How do you deal with Deer Flies?

[Bike Writer]

Rain tonight and on the forecast for the next couple of days. As soon as I have the opportunity to ride I'll give them a test and report back.

signed,
lady with the stickum tape on her helmet capped off with a bow

[Biciclista]

Good luck with that!!

[Crankin]

Are those what we call horse flies?

[OakLeaf]

Horseflies are big, deer flies are small and vicious, a little bit smaller than houseflies. The worst part is you don't feel them until they've already bitten.


http://www.bloomingarden.com/Newslet...cts063011.html

[zoom-zoom]

Horseflies are big, deer flies are small and vicious, a little bit smaller than houseflies. The worst part is you don't feel them until they've already bitten.


http://www.bloomingarden.com/Newslet...cts063011.html

Horseflies will also hover above the water if you dive under to avoid them...they are patient little jerks!

We actually dealt with deer flies on our ride on Sunday. They are never bad here, but we rode about an hour away and they were totally obnoxious in the AM.

[Bike Writer]

Not wanting to get into a debate about helmet/no helmet but this was an experiment before I stuck this big honking sticker on my helmet. I sprayed myself lightly, saw some deer flies, got one bite and saw a few disappear behind me. Got home and found this.

I did not see the swarms of them that I had seen last week and was not pestered much. We had copious amounts of rain last night and some flooding from the heavy rainfall. I wonder if some of them drowned in the downpour or got flooded away?

On my next dirt road ride, I'll have one plastered across the back of my helmet.

I just couldn't bring myself to tie on a fabric softner sheet.

[goldfinch]

Good enough for me. I think I'll order a batch. I hate biting flies.