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I remember a ride like that... the guy on the recumbent was totally splattered with them critters! Rest of us were only a little speckled... but GROSS GROSS GROSS!
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Thread: Now I know how my car feels!!
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04-25-2006, 06:25 PM #1
Not as fast as I feel
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Now I know how my car feels!!
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Took a nice ride after work today, by myself on the trail. First leg out was good, but man on the way back the gnats were out en force. I felt like I was drowning in them. Even though I made a conscious effort to breath through my nose, I still found it hard to break the habit of exhaling through my mouth, and I kept on getting a handful of errant gnats down my throat. Ducking my head and riding in the drops didn't even help! These suckers were bad!
Anyway, I looked down at one point and the front of my shirt was covered in them. I could feel them through the vents of my helmet, in my hair. Yucko. (I remembered that thread someone posted about suggesting a helmet bugnet...man I coulda used that sucker!!)
So basically, I know how my car feels now after a long trip on the highway!!! Poor widdle car!
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04-25-2006, 07:06 PM #2
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04-25-2006, 07:19 PM #3
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For your amusement and some sympathetic company, see the following BikeForums thread: What's the biggest bug you've swallowed?
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=biggest+bug
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04-26-2006, 08:22 AM #4
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NOW you know why I have a fairing on my 'bent!I remember a ride like that... the guy on the recumbent was totally splattered with them critters!Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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04-26-2006, 11:01 AM #5
I love headwinds! Really?
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Ladies Ladies Ladies: ya'll are missing the bigger picture here!! bugs=free protein!!! think of them as free fuel for your ride!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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04-26-2006, 11:23 AM #6
Not as fast as I feel
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Hah, while I don't mind the occasional added protein, I begin to have issues when I can't breat without getting a lungful!!
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04-26-2006, 11:43 AM #7
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I don't mind the inadvertent bug ingestion so much when I think about it in terms of revenge: if nasty little midge things are going to dine out on my ankles, serves 'em right if I dine out on nasty little midge things.
<--Insert bugs here.
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