get your glasses on folks !!

[jig-sore]

just a gentle warning for everyone.

i was out yesterday, practicing next weeks TT course with 3 other guys from the club. second time round the loop and we start to up the speed. we are all tucked up close with me in second position.

suddenly, in the space of about half a mile, i get 3 major bee/wasp/fly strikes, the third one smacking me straight in my right eye.

if i hadn't had my glasses on we probably would of ended up in some twisted pile of body and bike parts

so be careful people, the creatures are about already. get your specs on, they are for safety as much as style

 

[Globalti]

My glasses have already got a stone chip right in the middle of a lense, I've no idea when that happened.

 

[raindog]

I had a massive dodgy moment years ago with a big insect in my eye. Since then I always wear glasses, even through the winter.

 

[her_welshness]

We were discussing this yesterday on our ride. We were cycling around the Romney Marshes yesterday and we all got to eat some protein - plus various flying things rebounding onto our faces

 

[cyberknight]

We were discussing this yesterday on our ride. We were cycling around the Romney Marshes yesterday and we all got to eat some protein - plus various flying things rebounding onto our faces

Supplementary protein , munch !

 

[Thelma]

Thanks for this. Will get myself some protection!

 

[Spinney]

Thanks for this. Will get myself some protection!

I've got a pair of safety glasses from Wickes - come with a clear and a shaded pair in the packet, and quite cheap. They seem to do the job!

 

[Thelma]

Thanks for the tip, Spinney.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Mark_Robson]

I never ride without mine. Stone chips and flies can do a lot of damage to a soft squishy eye.

 

[chewy]

Fly's and such should be banned from britain's roads!

 

[overgeared]

i wish i still got flies in the face like that, sign of a natural environment, unfortunately it seems the flies cant hack the fumes of londons roads.

 

[Thelma]

I'm sure flies don't pay road tax. Totally unacceptable for them to use the roads.

 

[cragster]

I got hit on the forehead by a dragonfly last summer. It was like being hit by a pebble! Maybe a motorcycle helmet is the answer!!

 

[ufkacbln]

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