Murphy's Laws of Cycling

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Here's mine:
The quietest, most scenic routes will also have the very worst roads (potholes and/or chip-sealed surface).

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The repairs you can't manage yourself will always be needed during the one week your favorite bike mechanic/LBS owner is out of town.

The smallest rideable roads with the least traffic will also have the largest number of loose animals in your path or chasing your bike.

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The smallest rideable roads with the least traffic will also have the largest number of loose animals in your path or chasing your bike.

Ooh, yep, I think this is true, too.

Also, related to this:
The dogs that don't look at you twice while running turn into Cujo when they see you on a bike.

Seriously, routes that I have run for years and "know" the dogs on have really shocked me...these same placid dogs are INSANE at the sight of a bicycle. I want to yell, "dudes, it's just me...remember?" Maybe I need to stop and let them get a sniff so they might put 2 and 2 together...

[OakLeaf]

The smallest rideable roads with the least traffic will also have the largest number of loose animals in your path or chasing your bike.

Also the steepest hills.

[Blueberry]

Also the steepest hills.

And the most roadkill

[TsPoet]

I'm afraid of geese (I was bitten by one when I was too young to consciously remember it) -
the most beautiful MUT will always have geese on it.

(and there are about 5 people in the US who know that it's Finagle's law, not Murphy's law:
Finagles Law = "what can go wrong, will"
Murphy's Corollary to Finagle's Law = "if there is a way to engineer something that will end in disaster, someone will engineer it that way"
Thus my dog's names - Murphy and Finagle)

Edit - I just googled Finagle's Law and got a slightly difference answer than I said above - according to Wiki and others they are corollaries of each other, but not in the way I defined them above - so Murphy's Law it is!

[Desert Tortoise]

Road kill is bad enough, but when it is off to the side of the road unseen and you get that awful whiff - whew! Dead coyotes are bad but the javelinas are the worst!! Oh, and the smell last days and days and days....

[MartianDestiny]

It doesn't matter if it's sunny, 70*, the road is straight, flat, and well paved, and visibility is literally miles in either direction. Someone WILL pull out in front of you or try to run you over and use "I didn't see you" as an excuse.