Animals Poor Judgement.

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icecube57

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Is it just me or is it whenever you are riding you have a few near misses with animals. Ive almost hit several squirrels an probably ran over atleast one of their tails. Ive clipped one bird. I had one retarted dog that barked at my motorr and I almost got his foot. I know somone hit a possum on here at night.... I just find it weird while on a standard setup i dont have this problem... put a motor into the mix and its roadkill oasis.
 
yep...I noticed that the bike was so quiet that the squirrels didn't move off the road
 
I ran over a 1.5m goanna once at about 40km/hr! I think I just managed to lift the wheels so I didn't break his back

Not quite sure who was more scared!
 
I haven't had any problems on my ebike, but on my normal bike when I used to bike to high school, I ran over not one but 2 chipmunks... Terrible feeling... One hit the front wheel bounced off and ran under the rear wheel... I always brake for small furry animals now, I just cant handle the guilt :|
 
marks said:
I ran over a 1.5m goanna once at about 40km/hr! I think I just managed to lift the wheels so I didn't break his back

Not quite sure who was more scared!
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Probably you:)
Was it a Lace monitor?
 
I hate the park that I ride at during the summer time. We have those big huge black and neon colored spiders that have the foot print of a childs hand and probably could kill small birds. They build webs crossing the whole path and you freak out cause those things are huge. I throw the bike down and run around flailing my arms hoping he wasnt posted up in the center of the web. Big flying prehistoric bugs out here arent fun to hit. I find myself scraping bug debris off after riding.
 
If you do a Google search for "killer squirrels", you'll get 470K hits. Yes, they're out to get bicyclists and they're uncannily successful at it.
The tales of some cyclists who have survived these attacks can be found here: http://www.chainreaction.com/squirrels.htm

IMO, it's the caged killer monkeys that display the worst judgement so I ride with aerial cover. There are often two dozen or more crows flying low and accompanying me within a 1.5 km radius of my home.
They're able to recognise a human face so they don't follow other cyclists. You can't fool them with sunglasses, wigs, different bikes and strange clothes. I've tried. I toss them peanuts. They like cat food too. It's cheaper and more birds get a piece. It takes longer for them to gather the bits and there's less squabbling between birds.

It's neat to watch their shadows interplay with the trees' shadows on the road ahead. It's fun to have a flock flying in close enough proximity that I can hear their wing beats. But what's neatest of all is the way they slow down traffic on this "traffic calmed" street that's part of the city's "bike route" system. Drivers are more cautious about a half dozen birds on the road than they are about bicyclists and pedestrians.
They're flying feathered "mental speed bumps".
Anyone interested in traffic calming will recognise that "mental speed bumps" are more effective at slowing traffic over the longer term and are usually much less expensive to create than building the normal traffic calming infrastructure.
 
Zoot,

Too bad Mexico is so dangerous for traveling through these days, otherwise I'd suggest that your hop on your e-bike for a long road trip to Costa Rica. You've obviously got the good stuff for a party. :twisted:

John
 
Zoot Katz said:
There are often two dozen or more crows flying low and accompanying me within a 1.5 km radius of my home.
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Oh, man... I know you're using the camera on your phone as a main "capture" unit, but it'd be great to get some kinda picture of that... I've always found crows intelligent and endearing (and they live quite a while, often 10 or 12 years). Too bad they were given such an awful voice. That's the only thing that can be annoying - when you have whole murder of them in the trees around your house at dawn, all screaming at an Owl (which they hate). This happens often, here.

Maybe it's just my vivid imagination getting the better of me, but this conjures up a powerful mental image. Zoots, sporting a flowing black cape and wearing the GE Streamliner and matching mirrored glasses... riding along, one-handed, in a shadow created entirely by crows... The free hand holds aloft a sceptre with a minature Tesla coil sparking on the end of it, creating an eerie light that flickers within the unnaturally black avian darkness that surrounds him... How Halloweenie is that? :lol:

Periodically, he halts and stands erect, thrusting the scepter into the ground. It's head shoots long streams of "lightning" into the ground, and then his battery pack - which it recharges while he pauses. The crows swarm, and then peck to death, a lycra-clad roadie or inconsiderate motorist - adding literal meaning to the term "a murder of crows"... Nah, this is getting carried away.
 
Was it a Lace monitor?
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I would sure love to add one of those to my collection.My Panoptes hornii is enough to keep me happy now though,It's a fire cracker!

Jason.
 
philf said:
Zoot Katz said:
There are often two dozen or more crows flying low and accompanying me within a 1.5 km radius of my home.
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Maybe it's just my vivid imagination getting the better of me, but this conjures up a powerful mental image. Zoots, sporting a flowing black cape and wearing the GE Streamliner and matching mirrored glasses... riding along, one-handed, in a shadow created entirely by crows... The free hand holds aloft a sceptre with a minature Tesla coil sparking on the end of it, creating an eerie light that flickers within the unnaturally black avian darkness that surrounds him... How Halloweenie is that? :lol:

Periodically, he halts and stands erect, thrusting the scepter into the ground. It's head shoots long streams of "lightning" into the ground, and then his battery pack - which it recharges while he pauses. The crows swarm, and then peck to death, a lycra-clad roadie or inconsiderate motorist - adding literal meaning to the term "a murder of crows"... Nah, this is getting carried away.
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Dude, what ever the heck is enhancing your imagination, pass it around! :D
 
Drunkskunk said:
philf said:
Zoot Katz said:
There are often two dozen or more crows flying low and accompanying me within a 1.5 km radius of my home.
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Maybe it's just my vivid imagination getting the better of me, but this conjures up a powerful mental image. Zoots, sporting a flowing black cape and wearing the GE Streamliner and matching mirrored glasses... riding along, one-handed, in a shadow created entirely by crows... The free hand holds aloft a sceptre with a minature Tesla coil sparking on the end of it, creating an eerie light that flickers within the unnaturally black avian darkness that surrounds him... How Halloweenie is that? :lol:

Periodically, he halts and stands erect, thrusting the scepter into the ground. It's head shoots long streams of "lightning" into the ground, and then his battery pack - which it recharges while he pauses. The crows swarm, and then peck to death, a lycra-clad roadie or inconsiderate motorist - adding literal meaning to the term "a murder of crows"... Nah, this is getting carried away.
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Dude, what ever the heck is enhancing your imagination, pass it around! :D
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I'll give you $30/g.

Oh, and, no, I haven't had any problems with aminals. Not that this "wildlife" stuff exists around here...
 
Has anyone ever rode their bike ... for just joy riding or commuting to work in the spring time. I remember I was out for a joy ride and i had some black sweats on. I came back and my sweats were yellow. I had smear marks from where i was sweating and wiping it off. I had yellow crust rocks in the corner of my eyes and around my nose. That crap was horrible. Pollen season started early here like at the end of feb. Im dreading when it gets into full swing.
 
I was at my local park again today. I was doing laps around this lake loop for exercise and trials before putting my bike into service. There was a squirrel that i met in the same exact spot every time i made a lap. He ran around like he was spaztic or something hey ran dodge me a few laps. His last lap he ran through my wheel and got caught up in my fork..... as it rotated around. i thought i had a flat but his limp body was wedged in on of the crosses in my spoke.. Why is it that when there is death flies follow I pulled his body out and threw it in the woods. Came back flies were all over the carnage in a matter of seconds.... and they followed me everywhere. I even went loaded up and left and they were going to down on the juicy remnants all over my motor like it was the last supper. I knew i wasnt crazy. They get drawn in and BAM! they become dinner for the Golden monseter!!!
 
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