Yay, you got it! I didn't wear it, and I kept thinking I should send it back to you. The dog bite was the thing that got me to the PO!
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05-18-2011, 07:02 PM #1
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05-18-2011, 07:08 PM #2
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I was getting ready to send you a PM, but it was just too sweet so I HAD to say something about it here
Originally Posted by redrhodie
Yay, you got it! I didn't wear it, and I kept thinking I should send it back to you. The dog bite was the thing that got me to the PO! See, it protected me from other dogs from attacking me! Of course, I was in a park where I am in more danger of deer running in front of me but that is another story...
Tomorrow night I hope to hit my country roads, but I have to be at work at 6am Friday to staff an information booth at the official Ride to Work center downtown so I may have to stick with the park again.
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05-18-2011, 07:17 PM #3
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So glad your ride went fine! I was so scared to get back on the road after I had my crash due to dogs running out at me, but a few successful rides without incident gave me my confidence back. Over the years since then I've had to blow the air horn at chasing dogs a couple of times, and I even had a tiny dog run out super fast and go right between my wheels so quickly I just hung on for dear life and managed to stay upright (dog was fine too). I've found over time that my paranoia about another dog incident has gradually faded away, and yours will too.
Good for you for getting back on the "horse", so to speak!
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05-18-2011, 09:04 PM #4
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not rabid deer, i hope.
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05-19-2011, 03:42 AM #5
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hehehe, I can see the movie now - WHEN DEER ATTACK.... baaaaad Catrin The funny part about it is that the deer in this park, and there are a lot of them, stop at the side of the road and look both ways before carefully walking across - then they start running through the woods again. They learned well at fawn safety school Originally Posted by tangentgirl
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05-19-2011, 05:51 AM #6
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ROFL wow for some reason the iron chain leggins made me have image of MadMax beyond Thunderdome and Catrin on her bike, LOL!!!
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05-19-2011, 07:30 AM #7
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Yeah Catrin!
I wonder if the horn would work with geese? A park I ride at has HUGE flocks of geese. They're a little protective this time of year, with the new babies and all. I'm sure they could knock me off my bike if they wanted to. I keep meaning to put a bell on my road bike--they move for that!"Well-behaved women seldom make history." --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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05-19-2011, 07:49 AM #8
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I'm so glad your ride went well, Catrin. Well done for getting out there again.
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