CrazyIvan

Looking for something different, check out Shark Valley in Florida. Spin past large gators sunning themselves, They seem oblivious to riders on the trail a few feet away.

Bmach

All it takes is one lunge and you are gator food. Better you than me but it does look like fun.

raria

Yep, and they are FAST! A smaller gator can run 20+mph and even the huge ones can get up to 10mph.

CrazyIvan

Everyone want's to be motivated, here's your chance to get that aerobic workout we all need. Break your personal records by sprinting through the Gator gauntlet trail. However, those cyclists are riding casually as Me-Mover's overtake them, just takes trust.

qcpmsame 

We used to have gators come up into the campus at University of West Florida, its on a bayou. They would wander up looking for a place to sun or just sleep. I've walked next to one that had slipped into a small fountain/pond in, a breezeway. Until it grunted I hadn't even noticed it, we see them all of the time riding on the campus drive. Cross country running trail, and mtb trail, can get very interesting depending on the time of year and how the mating is proceeding.

When I taught science, a parent had a connection with Camp Rudder, Army Ranger training center onboard Eglin AFB. She arranged for the Ranger instructors to bring their demonstration of the various wildlife found on the Eglin Reservation. A small, juvenile gator was included, he was on a dog leash using a guide dog harness as the collar. During the other parts of the show the NCOIC asked if there was a place to keep the gator that was quiet and out of the area where the kids could get into trouble with him. I had the SFC put him in my coaching office with the leash looped on the door knob out to the pool.

A school board member came in the gymnasium to see what was being presented, and he went into my office to make a call. I noticed him standing there talking and wondered if he realized the gator was beside him. I went in and calmly struck up a conversation with him and casually mentioned he was standing next to an alligator. He froze, became shaky and mumbled about needing to leave. I moved him to the door and out into the hallway, then I watched him walk away shaking his head. He never went into my office without asking permission again.

Bill

San Pedro

Better not be using Gatorskins when you pass them. That'll just piss them off.

Maelochs

Lol .... and ugh.

There was a six-foot or so gator used to sun himself right next to an MTB trail I used to ride. He'd bolt for the water if you bombed past him fast ... and watch carefully before breaking for the water if you snuck by and then tried to get too close a look.

It isn't the 20 yards at 20 mph ... it is the first spring at 35 mph which catches you before you even recognize what the thing on the trailside is.

"That's a weird log--AHHH!!"

CliffordK

Time to practice your bunny hops... Ummm... Gator hops?

Of course there are more fatal bike/car accidents in Florida than fatal Gator attacks.

ussprinceton

my brother recently rode through some trails in Fl. w/ gators alongside the paths

qcpmsame 

.....and those are what is on my CAAD10, the two C&V mounts have Conti Giro tubs on them. No gators named Giro that I know of around here.

Bassmanbob

I attempted to post a reply, but I was logged out and lost my post. My wife and I did this trail in April 2017. Just do it, it's fun. The gators are more afraid of you than you are of them... just don't piss them off.

San Pedro

bikejrff

I would not want to have to repair a flat tire there.