Originally Posted by
gregf83
No cars but watch our for the bears! Just eating breakfast and watching the news and one of the main stories is a cyclist lying in a hospital bed with a mangled leg. He was riding on a gravel road when he was knocked over by a grizzly. Tried playing dead but the Grizzly kept chewing on him. So he did what any good boy scout would do. Pulled out his pocket knife, stabbed the grizzly, got back on his bike and rode 7km to a logging camp.
B.C. man recounts fighting grizzly off with pocketknife
watch out for deer also.
not on the road or gravel but on paved bike trails on the outer edges of the city where it goes thru swampy area. i have had a deer jump out in front on me on 3 occasions. the first time it happened i was riding at 25+mph a deer jumped out in front of me. i think i missed him by 2". needless to say i ride with caution in that area now.