Bee in your helmet

"R Kroeger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind

of

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funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

Not on a bicycle, but on a motorcycle once. It happened on a freeway where
there was no place to pull over. I had to ride several miles with a stinger
in my neck, until the next off ramp. Hurt like hell.

Dave

I had a bee fly down the front of my shirt when I was riding a moped to work
once, and although I was technically only stung once, the bee's stinger grazed
my stomach in about a half dozen places before it stung me and those grazes
hurt like a regular bee sting. It was like getting stung seven or eight times
simultaneously on my stomach.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

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proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
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"R Kroeger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind

of

Quoted message said:

funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

Try having a bee land on the inside of your sunglasses. Didn't happen to me
personally, but it did happen to my father (whom I was riding with at the
time) at the start of a long straight downhill on the Davis Double Century.

- Skip

R Kroeger said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind of
funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

i, ummm, err, wasn't wearing a helmet but had what i'm guessing was a wasp
fly into my hair and get trapped (i have fairly long hair & it can get pretty
ratted from riding) for a few minutes. long enuf to sting multiple times.
hurt like hell. not a particuliarly good story but, well, ya asked.
--
david reuteler
[email hidden]

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Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet.

Yes, had one fly into the vent on top of my head. It kept stinging me, had to
stop and
take off my helmet to get it out.
Lucky for me I didn't have a reaction to the
bee stings.

"Fotonature" wrote: Yes, had one fly into the vent on top of my head.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You are SO vulnerable here. I think I'll just keep smiling to myself.

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:59:04 GMT,
<[email hidden]>,

R Kroeger said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet.

Yes.

I began wearing a helmet in 1976 and instead of buying a bicycle
helmet, I bought a white water hard hat. It was lighter and looked
like it would hold up to more abuse than a piece of styrofoam. I wore
it for ten years. It proved to be an effective bear chaser.

It uses a suspension system like a construction hard hat for shock
absorbtion and is totally adjustable for wearing over a toque. It has
large holes for quick drainage. It's a thick semi-rigid plastic shell
with a chin strap. I wore it all the time and had countless bees,
wasps, and other bugs fly into the large vents - and fly right back
out. A few times I had to pull on the rim and turn my head to get them
out. but I was never stung.

I have been stung in the solar plexus and almost knocked off a Norton.
--
zk

Yes, have been stung a few times on the head through the vents. But worse
than that, I had a yellow jacket fly in my mouth and bite me in the back of
the throat after I coughed it up. My throat swelled up and my wind pipe got
very narrow and numb. It was very hard to breathe. Thanks GOD I wasn't
allergic. That was a scary ride. I swallowed ice for hours afterwards.

Now I ride with a much more closed mouth.

AB

"R Kroeger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind

of

Quoted message said:

funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

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"R Kroeger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind of
funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

Yes, three times. In 2001 I had it happen twice in one week. Then
again about three months ago. It stung me all three times. The last
time I had a reaction to it.

Tom

Roger Moore wrote in part:

<< But worse
than that, I had a yellow jacket fly in my mouth and bite me in the back of
the throat after I coughed it up. My throat swelled up and my wind pipe got
very narrow and numb. It was very hard to breathe. Thanks GOD I wasn't
allergic. That was a scary ride. ...>>

Same thing happened to me except I
think it was a bumblebee--big. Flew right
down my windpipe and clogged it, which was not
cool, then I coughed it up and it got me on
the tonsil. This was right after Vaughters'
eye swelled up in the Tour, so I pretty much
thought I was dead.

These guys think they know, but they don't know.

Robert

Quoted message said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet.

I haven't. But I have had a bee sting me on my rear end... that's when you find
out who your friends are ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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R Kroeger said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind of
funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

No, but I had a hornet sting me repeatedly in the fold between my leg
and abdomen. I stopped to use one of the restrooms by the side of the
SR trail. I found out later there was a nest in the eaves of the
building. Evidently one was crawling on me, and when I started cycling
off and bent over, it got trapped in the fold there. Zero fun.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"I had an IQ test. The results came back negative."

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:02:24 -0000, Dane Jackson <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

R Kroeger said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind of
funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away. Finally
took the helmet off.

No, but I had a hornet sting me repeatedly in the fold between my leg
and abdomen. I stopped to use one of the restrooms by the side of the
SR trail. I found out later there was a nest in the eaves of the
building. Evidently one was crawling on me, and when I started cycling
off and bent over, it got trapped in the fold there. Zero fun.

Howdy,

I thought the term was "bee in the bonnet" but, yes, it happened to me
just a few days ago. No sting, but a wobbly ride until the fellow
decided that neither of us wanted him in my helmet.

