The woman, in her 60s, was riding on a northern NSW rail trail when she ran over a two-metre snake that became trapped then bit her.

A woman is recovering after she was bitten by an eastern brown snake that got caught in her bike chain on a northern NSW rail trail.

Eastern brown snakes are among the world’s most deadly but it was the bike rider’s lucky day, coincidentally a day before World Snake Day, and the reptile’s bite failed to deliver venom.

A local snake catcher says snakes are common on the rail trail and users should always carry compression bandages.

wtf?

as an Aussie I’ve ridden over a few snakes in my time as they are sunning on trials, always feet well up for this reason! scary!