A lesson to be learned...

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kabob983 · #1 Post by **kabob983** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:51 pm

Learned a lesson this weekend: Never set your gear down on top of a cleverly disguised fire ant hill. Because I promise you won't notice every single one of those little buggah's when you decide to put it back on!

Looks like I had several in my right glove, a few in my jacket, and a few in my helmet. Somehow one even managed to sneak up my pants and get me on the right calf.

xsyamahadg · #2 Post by **xsyamahadg** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:55 pm

We don't have fire ants in Ohio, is the bite serious or like a bee sting ? Just curious. Xs

jonnythan · #3 Post by **jonnythan** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:56 pm

xsyamahadg wrote:We don't have fire ants in Ohio, is the bite serious or like a bee sting ? Just curious. Xs

Don't sting as much as a bee.. but quite a bit more than a mosquito, though. You get a nice sting and the thing itches like mad for days.

asiantay · #4 Post by **asiantay** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:57 pm

OUCHHHH!

Skel3tor1 · #5 Post by **Skel3tor1** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:24 pm

We have fire ants down here in GA. Those things are wicked mean! You have my sympathy for setting your gear down on one of those hills.

I try to keep all my gear either on my person, anchored to the bike, or inside a house.

Beach · #6 Post by **Beach** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:49 pm

We were taught that in the MSF course. Shame on you for setting gear on the ground. I take my gear with me, the only time I left it on the bike was at a bike meet/parts swap. I am pretty confident that a biker wont steal my gear in such a setting, I wouldnt leave my new Shoei behind now though.

Mintbread · #7 Post by **Mintbread** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:22 pm

He may have been standing right next to it.

I always put my gear on the ground because it is one place my helmet can't fall off.

Flak Monkey · #8 Post by **Flak Monkey** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:44 pm

xsyamahadg wrote:We don't have fire ants in Ohio, is the bite serious or like a bee sting ? Just curious. Xs

This should answer your question nicely.
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kabob983 · #9 Post by **kabob983** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:40 am

I set my gear down right after my lowside. My first and foremost thought was not "now, where can I safely set my gear so that it will not become ant ridden?" It was "my poor bike! Argh!" I was standing right next to it, but since we were trying to re-attach some of the plastics on my bike I didn't think that setting my gear on it would be the best of ideas...and it was hot as the dickens so I didn't really want to leave it on while we were at a standstill...so the ground was the next most logical choice. It was all grassy, looked so harmless. M HMM! Bad idea! The itching has died down a good bit, but I've still got some bites on me.

#10 Post by **bok** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:05 am

ouch that sucks, er, bites i guess

glad it wasn't worse than it was, could have been nasty

next time, practice your telekinises and just levitate your gear a couple feet off the ground behind you.