There is one freshly killed at the southern entrance to Brompton Cemetery as it somehow scampered under my rear wheel this morning whilst trying to fly out of the way. It made a horrible sickening crunching sound as I rode over it, killing it instantly. A sound you would normally hear from the breaking bones at the receiving end of the Chuck Norris fist.

I rode over a snake once, but never expected to kill a bird. I can only assume it was already ailing. Just wondering what stickers you guys have got stuck to the side of your fuselage?

I'm dreading the day a dog gets caught in my drivetrain.

AAAAAAAAA

A mate of mine once hit a nun. An elderly epileptic nun with a leg brace.

maybe it's the weather but i have noticed the pigeons getting a bit suicidal they wait till the last minute before they budge and even then they fly straight at you
darn flying rats

@ mr tom
intentionally ?? or accidentally ??
did she offer him atonement

I've ridden over a tiger snake, hit a chook, hit a dog, hit a person, received many hits from magpies (a bird - d'ya have 'em here?)
Can't find that "squirrel in a disc rotor" pic.. doh!

hippy, how long have you lived here and you've never seen one of our magpies?

And yes please, I love pigeon pie.

In London? I've never even seen a bird. :P
(Pidgeons are rats not birds, just to clarify).
No, really, you have them? I've never been swooped here but in Oz during their breeding season.. all the time!

WoRd to that Ben.

Load of evil magpies over here. I hate them because I have to say Good morning sir to them and I hate calling anyone sir. Grr!

Yeah, totally! Don't forget to doff your hat to them :) How's it go?

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for a letter,
Six for something better,
Seven for silver,
Eight for gold,
Nine for a secret never to be told.

Or summat like that.

This is a pretty decent piece of 'road-kill'

I hit a pigeon the other day, didn't kill it but had mangled dirty feathers in the drive-train all day - gross.

Snakes Alive !(well dead)

Accidentally, but at pretty much full pelt. Intentially flattening nuns would be an ecumenical matter.

Snakes! On a bike!

i have the dog pic in my blog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32FmLA-qGo
actually i have the sqwirrel pic as well but on another computer

yeah jon, sometimes you have to reverse over them. i was actually waiting to feel the splatter of blood across my lower leg. was even slightly disappointed when I didn't. reckon it would have got me some Fight Club points when i got into the office.

i allways thought
one for sorrow
two for joy
three for a girl
four for a boy
five for silver
six for gold
seven for a secret never to be told


i have the original version in a book somwhere its much better than our versions

Ahhh, that sounds right. I always forget the last bit. letter and better would be eight and nine.

Girls! Feck! Drivetrain alignment!

That's onwy a widdle one..

Snake! Snake?

Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.

Was he participating in a joke? If I hit an epileptic nun with a leg brace, I'd be looking out for an Englishman, Irishman & Scotsman walking into a pub.

I'm still amazed by that video- dog 1 bike 0.

haha I can't help but laugh at how easily that wheel completely died.. Are all 700c wheels that weak? Now I'm scared!

I don't think it was an open-pro on goldtec.
It probably split because it weighs in at 500 grams.

I remember the commentator at the time saying that they were using wheels designed to fold in a crash, not really sure how they stop it folding up over a pothole or bump but it didn't tear the skin off the dog or obviously hurt it like you would expect going at that speed. Not sure if he chatting shit or what.

haaa :)

What Benanza says about the wheels folding in a crash makes sense. They have crumple zones in cars/trains/buses to absorb the energy of a crash. Prevents injury to the rider and unlike us they have loads of bikes on standby.

It's probably made of carbon or something exotic that weighs nothing but has less strength than a corn flake :P

that ruuuules

before:

after, in brick lane:

day after that, about a metre further up brick lane:

errrrr!

goddamn it, i'm cooking dinner!