Had to spit out a grasshopper!

[woohoo]

On a quick ride after work tonight I had to ride through a few swarms of small flying bugs. A couple hit me in the face, eyes etc... All fine until I got home and realised that I literally had a dead bug squashed into each eye! Thank goodness for contact lenses protecting my eyes a bit, but I think I'll being going shopping for some clear-lens specs as soon as...!

[channlluv]

Does TE sell a summer weight belaclava for bug inhalation prevention?

Roxy, whose swallowed a few bugs herself here and there

[bmccasland]

Yesterday riding the river levee there were lots of dragon flies about... and I'm a mouth breather...

Crunchy

No I didn't swallow. Blech. I had several commit suicide on my helmet and through my spokes

[kmehrzad]

I'm always coming home after my ride with my face covered in black gnats, some having flown into my eyes, etc. But several weeks ago as I was climbing a hill something nearly flew into my mouth. It hung onto my lip and stung the living daylights out of the inside of my lip; I think it was a yellow jacket. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but the pain from the sting was almost more than I could take, having occurred in a very sensitive area. I nearly crashed the bike trying to get the bee off my lip then rode home about 20 miles with a swollen lip that lasted through the next day. So gnats aren't that big of a deal any more, just keep the bees away. Thank goodness I'm not allergic to them.

[salsabike]

I'm always coming home after my ride with my face covered in black gnats, some having flown into my eyes, etc. But several weeks ago as I was climbing a hill something nearly flew into my mouth. It hung onto my lip and stung the living daylights out of the inside of my lip; I think it was a yellow jacket. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but the pain from the sting was almost more than I could take, having occurred in a very sensitive area. I nearly crashed the bike trying to get the bee off my lip then rode home about 20 miles with a swollen lip that lasted through the next day. So gnats aren't that big of a deal any more, just keep the bees away. Thank goodness I'm not allergic to them.

Oh oh oh! I am so sorry. Happened to my spouse a couple of years ago, too--he got stung on the lip when we were on the tandem. Bleah! Glad you're okay.

[OakLeaf]

Next you'll have to swallow a spider.

Then a bird, then a cat, then a dog, then a goat...

[kmehrzad]

Next you'll have to swallow a spider.

Then a bird, then a cat, then a dog, then a goat...

Haha ... good come back.