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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"Dane Jackson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

R Kroeger said:

Has anyone ever had a bee fly in the vents of their helmet. I had one a
couple of weeks ago. It didn't sting me. But my group said I looked kind

of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

funny smacking the side of my helmet trying to get it to go away.

Finally

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

took the helmet off.

No, but I had a hornet sting me repeatedly in the fold between my leg
and abdomen. I stopped to use one of the restrooms by the side of the
SR trail. I found out later there was a nest in the eaves of the
building. Evidently one was crawling on me, and when I started cycling
off and bent over, it got trapped in the fold there. Zero fun.

One of my co-workers and I were talking about this the other day - he's had
it happen to him, and got stung, and I haven't had it happen to me...but the
thought occured to us, why don't the helmet manufacturers line their helmets
with a fine plastic mesh between the underside of the outer shell and the
inner foam? That way the vents still function, but it would keep out the
critters (as well as provide a little more sun protection for those of us
with a lot of skin showing under our helmets). We couldn't come up with any
disadvantages to having mesh under the vents - except for the "cool looking"
among us who jam their sunglasses into the vent holes when not wearing them
on their face...they'd poke holes through the mesh doing that. Any
comments?

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:41:58 GMT,
<[email hidden]>,
"Fred Hall" <[email hidden]> concluded:

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why don't the helmet manufacturers line their helmets
with a fine plastic mesh between the underside of the outer shell and the
inner foam? That way the vents still function, but it would keep out the
critters (as well as provide a little more sun protection for those of us
with a lot of skin showing under our helmets). We couldn't come up with any
disadvantages to having mesh under the vents - except for the "cool looking"
among us who jam their sunglasses into the vent holes when not wearing them
on their face...they'd poke holes through the mesh doing that. Any
comments?

That's where I usually stick my fingers to pick up the helmet.
I suppose one could improvise a mesh cover over the whole thing.
--
zk

"Zoot Katz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:41:58 GMT,
<[email hidden]>,
"Fred Hall" <[email hidden]> concluded:

Quoted message said:

why don't the helmet manufacturers line their helmets
with a fine plastic mesh between the underside of the outer shell and the
inner foam? That way the vents still function, but it would keep out the
critters (as well as provide a little more sun protection for those of us
with a lot of skin showing under our helmets). We couldn't come up with

any

Quoted message said:

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disadvantages to having mesh under the vents - except for the "cool

looking"

Quoted message said:

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among us who jam their sunglasses into the vent holes when not wearing

them

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on their face...they'd poke holes through the mesh doing that. Any
comments?

That's where I usually stick my fingers to pick up the helmet.
I suppose one could improvise a mesh cover over the whole thing.
--
zk

But having the mesh on the outside would spoil the appearance...you'd look
like a "beekeeper"...having the mesh on the inside wouldn't spoil the look
(not that most helmets look all that cool anyway).

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:24:39 GMT,
<[email hidden]>, "Fred Hall"

Quoted message said:

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I suppose one could improvise a mesh cover over the whole thing.

But having the mesh on the outside would spoil the appearance...you'd look
like a "beekeeper"...having the mesh on the inside wouldn't spoil the look
(not that most helmets look all that cool anyway).

hmmm. . . That would keep the fashion gnatzis at bay. How about
noseeum netting?
--
zk

Fred Hall said:

One of my co-workers and I were talking about this the other day - he's
had it happen to him, and got stung, and I haven't had it happen to
me...but the thought occured to us, why don't the helmet manufacturers
line their helmets with a fine plastic mesh between the underside of the
outer shell and the inner foam? That way the vents still function, but
it would keep out the critters (as well as provide a little more sun
protection for those of us with a lot of skin showing under our
helmets).

I've taken to wearing a cycling cap under the helmet, which does exactly
this. I have considerable concern about yellowjackets, to whose sting I
react badly. This provides a layer of protection without expecting helmet
manufacturers to change their ways.

--

David L. Johnson

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Fred Hall said:

with a lot of skin showing under our helmets). We couldn't come up with any
disadvantages to having mesh under the vents - except for the "cool looking"
among us who jam their sunglasses into the vent holes when not wearing them
on their face...they'd poke holes through the mesh doing that. Any
comments?

Since I ride about half an hour every weekday directly south, I've got
a couple of lozenge-shaped patches of suntan on my forehead where the
light comes through the vent holes. Once or twice I've thought about
getting a rain cover for the helmet, since it would probably also block
light. I suppose it'd work for hymenopterae as well.

Bill

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