I've been hit in the side of the head by something while going downhill. I managed to stay up but to this day still don't know what it was -bird, big bug, kid throwing something? Couldn't look back as was too busy holding on for dear life to the bottom of the hill.

I was riding by a creek and got hit in the face by a duck. Somehow I managed to stay on the bike but it sure did scare me to the bone.

Back in the late 70's I lived in Colorado Springs...Had a Puch bicycle. (The tour de France model)
and rode it everywhere (No car!)
I worked downtown at the Mountain Chalet outdoor shop and one night I was biking home late...dark...no lights...no street lights...no helmet (they didn't exist,except for "Leather Hair Nets" used for racing)...I'm going up this street...see somthing but it's too late...WHAM!...I hear this crash at the same time I hit the pavement...lay there for a minute...other than road rash...seemed ok....went back investigate...Some clown had a motorcycle parked perpendicular to the curb and it was painted flat black...impossible to see...it lay there on its side... found the bicycle and with steel rims...was none the worse for wear...hopped on and rode home.

I was taking a group of teenager on a 100 mile bike ride/fundraiser and this one girl fell asleep on her bike riding up an incline! My husband accidently ran into the back of her bike as she starting coming back down. Good natured harrasment followed the rest of the weekend. Who falls asleep while riding their bike????

I've run over 3 snakes on trails and had a few other near misses. And I almost hit a frog once.

My brother once hit a parked car in the rain and wound up in the hospital.

Hit a squirrel two weeks ago, and last Sunday took a hornet in the mouth on a long, steep downhill. It stung me twice before I could get slowed down enough to deal with it safely.

I've missed a couple of deer recently, I'm not sure what's up with the deer but they seem to be getting crazy.
Also, I've hit a couple of snakes and had the stinging wasp in the helmet.
The worst was when I hit a curb going about 20 mph - it just jumped in front of me too! I ended up sprawled on the sidewalk - still have the scars.

When I was younger, I had a paper route and was riding to deliver papers. It was a horribly cold and windy day, so I was riding with my face down. I managed to run right into the back of a parked car. Luckily I walked away without injury, other than being embarassed as heck!

This one probably doesn't quite qualify as me hitting something, but last weekend I was out on my long ride and apparantly a red-winged blackbird didn't like my red helmet. He swooped down and attacked it. Then he got me on the way back home too!

Those red winged blackbirds are crazy! There's this spot on one of my running routes where they always divebomb me.

I have had the stinging wasps several times and one got lodged up under the edge of my bike shorts. But, the funniest thing I have hit was an aid station during an event. It was right at the turnaround and I was new to the bike. Cornering wasn't my speciality. Took too wide a turn, too fast and cleaned out the entire aid station, with the volunteers running for cover.

That reminds me - I got a bee trapped under my sunglasses - stung me right on the eye socket - had a nice puffy eye for the remainder of the race.

I ran over a big ass rat the other day. It shot inbetween my tires and I smacked it with my rear. I looked back on the trail and the rat sat there flipping and twitching around dying spectacularly right in the middle of the trail. About 5 sec. later I turned a curve and there were four women cheerily walking the opposite direction as I was traveling....I was too far away to hear the screams of disgust I'm sure they let out when they got close enough to see it.

A big dragonfly, right in the mouth...man, those wings are crunchy!

Dude I don't think you were the one to blind that bat I think mother nature prolly did that since there isn't a single bat with sight :)

I have hit a snake or two and I had some nice kids decide that my fitness deserved a coke can to the body from a car... Oh well C'est la vie (sp?) on that one..

Thanks JStyle, and the ironic thing is that I'm an optometry student:) I guess I should think before I type, "blind as a bat" is what I was thinking. Please don't let my professor's know:D

Bat eyesight is typically adapted to low-light conditions and can range from poor to very good, but all bats can see (except, I believe, newborn bats or ones who've collided face first with cyclists). The ugly little bastards rely on echolocation to find food, but all use their vision to navigate through landscapes. Now back to our regularly scheduled program....

And though it wasn't me, there was a guy on another forum who got hit in the head by a half eaten burrito. Pissed off, he looked all around but was all alone there in the street. Then he looked up and saw two seagulls fighting over a Taco Bell bag. LOL!

A 400 lb sow complete with five or six piglets in tow.

It was a moonless night in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, pitch black!
I was riding home to Bramble Hill and had lights front and rear, (powered by a friction generator.)
Suddenly, I saw the pig and piglets in my headlight and veered to the other side of the road to avoid her.

She saw me at the same time, and had about the same idea.

You know what happened next, I went over the bars and landed on the grassy verge. Those pigs are solid, man!
I was lying there watching the stars go around when this car pulls up and a gent’s voice says, “Are you all right old chap?”

Very polite these British.

I managed to blurt, “I hit the bloody pig!”
I heard his wife ask, “What did he say, Dear?”
He muttered, “Damn fool’s drunk!”

And drove off, leaving me lying in the wreckage.

PoC
word.

funny dude. btw, how is your commuting going?

Check this out. This guy got run over by a truck.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/mangled.helmet.ap/index.html

I'll plead the Fifth on the DUI, officer. No injuries, the grass was soft. The bike was fine. I rode home and the ten miles to work the next day too.

commuting was curtailed by the rain last two days. (I know BBB wouldn't understand that!)
I did a 60k ride in the heat on Sunday though. 37 degrees in Vernon. I had a dip in the lake at the 40k mark.

PoC

That's amazing! Actually a very good ad for Giro! :)

Oh and I didn't hit anything yet, but I'm sure the squirrels will make sure it does happen eventually.

I remember taking a right turn at a junction once that didn't turn out quite as planned.

I approached the corner at about 10-15kph and looked left to check for traffic. I kept looking left as I rounded the corner and..

rode straight into the back of a parked Volkwagen!

Talk about embarrassing..

PoC
no, I wasn't DUI.