Bugs in the Bonnet and the Teeth
No bugs in my teeth - that's one of the reasons for the visor - no protein-on-the-wing for me. I feel badly for the bugs - at least they die quickly. This dragon fly died on my bike's air intake - can you imagine something this big smacking you in the face?
One of the many reasons to wipe down your bike at the end of the day is that an accumulation of dead bugs attracts the live ones who are hoping for a morsel or two for lunch. This little fellow didn't find anything of interest on my bike, but he found something on my helmet. Now I know that I'm not just imagining things when I feel the brush of a wing on my face - I watched this guy crawl into and inspect each of my helmet's intakes.
My saddle-up-and-go routine now includes a helmet check before I put it on - you never know what you might be bringing along with you for the next hundred miles.
Labels: 2010 Trans-Canada
posted by Cecilie Hoffman @ 6:38 PM
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I had a swarm of bees fly into my helmet when i had the visor up for some cool air... scared the daylights and then some out of me. be safe cecelie!
Wow! That's bug on your helment is not a travel partner I'd want to ride with. Right now, I have a huge bug wedged between my wind shield and the laminar lip attached to it. I'm taking the bike in tomorrow to have it washed; I simply can't bring myself to unwedge the thing out. Yuck.
BTW, that's a beautiful blue helmet.
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