Originally Posted by
GrantFlower
I tend to get a lot of dust on my bikes... The MUPs with their crushed limestone screenings tend to do that (one path I ride is VERY dusty) but unless I crash or drag against some tree branches, I'm not even sure how I'd get a scratch on my bike.
The improbable can happen. On my second ride on my gravel bike that I built frame up, two deer came out of the roadside brush/woods and literally ran into my buddy and I as we rode up a dirt road. All four of us fell to the ground, the deer got up and continued on their way, my buddy and I dusted off and continued our ride, the guy behind us on the road grader told us he'd never seen anything crazier, and my brand new bike got some nice scratches down the right side of the fork. I've since covered them with a Ski the East sticker.