An Australian mishap

How iconic, Going on dark, Flying downhill on the linear trail at Walkley Heights.
30-35kph on my hybrid on gravel, around a sweeping bend and into my lights
appears a brown snake across the whole blasted track ... SH*T ...
I cant stop, I cant swerve, all I had time to do was unclip, put my feet on the
top bar and pray.
I was truly fortunate. For whatever reason it didnt wrap around my wheels,
it didnt flick up and most importantly, it didnt bite me.
Tonight I truly have something to celebrate.
Keep your eyes open people - they're out there.

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Permalink Reply by Domestique on January 28, 2012 at 20:47

Yeah, same scenario last summer on the Southern Veloway. Soon after passing the Brownie I slowed to let a mum with a pram know there was a snake on the path!

Permalink Reply by MARK FERGUSON (SPARTACUS) on January 28, 2012 at 13:08

They're only dangerous when they bite!

Permalink Reply by Randall Oakley on January 28, 2012 at 20:02
Yeah, and cars are only dangerous when there's an idiot behind the wheel. LOL.
Permalink Reply by Just another psycho-list on January 30, 2012 at 0:55

Which is very often!

Permalink Reply by Frank on January 28, 2012 at 21:20
I was staying at a friends shack, we had a kid sleep on a mattress on the floor just next to us all night. In the morning, I bend down to pick up my watch that fell off the bed during the night and glanced under the bed!
A frigging big snake was curled up under there presumably all night, I do not know what it was and who or how someone got it out, I do know and remember the face of the lady next door(elderly) when we ran over there in our underwear and barely able to talk!
Snakes freak me out, even so called harmless ones!
Permalink Reply by James Jordan on January 29, 2012 at 16:19

We had a brown snake jump up and bit a wheel during a race.  Even found the marks on the carbon wheel after the race.

Permalink Reply by Paul H on February 3, 2012 at 13:18
To add to this I ran over a baby brown snake this morning when going up the last hard bit of the SEXY climb up to Majors Rd, juts before it comes back next to the road.

Was only small, probably 30cm, only just saw it before it went under my front wheel, think I just clipped it and after a frantic look around the bike and my shoes to check it hadn't attached itself, I presume it went on it's way. Reason I didn't see it was cause it was sun baking on the path and only moved at the last second, thought it was a twig.

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