August 12 Rides

[RolliePollie]

Sara, sounds like a nice ride. Love the pictures. The guy on the bike would have scared me too. Where do you keep your pepper spray?

I have pepper spray and have thought of taking it myself. There have been a few reports of attacks on the rails to trails that are scary.

I found a very high tech (ha ha) solution for carrying my pepper spray. I hooked a velcro strap to my handlebars using a zip tie. Then I just velcro in the pepper spray. In theory, I should be able to grab the spray, pull it out of the velcro, and spray whatever it is that's after me. However, in reality, I can only imagine myself crashing, the pepper spray flying through the air, and my attacker either attacking me or collapsing in laughter at the sight of it all. But it makes me feel better having it with me on the bike.