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Ramjet · 08-30-2006

I almost never ride with shorts no matter how hot.

However, today I was just testing my new Manic Salamander bar end weights (which are awesome), so I just threw on my full face helmet and hiking boots and took off on a short test run.

My shorts ballooned out like a parachute and sure enough, a wayward insect got sucked in all the way up to my left butt cheek and instantly stung my a$$. I dont know what kind of bug it was but it was surely affiliated with Al Queda.

My first split second reaction was that something red hot had come off the motor and into my pants, then, in a millisecond, I thought perhaps someone had shot me with a small caliber bullet like a .22 or something. My left hip was instantly on fire and I was doing 80 but slowing down fast as I clenched at my shorts to squish the little bastard in case he was still crawling around up there.

My eyes were watering as I came back ito the house where my kids were doing homework. I asked for sympathy but all I got were stories about their individual sting experiences. I showed my wife my bitten butt and asked if she would suck the poisen out. All she did was laugh.

If there is a moral here it is just another example of why to wear the proper gear when riding.

Numb left cheek,
-Todd

Big_Rick · 08-30-2006

"The bee bit my bottom.....now my bottoms big"
-Homer J.

Reason #10537 not to wear shorts on a bike.

But in all seriousness, I feel your pain.
Something (no doubt it was a bee cause it hurt like hell) got into my jacket a couple of weeks back an stung me right under my armpit.
Not pleasant.

FlyingScot · 08-30-2006

Oooo, too bad about the "ramjet" affect of the wind up your shorts!

AttackPug · 08-30-2006

There are worse places to be stung. Holy Man Meat Batman

Christov · 08-31-2006

I was almost stung in a worse place one time while donating blood for the Red Cross. I was laying on the table with a needle in my arm and had one that had made it up my pants as well. If I would have gotten stung, I guess the only thing I could have done would be to run home to my wife and tell her to hurry before the swelling goes down. :-D

urquel · 08-31-2006

You should read the same story that was posted on the bee forum.

kliff · 08-31-2006

Sorry...no sympathy here......I guess you'd blame the bee for the asphalt rash and damage to the bike had you lost control and gone down too, huh?

WRONG......Gear up, or stay home, 'nuff said.

Normandy · 08-31-2006

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On 2006-08-31 06:24, kliff wrote:
Sorry...no sympathy here......I guess you'd blame the bee for the asphalt rash and damage to the bike had you lost control and gone down too, huh?

WRONG......Gear up, or stay home, 'nuff said.

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Lighten up. Even with all the gear I got stung under the chin strap last month.

trav13 · 08-31-2006

yup, i was riding last month, (full gear, so i dont get attacked) with my leather jacket buttoned at the top and i felt something smack into my neck. Well the bee hit my neck and then got lodged inbetween my neck and the collar of my jacket and stung me. i reached in real quick and grabbed him and threw him. THing is, i havent been stung since i was about 8 yrs old and this time i was about 50 miles from any civilization and was a little nervous that i may have become allergic. i wasnt.

jimmyc · 08-31-2006

Been there done that. Just last week, in full gear, a wasp got up under my helmet into my jacket. The first of 5 stings was right in the middle of my throat. I'm riding down the highway and I'm beating my chest like Chris Farley in a "Da Bears" SNL skit. I get stopped and the ***** thing keeps hitting me in the chest. After removing everything and killing the little bastard I put my gear on and ride off. I get into a panic when I find it hard to swallow. The panic rises until I realize that I crank my helmet tight to begin with. The breathing is fine so....

A side note though... Riding in shorts? How many times has everyone here been popped in the leg with a wayward rock/bug/anything. Ouch!