- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
forum
Police issue cow warning after man seriously injured
After finding out that more people are killed by cows than by cyclists, maybe we should have a thread for cow related incidents?
Personally, I'm all in favour of cows being forced to have bells if their horns don't work.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/police-issue-cow-warning-after-9306446
Derbyshire Police were alerted to reports of a man being trampled by cows in Shirland, a small village 19 miles northwest of Nottingham, at about 7:40am on Friday. The man was taken to hospital with "significant, serious injuries," although they are not believed to be life-threatening at this stage.
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
Latest Forum Topics
Latest Comments
- JLasTSR 10 min 39 sec ago
I remember someone saying cycling helmets are only tested at 12 mph. So I thought I would see what motorcycle helmets were tested to....
- junglist_matty 3 hours 21 min ago
Grew up riding MTB on hills/mountains, always outside, getting muddy in winter.... Moved from Bristol to Cambridge for work, no more MTB so took up...
- Car Delenda Est 4 hours 10 min ago
with a bicycle for example
- wtjs 5 hours 56 min ago
Not a cyclist, but an e-biker...
- qwerty360 6 hours 47 min ago
See lottery winners and bankrupcy....
- chrisonabike 7 hours 29 min ago
Can't be over on the other thread, as there's a driver involved apparently....
- ktache 7 hours 53 min ago
Cows and calves were brought on a few weeks back, fiftyish last year, couple of bulls soon, saw the herd in the distance....
- mattw 11 hours 32 min ago
He did, however, call it a "collision" iirc....
- OnYerBike 11 hours 56 min ago
I believe most schemes allow you to get another bike through the scheme after the initial 12 months regardless....
Add new comment
23 comments
Derbsyhire are going to be furious that Shirland is defined in relation to Nottingham !
Shirland used to have a good brass band; not sure about now.
Footage shared with the BBC shows a cow running loose on the streets of Surrey, and later getting to its feet after being struck by a police car.
Surrey Police said in a statement that after attempts to safely capture the cow “over a period of a number of hours” failed, “the decision was made to stop it using a police car”.
The cow was hit twice by a marked vehicle which the RSPCA said "appears disproportionate".
The force released a statement saying that the cow's owner had been located and its injuries assessed by a vet, who was overseeing its continued treatment and recovery.
It also said it would refer itself to the police complaints watchdog.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c511ezjlmrro
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/15/surrey-police-face-criticism-after-using-car-to-ram-escaped-cow
Has the revolution started? I missed the announcement... first horses charging though the streets, now cows.
(Loose beasts all immediately lose against the horsepower and bull-bars of their replacements).
Four legs better?
Join the moovement.
Why do cows have bells?
Because their GPS doesn't work.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/crggxxk28g6o
Something something fifteen minute pastures...
Can we get that system in cars to guide drivers back off the pavements and cycle lanes? Seems that the modern vehicle already has all the tech to make it happen, including plenty of electricity.
Trains cancelled between Exeter and Bristol due to cows on track:
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-cancelled-between-exeter-bristol-9318022
" Experts have called for new laws to protect the public from cows, claiming an increase in aggressive behaviour by cattle."
Imagine how dangerous a Cow on a bike would be? Surely a new Dangerous Cow law is required and some sort of licensing?
Given the numbers why wasn't IDS campaigning for a new offense of "Causing death by dangerous droving"?
On the licencing - at least the ones I've seen tend to have number plates (in their ears) and presumably passed M.O.O.T.
Car crashes into building in Cow Lane in Wincheap at Canterbury (no cows or driver involved):
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/wincheap-car-crashes-into-wall-16656/
Cow cuddling: Cognitive considerations in bovine-assisted therapy
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/hai.2024.0016
I've been close to the cows on Lundy Island and they are scarily massive - they're not at all aggressive, but I think I'd be very cautious about hugging them.
Yeah, hug a heifer doesn't appeal, but neither does support squirrel squeezing or stroking for psychological succour - due to their well-documented aggression (and indeed attacks - what are the government doing about that?).
Cycle psychotherapy for me, despite some posters' repeated slurs about pointy and even dirty bikes!
https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/emotional-support-squirrel-delays-frontier-airlines-flight.html
Something about this "support animal" business has always made me quizzical, but I've never been able to put my finger on it.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-cattle-death-lightning-jackson-county-b2552447.html
you mean collect them on the hoof like we do in CCIB?
These handsome beasties live in the field on my regular loop. On this winter trip they found bliss in my studded tyres, which were both scratchy and salty.
Further up is bigger herd which have a habit of just standing in the trail, forcing the timid cyclist to mince around a bog to get past without causing alarm.
The Belted Galloway cows and calves will be put out on the army ranges which I ride over on my evening commute this weekend, signs went up a week back, bulls arrive later. Keeps the heath heathlike. Small breed. And have been bread for docility too. Never had a problem with the mothers, but the little ones can get uppity. And then the mum's can get protective.
Most cow attacks involve dog walkers and cows worried for their kids, the advice seems to be keep the dog on a lead, yeah right, until the cows get aggressive then let the dog run off.
It can happen with just walkers,cyclists too, cows can be unpredictable, they arent domesticated, yes they can react more aggressively when there are calves they're protecting.
But I had this instance on a ride with a bull, over 50metres away in its own field, with a fence between us, I was on the road passing the field, it still clocked me as a perceived threat, went basically very aggressive, and tried to charge at us.
We left before it got to test how good the fence was, if we'd been in the same field I'd have been panicking for sure.
I do like a belted Galloway, the mint humbug of the cow family.
Cows and calves were brought on a few weeks back, fiftyish last year, couple of bulls soon, saw the herd in the distance.
Oddly enough only seem to get close interactions with them when it rains, which gives me a Garbage ear worm for the rest of the ride. They stick to the new growth in the areas subject to recentish fires.
Hardy breed, could stay out over the winter, but the people who look after them need light to sort them out in the evenings and the ranges are closed until well after shooting stops.