The running stores here carry pepper spray.

I have thought about getting a can. Being on my bike doesn't scare me. What I thought about was the night I got a flat. I was on a busier road, so a lot of people were watching. If I was out in the boonies I might have been a target. Of course I tend to be completely naive, we have a low crime rate and I feel really safe. I don't worry about walking my dogs at 3:00 am (we don't have a yard and the girls gotta go). My miniature schnazuers are only harmful to the occasional cricket!