since this seems to be CRASH day!

[julbee]

Great Stories!

Glad everyone is okay!

I have not fallen... yet. (I've just taken up biking again this summer.)
I know it's going to happen... sometime, somewhere!
(I'm likely being extra cautious ever since I've started to use clipleass pedals!)

The area I live in (and ride in) is full of wildlife of all sizes. We have to be extra careful, especially at dusk, as they seem to come out more frequently and in larger numbers then. I was thinking about deer while riding a couple of nights ago. There are so many deer around here! Many people often use those small "whistles" (mounted to the front grates of vehicles and are high-pitched, warning the deer) in this region. I was wondering how fast one must be going for the "whistle" to work and was wondering if they make them for bikes. (Just wonering while riding....)

There are many problems around here, too, with dogs. Some people allow their dogs run around outside without any "restraint." This is , of course, very dangerous to riders! (I have a dog. I love dogs. For the life of me, I don't understand why people let their dogs access the road! Sometimes, for some people, it's a rare mistake...the dog gets away. Others allow their dogs to go wherever, whenever!)

It pays to be as vigilant as possible! Yet, even with vigilance, these animals are too often unpredictable in their movements!

If we are out a little later than we had anticipated and we are in an "isolated" area... just woods on the sides of the roads and little or no traffic, we start to see many animals. We start whistling and/or talking loudly to one another in order to warn them of our presence, as the bikes move along rather quietly. Many have scurried back in to the woods when we have done this.

Cattle? I have found cattle to be of a different nature. They often do not dodge oncoming traffic...even cars!

Have a safe ride!

[poison tumac]

you should convince your husband that if you got a new bike (that fit you better and that you loved more) that you would be less likely to crash!!! LOL Worth a try!