Don’t hit me!!!
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Don’t hit me!!!
In Sacramento, there are several bike paths, many along the American River. I just commented recently, about spotting 3 deer together (2 bucks and a doe), but this morning beat that pretty good. 🙄
I was up at 5:30-ish, to get ahead of the heat, and saw 5 different deer, all separately. One was a very large doe, who surprised me by standing on the bike path, eating from a tree, on a blind curve. I must have been about 10 feet away, before she moved, and for a few seconds there, I was SURE I was gonna hit her. 😲 We were looking at each other, and I thought to myself, “Good thing I don’t have headlights on, or she’d freeze”, lol, and just then, she turned & ran off. 😎
That sure woke me up, and got my heart pumping. I think I’ll probably be a lot more careful on blind curves, from now on. 😁😉
I was up at 5:30-ish, to get ahead of the heat, and saw 5 different deer, all separately. One was a very large doe, who surprised me by standing on the bike path, eating from a tree, on a blind curve. I must have been about 10 feet away, before she moved, and for a few seconds there, I was SURE I was gonna hit her. 😲 We were looking at each other, and I thought to myself, “Good thing I don’t have headlights on, or she’d freeze”, lol, and just then, she turned & ran off. 😎
That sure woke me up, and got my heart pumping. I think I’ll probably be a lot more careful on blind curves, from now on. 😁😉
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In 2013 I had one run out in front of me as I was descending at around 30 mph. It literally happened after I reminded my self out loud to stay alert because you never know what could come out of the woods. Had I been going slightly faster I would likely have been toast.
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My wife and I were riding back into town the other day when we encountered 3 deer, doe and 2 fawns, in the middle of town. I'm not sure what they were doing or how they were going to navigate their way out. We live in a small town, about 9000, but we are surrounded by forests. A few years ago we had 10 cougar sightings within city limits.
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There was a local fellow on a training ride doing hill repeats on the steepest grade hill we have (he was a very good category 3 racer) when he struck a deer on the downhill at high speed. Broke numerous bones and pretty much ended his racing career.
A woman whom I tour with had a squirrel dart out in front of her on a decent downhill and got caught up in her front wheel. She went over the bars and broke her clavicle.
Stuff happens, glad you weren't hurt.
A woman whom I tour with had a squirrel dart out in front of her on a decent downhill and got caught up in her front wheel. She went over the bars and broke her clavicle.
Stuff happens, glad you weren't hurt.
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There was a local fellow on a training ride doing hill repeats on the steepest grade hill we have (he was a very good category 3 racer) when he struck a deer on the downhill at high speed. Broke numerous bones and pretty much ended his racing career.
A woman whom I tour with had a squirrel dart out in front of her on a decent downhill and got caught up in her front wheel. She went over the bars and broke her clavicle.
Stuff happens, glad you weren't hurt.
A woman whom I tour with had a squirrel dart out in front of her on a decent downhill and got caught up in her front wheel. She went over the bars and broke her clavicle.
Stuff happens, glad you weren't hurt.
I’m pretty skinny, probably weigh no more than 170 pounds, and she was pretty well-fed, probably closer to 200 pounds. I hate to think what I would’ve looked like, if we DID collide. 🥺
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A couple years ago I had a good sized doe jump over my back wheel as I whizzed by at 18ish mph.
As I came around a corner on a MUP we both saw each other at the same moment(I was nearly beside her at about 6-7 feet away) and she was startled. A split second after that she jumped toward and slightly behind me. I ducked..scared the heck out of me. It all happened and was over in a second. Hitting her or hitting a brick wall...pretty much the same thing.
As I came around a corner on a MUP we both saw each other at the same moment(I was nearly beside her at about 6-7 feet away) and she was startled. A split second after that she jumped toward and slightly behind me. I ducked..scared the heck out of me. It all happened and was over in a second. Hitting her or hitting a brick wall...pretty much the same thing.
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Yep. I kept thinking about all the cars & trucks, that hit deer, that you see pics of. Totalled most of the time. 😧
BTW, I did thank her, for running off right on time. Not sure she heard or understood me, but I did say it. 😎
BTW, I did thank her, for running off right on time. Not sure she heard or understood me, but I did say it. 😎
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Sounds like some off you should have a second hobby............
Photography me thinks.
Photography me thinks.