What Low Level Risks Should be Considered Whilst Cycling - Advice for Others Please!

[Drago]

They are not a problem - I saw a very good documentary on them and they are all on a remote island well out in the Ocean

Ah, the isle of St. Brompton in the Shimano Sea.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

unless you are hit by a meteorite I suppose

Or a low flying bustard. Stay safe, don't let the bustards grind you down.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Or a low flying bustard. Stay safe, don't let the bustards grind you down.

Good point

but you would not die ON the bike - on the Bustard maybe - but not on the bike

 

[Solocle]

Snipers. A good reason to eschew a rear light at night.

Hmm, I thought this might be from one, although it could just as easily be low flying shrapnel 😬

 

[Bristolian]

The reports I see seem to imply that they all land in the Gulf of Mexico or some hot deserts
and occasionally Siberia
I have seen lots of documentaries about them and they are all in those places

So you can avoid them by staying away from those places apparently

One landed on someone's drive in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire in 2021. I've stayed away from there ever since (and before actually)

 

[Mike Ayling]

The reports I see seem to imply that they all land in the Gulf of Mexico or some hot deserts
and occasionally Siberia
I have seen lots of documentaries about them and they are all in those places

So you can avoid them by staying away from those places apparently

Gulf of Mexico now known as Gulf of America by the current POTUS

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Gulf of Mexico now known as Gulf of America by the current POTUS

WHich is great news - because the space rocks land in the Gulf of Mexico so it should be safe to go there on holiday now

Phew!

 

[Katana]

Angry protective pair of swan’s when they signets…tow path is narrow as it is but then you have the swan’s blocking your path😫

 

[Andy in Germany]

We keep on hearing, from the usual suspects, that a flashing rear/red light is difficult to assess the range of. And without range a good PW3(S) would not waste a shot.

Odd that, considering that some countries mandate flashing lights for trains approaching crossings, precisely so that the usual suspects can judge the speed of the train better.

 

[Drago]

It's excessive brightness, not flashing, that compromises an observers ability to judge velocity by breaking up the objects outline, and thus hiding the rate at which the object apparently "grows" in relation to the background. The more observant can see this phenomenon at work when out and about.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Angry protective pair of swan’s when they signets…tow path is narrow as it is but then you have the swan’s blocking your path😫

Nah - not right for this thread
certainly not a "Low level risk"

damn dangerous if you ask me!!!

(most scary thing that has happened to me over the last few years was when I tool the grand kids to the canal a few years ago
middle one was about 4 but has Special Needs - but looks normal just acts younger than he is

anyway - there were some swans on the wide tarmac path by the moorings and he went towards them
then ran and thumped one on its back!!!!!!

Yea Gods I moved to grab him


and Yes - I did tell him the old "they can break your arm with their wing" falasey
because it is traditional!

BTW - swan was fine)