My Morning Commute

[Judd]

@bentbike33 146096 wrote:

Made it in before the rain, but after showering I discovered I had brought in a pair of my son’s pants. At 15, he is almost as big as me, but on Dad his relaxed-fit Dockers are decidedly tense.

I think we need pictures of you looking all hipster in your skinny jeans.

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[bentbike33]

@Judd 146101 wrote:

I think we need pictures of you looking all hipster in your skinny jeans.

No, no, no. The look is far more Dilbert (pre polo shirt dress code) than hipster.

[Emm]

lovely and peaceful ride in until just north of old town, when an overly friendly bee flew down my shirt and into my sports bra. I believe I cursed audibly a few times since I knew pretty quick what occurred once the pain set in. I had to pull over to get the little jerk out of my top, and pull the stinger out which it implanted into my flesh just low enough to make what I was doing look pretty inappropriate.

It wasn’t as painful as last years wasp down the sports bra, but I still have a big welt on my chest and some residual pain. I had to keep myself from rubbing at during the rest of my ride since there was no way that looked good.

I only seem to get these little guys down my shirts when I’m wearing high cut tops/sports bras, which I would think would minimize the stinging insects getting in. It’s like they’re looking for a challenge…

[Raymo853]

@Emm 146172 wrote:

lovely and peaceful ride in until just north of old town, when an overly friendly bee flew down my shirt and into my sports bra. I believe I cursed audibly a few times since I knew pretty quick what occurred once the pain set in. I had to pull over to get the little jerk out of my top, and pull the stinger out which it implanted into my flesh just low enough to make what I was doing look pretty inappropriate.

It wasn’t as painful as last years wasp down the sports bra, but I still have a big welt on my chest and some residual pain. I had to keep myself from rubbing at during the rest of my ride since there was no way that looked good.

I only seem to get these little guys down my shirts when I’m wearing high cut tops/sports bras, which I would think would minimize the stinging insects getting in. It’s like they’re looking for a challenge…

My shape and angle on the bike seems to suck up bees as well. I’ve been stung at least a few times.

[huskerdont]

Aiaiaia, bees! Bummer. I don’t think I’d care very much what it looked like, get ’em out. I got a yellow jacket down my shirt last summer that stung me 4 times before I could stop the bike and get the shirt off. Must’ve looked like a crazy person thrashing around by the side of Shore Drive (Virginia Beach).

My morning commuter was from Tysons to home again, and it hurt. Yesterday was my first day on the fixie in over two months, and I can’t believe how sore my quads are. But that bike don’t pedal itself.

[OneEighth]

@huskerdont 146178 wrote:

My morning commuter was from Tysons to home again, and it hurt. Yesterday was my first day on the fixie in over two months, and I can’t believe how sore my quads are. But that bike don’t peddle itself.

Pain makes you beautiful.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

At risk of being a dingleberry, I gotta say it really does make my day better if I cross paths with a woman biking in something low cut, so if that somehow leads to less boob stings too it’s a win-win public service.

[Tania]

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[Judd]

@Tania 146185 wrote:

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Oh no LSG! You got the “Don’t be a dingleberry Picard.”

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[TwoWheelsDC]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 146182 wrote:

At risk of being a dingleberry

If you have to preface your comment with this, well….

[wheelswings]

Ouch, Emm, sorry to hear. I am yearning to press the “empathy button” but it doesn’t exist. Those buggers hurt…for days! I got stung on my leg and on my waist during commutes earlier this summer.
As for LSG, Tania, and Judd…y’all are just cracking me up.

[Steve O]

@huskerdont 146178 wrote:

Aiaiaia, bees! Bummer. I don’t think I’d care very much what it looked like, get ’em out. I got a yellow jacket down my shirt last summer that stung me 4 times before I could stop the bike and get the shirt off.

Unless those 4 stings were in rapid succession (or on your back?), I don’t know why you didn’t just squish it while it was still inside. That’s what I do. As soon as I realize I’m being stung I squoosh that baby to pulp. Cleanup can occur later.
Unless, of course, you’re a sympathetic catch-and-release type person, and want it to be able to fly home to its family.

[huskerdont]

@Steve O 146196 wrote:

Unless those 4 stings were in rapid succession (or on your back?), I don’t know why you didn’t just squish it while it was still inside. That’s what I do. As soon as I realize I’m being stung I squoosh that baby to pulp. Cleanup can occur later.
Unless, of course, you’re a sympathetic catch-and-release type person, and want it to be able to fly home to its family.

For a bee, I’d do catch and release, but once it has stung me it’s going to die anyway. A yellow jacket (or deer fly or mosquito), I’m pro-death. But that’s supposing I had time to think about it, which I didn’t. I suppose I’m admitting that you must have a cooler head in those situations than I did.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@Judd 146190 wrote:

Oh no LSG! You got the “Don’t be a dingleberry Picard.”

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Its OK Sir Patrick is a Lover too and I’m pretty sure he has a thing for feet so I can give him the eyebrows right back and then we can hi five

[sjclaeys]

Only times that I have been stung the past few years has been on the bike, including this Sunday at the beginning of the Backroads Century.

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