Squirrels are scaring me
10-03-22, 06:36 AM
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I've crushed 2 and felt a little bad about it each time, but there's plenty left in Upstate SC.
10-04-22, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
In Asheville, it’s a rare ride you don’t see a bear. Had to wait a couple of minutes for a mother and her cub to cross the road in front of us yesterday.
10-04-22, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rm -rf
I hiss at them, loud. TSSSSS! That seems to work, they dive for cover.
10-07-22, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Ran over one once, with no negative effects for me.
Somewhat related, I find that rabbits get the hell outta the way well in advance of my approach.
10-07-22, 11:23 PM
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Mountain goats just watch you go by, hoping you'll stop to pee.
10-08-22, 12:40 AM
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Recently I was passing through a park and a small dog ran straight into my front wheel. So I ran it over with my front then rear wheel. This woman screamed and I stopped to check my wheels. Then I proceeded to spark my blunt. To help me contemplate what had just happened.
10-08-22, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Nofiltercycling
Recently I was passing through a park and a small dog ran straight into my front wheel. So I ran it over with my front then rear wheel. This woman screamed and I stopped to check my wheels. Then I proceeded to spark my blunt. To help me contemplate what had just happened.
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10-08-22, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by rsbob
Speaking of sparking a blunt….you don’t ride shirtless do you? Not that I have a problem with that.
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10-08-22, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
In Asheville, it’s a rare ride you don’t see a bear. Had to wait a couple of minutes for a mother and her cub to cross the road in front of us yesterday.
10-08-22, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Symox
Lately on the rides I do there have been a lot of squirrels doing the last minute dash of death across my front wheel. In every case I’ve just kept my line and hoped for the best.
After a recent unrelated crash I am paranoid of breaking my collarbone again as I’m still healing.
Are crashes with squirrels getting caught in the wheels common or is this just the post crash jitters?
wtf is with these squirrels making them dash across? Is it the freehub noise?
After a recent unrelated crash I am paranoid of breaking my collarbone again as I’m still healing.
Are crashes with squirrels getting caught in the wheels common or is this just the post crash jitters?
wtf is with these squirrels making them dash across? Is it the freehub noise?
10-08-22, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Troul
Wait until you experience domesticated rabbits...
Originally Posted by Troul
the rabbits dart out in front of my wheel spontaneously, leaving about 3' to react.
My current concerns are wild hog encounters the second hit and crash on July 26th I am still recovering from.
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10-08-22, 11:18 AM
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I did once have a squirrel dodge into my deep-section wheel. It yelped from the shoulder, probably concussed. It could have waited half a second to cross behind me... 
10-09-22, 05:09 PM
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That’s so odd I wonder what the physiological is behind animals doing that. Take rabbits for example they are herbivores aren’t they? A white light. Likely not food. It’s what then if not a predator. That it would normally run away from and not in front of. Random thought.
maybe you wouldn’t have this problem with a red light. Or red tint on your light.
maybe you wouldn’t have this problem with a red light. Or red tint on your light.
