Quote Originally Posted by Jenn View Post
I need to find some!! Where would I mount it on my bike? I have 2 water cages, the pump, my computer on my bars,heart monitor....ugh...do they make one you can wear on your person?
I always carry Halt! while on the bike -- we purchase it by the case from Performance Bike. Although originally marketed for use against dogs by mail carriers, delivery persons, etc., the only ingredient is capsaicin -- otherwise known as pepper spray, and equally effective. Being absolutely paranoid about these kinds of things, I've carried a mace/pepper spray combination on my keyring since my college days, but that's too long ago to even mention! While mace may not be permitted in some states, pepper spray probably is -- check your local regulations.

We have seen advertisements for holders for these devices, but they were mounted on the bars if I remember correctly. Not an option for me as I already have a Flight Deck and a Garmin residing there. I'll ask DH if he remembers where we saw the ads.

Halt! does have a clip on the side of the canister. Many cyclists in this area just slip the canister over an available cable, but I can't see my way clear to scuffing things up -- I'm vain when it comes to my beautiful bike! I used to ride with it clipped to the outside of a rear jersey pocket -- a visual clue to yut-yuts coming up from behind that I'm "armed" -- but getting it back on was almost an impossibility for me unless I stopped. (And who wants to do that?!) Ditto for clipping it to the waistband of shorts, although I have seen some riders who clip it to the hem of one of the legs so it's on top of the thigh. Not sure I could handle that.

I'm lucky in that the reflective strip across the back of my seat pack is a separate piece. Now I ride with my Halt! clipped there. Then it's a simply reach back to retrieve, and (because the seat pack material has more substance than that of clothing) I don't have any difficulties reattaching mid-ride. We live in a rural area with a gazillion dogs, the vast majority of which run loose -- as many as six per house -- so I've had lots of practice. And, that's the important part -- practice, practice, practice until that retrieval move is as second-nature as grabbing a water bottle.


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