Yesterday, I'm riding along in a remote marshy area of the gulf coast.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a pebble hits the front of my helmet and makes a VERY loud "smack" sound. I felt it, heard it, but never saw it coming. There's no way that the tire kicked it up on me...trajectory wouldn't have worked...
I was on a road where a car hadn't passed for a few minutes and I was totally alone in a wooded, marshy area. There were no clouds in the sky either.
So, in God's huge creation, what would cause one little pebble to find my head in the middle of nowhere???
Any ideas? Anyone else had this happen?
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03-29-2007, 03:35 AM #1
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Rocks Falling From The Sky!
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03-29-2007, 03:48 AM #2
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Mr silver...it's the earth conspiring against you? Run for your lives the rocks are alive..
*ahem* Seriously though Mr Silver, i've no idea...
I'm sure we must have an construction engineer lurking who might be able to help.
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03-29-2007, 03:56 AM #3
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Yoicks.
That would have hurt without a helmet.
I'm guessing a bird, that had picked up a worm or insect or something and got a pebble along with it.
Somewhat related - we have gulls that pick up mussels, drop them on the road, and if they don't break on impact the gulls hang around waiting for a car to run over them and break them open for them.Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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03-29-2007, 04:08 AM #4
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Yet another reason helmets are an excellent idea. Seriously, I am glad you were not hurt.
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03-29-2007, 05:18 AM #5
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You p*ssed off God?
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03-29-2007, 05:35 AM #6
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Maybe it was falling satellite debris or a meteorite - oh, that would probably have burned a hole in your helmet. OK, I like the bird theory.
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03-29-2007, 08:21 AM #7
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Mr. Silver = Chicken Little. "The sky is falling!!"
Okay - here's a scenario....
Your rear wheel (actually, tire) picked up a hitch-hiker, lifted it up and flung it UP and over your back, towards the front of the bike, like a catapult. You, moving forward, hit the pebble on it's way back down.
Hey...it could happen. Right?? Right???Last edited by 7rider; 03-29-2007 at 08:23 AM.
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03-29-2007, 08:40 AM #8
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I think the sky is falling Chicken Little!
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03-29-2007, 04:41 PM #9
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This is actually the scenario that I pondered the most...but I can't believe that the "traction" is enough...and the trajectory is all wrong.
Originally Posted by Regina
Mr. Silver = Chicken Little. "The sky is falling!!"
Okay - here's a scenario....
Your rear wheel (actually, tire) picked up a hitch-hiker, lifted it up and flung it UP and over your back, towards the front of the bike, like a catapult. You, moving forward, hit the pebble on it's way back down.
Hey...it could happen. Right?? Right???
No weather abnormalities, it lacked the "organic matter" that would have accompanied a "bird bomb", no aircraft in the area, no volcanoes within 1,000 miles...I'm flumoxed...Maybe I am CHICKEN LITTLE!!!If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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03-29-2007, 05:34 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
hey, I would be a little chicken! I hope it wasn't anything like Joe Dirt's meteor
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03-29-2007, 06:14 PM #11
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are you SURE it can't have been a bird that ate too much seed last night???
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