they missed. Apparently they aimed as if I were a stationary object instead of a moving bicyclist as they landed just behind my rear tire. Goes to show you the intelligence of the type of people who throw things at cyclists.

The only thing I've had hit me that was memorable was a swarm of tiny hard bugs--it sounded and felt like somebody threw a handful of uncooked rice at my head. We recently had a butterfly migration in the area, it was pretty cool riding with them until I had to head back and ride into them--getting hit in the face with a big bug like that is kind-of creepy.

[KSH]

You ladies... just make me feel lucky for only getting hit with bird poop... or whatever it was.

[singletrackmind]

Hmmm, let see...
pennies, ice cubes, cups, soda bottles, a brick, rocks, squirrell poop, bird poop, snot rockets, the innards of one of the forks on my shock when it blew up mid-air (thankfully not on the landing), another cyclist getting used to her clipless pedals, rabbit innards splattered by a car, a truck who's operator said he didn't see me though I was directly in front of him, wearing bright yellow, when he hit the gas (I had right of way, he was stopped at a stop sign). And hands from passengers in passing cars (twice).
That's all that comes to mind at the moment.

PS. Squirrell poop is a yellowy brown and thicker than bird poop, could this be it?