Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
I can't imagine what 45 feels like!

Karen
45 feels fantastic! As long as the road is smooth, there is no gravel, and, well, as long as a bear doesn't step in front of you!

I was speeding today! I was riding down a big hill into town (when I say town, I don't mean town - just the city limits of a town of 7000 people), and working fairly hard to get up to speed. I hit 40.3 somewhere in the 45mph zone, but was at 39 when the limit dropped to 35. Now where is a cop when you need one? I'd be happy to get that ticket.

I do not want to hit a bear on my bike. It really does seems unlikely that anybody could hit a 500lb bear at 45mph, not damage his bike, and keep riding. I wonder if it was smaller (it seems like people who come face to face with bears generally think the bear is much bigger than it really is, until they think about it). I talked to somebody who met one when re came around a curve while leading a trail run (race). Afterward his eyes were like saucers, and he said "it must have been 400, ... 300, ...it must have been 200 pounds!"