Cycling and cicada emergence - Page 5

04-14-2004, 12:58 PM

Pete <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> In Cincinnati, we're about a month from the 17 year cycle. Estimated about 5
> billion of the little biggers will come out, get it on, and die. About 100
> cicadas per sq meter in the right areas.

Hmmm, right in time for my visit. They never came out while I was
living there, so this shall provide an opportunity to see them.

> They don't bite, but I imagine riding through a swarm of them might not be
> the nicest. A hat or helmet cover might be in order.

Hopefully I'll get the chance to test this. I'm really working on
having a bike while I'm there. I think if I go a whole week without
riding I might perish.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
This door is baroquen, please wiggle Handel.
(If I wiggle Handel, will it wiggle Bach?)
-- Found on a door in the MSU music building

04-15-2004, 05:21 AM

Sandy wrote:
....
> I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when
> the cicadas come out in the next few months. I was in SC the last time
> they emerged and we had almost none in that area. I'm in Northern VA
> and I've heard there will be thousands flying around and getting in the
> way. Am I going to inhale a few? Will they chip a tooth? Can they go
> up my nose and get stuck? I'll wear glasses, but will a splattered body
> completely cover one lens? What if I hit two at the same time with the
> glasses and I'm temporarily blind? If I run into one and it hits my
> trachea, is that dangerous? Will I get freaked out and have a yard sale
> when one get into my helmet?
>
> I'm just curious (and a little serious).

"Yard sale"?
I recall attending the Horsey 100 17 years ago, which meant a drive
through Cinty. The noise on the walled freeway was incredible, and I
rolled up the windows.
What others said about them is mostly accurate (I can't verify what
their innards look like). Cycling hazards are negligible. They leave
interesting empty exoskeletons attached to trees.
HTH
--Karen M.
in Michigan

04-15-2004, 05:21 AM

Sandy wrote:
....
> I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when
> the cicadas come out in the next few months. I was in SC the last time
> they emerged and we had almost none in that area. I'm in Northern VA
> and I've heard there will be thousands flying around and getting in the
> way. Am I going to inhale a few? Will they chip a tooth? Can they go
> up my nose and get stuck? I'll wear glasses, but will a splattered body
> completely cover one lens? What if I hit two at the same time with the
> glasses and I'm temporarily blind? If I run into one and it hits my
> trachea, is that dangerous? Will I get freaked out and have a yard sale
> when one get into my helmet?
>
> I'm just curious (and a little serious).

"Yard sale"?
I recall attending the Horsey 100 17 years ago, which meant a drive
through Cinty. The noise on the walled freeway was incredible, and I
rolled up the windows.
What others said about them is mostly accurate (I can't verify what
their innards look like). Cycling hazards are negligible. They leave
interesting empty exoskeletons attached to trees.
HTH
--Karen M.
in Michigan

04-15-2004, 05:21 AM

Sandy wrote:
....
> I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when
> the cicadas come out in the next few months. I was in SC the last time
> they emerged and we had almost none in that area. I'm in Northern VA
> and I've heard there will be thousands flying around and getting in the
> way. Am I going to inhale a few? Will they chip a tooth? Can they go
> up my nose and get stuck? I'll wear glasses, but will a splattered body
> completely cover one lens? What if I hit two at the same time with the
> glasses and I'm temporarily blind? If I run into one and it hits my
> trachea, is that dangerous? Will I get freaked out and have a yard sale
> when one get into my helmet?
>
> I'm just curious (and a little serious).

"Yard sale"?
I recall attending the Horsey 100 17 years ago, which meant a drive
through Cinty. The noise on the walled freeway was incredible, and I
rolled up the windows.
What others said about them is mostly accurate (I can't verify what
their innards look like). Cycling hazards are negligible. They leave
interesting empty exoskeletons attached to trees.
HTH
--Karen M.
in Michigan

04-15-2004, 05:21 AM

Sandy wrote:
....
> I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when
> the cicadas come out in the next few months. I was in SC the last time
> they emerged and we had almost none in that area. I'm in Northern VA
> and I've heard there will be thousands flying around and getting in the
> way. Am I going to inhale a few? Will they chip a tooth? Can they go
> up my nose and get stuck? I'll wear glasses, but will a splattered body
> completely cover one lens? What if I hit two at the same time with the
> glasses and I'm temporarily blind? If I run into one and it hits my
> trachea, is that dangerous? Will I get freaked out and have a yard sale
> when one get into my helmet?
>
> I'm just curious (and a little serious).

"Yard sale"?
I recall attending the Horsey 100 17 years ago, which meant a drive
through Cinty. The noise on the walled freeway was incredible, and I
rolled up the windows.
What others said about them is mostly accurate (I can't verify what
their innards look like). Cycling hazards are negligible. They leave
interesting empty exoskeletons attached to trees.
HTH
--Karen M.
in Michigan