The most interesting place for a bug sting....

by Colleen
(Pittsburgh PA)

Ok Ladies, (and Gents)

Had a fun ride yesterday with the boys, Hubby, son and son's friend. I was holding up the last spot quite nicely.

For those of you who haven't ridden in a group setting it's a challenge to keep up with everyone and constantly have to pay attention to what you are doing as well as what others are doing. It's always a lesson learned. We were on the back end of a nice long ride about 30 miles from home and it happened.

It felt like my crotch area was on fire. I was in some serious winding roads in the Pennsylvania area near West Virginia and needed to focus on where the deer where and if I needed to downshift in a 15 MPH bend. I thought some kind of asphalt piece of ground had landed in my lap. And it WAS BURNING BAD!!!! Low and behold it was a freakin' BEE. Stung right in my crotch - HOLY MOLEY! How do I keep riding and not jump off the bike??? How do I tell the other guys that I have to pull over??? These are not highways out there- two lane winding roads.

I didn't- I kept riding... it was painful and I just kept going. Made it all the way home... my son's friend was with me at the bottom of my driveway and he said - Are you ok??? I said " I JUST GOT STUNG IN THE CROTCH!!!"

He said I could see you staring down at your lap and wandered what you were doing!!

Oh my - I wonder if leather pants would have helped? My husband said, "only you honey" My point to the boys was , I just KEPT RIDING!!!! I should get a patch that says I was stung in the crotch and I just kept riding :)