Last Saturday I had a close call with a 5 inch dragonfly which got me on the chin. What's the worst thing you've gotten in your mouth on a ride?
Cottonwood seeds make me gag if they lodge themselves in there which is pretty bad. Small bugs I swallow on purpose. The dragonfly probably would have killed me.
Grasshopper. Couldn't spit it out cause the grippers on the legs stuck to my lip. I've also got cottonwood fuzz stuck in the back of my throat and it turned into a coughing gag fest to where I had to pull over.
A bee. 3 weeks ago, 55 miles into a 100 miler, a bee flew into my mouth, and immediately stung my inner lip. It swelled up like a grape, hurt like hell, and didn’t go down until late the next day. I finished the ride, but eating and drinking were tricky.
Not an ‘in my mouth’ story, but once I was riding and noticed a bee on my shorts, just above the pad. Just as I went to brush it off, it stung me in the scrot...
that’s next level pain right there, wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy
