I really need to learn to deal with bugs (especially the stinging kind) if I'm going to keep MTBing. I was out the other day on a nice doubletrack path just riding along when I hit a bumble bee. It was fuzzy, it touched my face, and I tried to escape... which consisted of throwing myself into the grass on the side of the path. I knew I didn't have time to unclip, but I tried anyway. At least I picked a soft area to bail.

That was not a good instinct though, and now I'm freaked out about what I might do if I have another bee encounter. Crashing is not a good plan.