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2008-08-07 7:51 AM

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Down here in Orlando, I'm not sure if its the same everywhere else. But this morning on my ride  pretty much all I smelled was roadkill just rotting in the sun. It was awful, it cant be good for respiration.

 Just thought I would share.

2008-08-07 8:03 AM
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
2008-08-07 8:07 AM
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run4yrlif - 2008-08-07 2:03 PM What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

... or just really pis$es you off.

2008-08-07 8:18 AM
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The turtles and racoons have taken a beating as of late.

It's the worst when the wind is blowing down the road so you get a mile or so of the stench. Crosswinds aren't quite as bad as you can plan to skip a breath.
2008-08-07 8:22 AM
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I ride out in the middle of no where and its either skunks, deer or raccoons.  bleh
2008-08-07 8:32 AM
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These days, it's armadillo carcasses everywhere. Aargh!

2008-08-07 8:33 AM
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goknights1 - 2008-08-07 8:51 AM

Down here in Orlando, I'm not sure if its the same everywhere else. But this morning on my ride  pretty much all I smelled was roadkill just rotting in the sun. It was awful, it cant be good for respiration.

 Just thought I would share.

 

Monday morning as I was coming back home on my bike ride I nearly rode over a beagle that had been hit by a car in the short time I was out riding...I almost threw up on the bike right there...

2008-08-07 9:47 AM
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After hearing all of this I think I'll wait until 3 when it's good and hot and then go ride today...
2008-08-07 11:53 AM
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I saw a dead gator in a canal the other day, but the canal was far enough away, I couldn't smell it.
2008-08-07 11:55 AM
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kvesey - 2008-08-07 8:32 AM

These days, it's armadillo carcasses everywhere. Aargh!

Ditto.. one route that I do is in the middle of nowhere and there are grasshoppers all over the side of the road.. then they jump into your wheels and spatter the person riding behind you ..

2008-08-07 12:05 PM
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It could be worse.

It could be < 20 deg. and you could be in the house on the trainer instead of the open road.

OTOH you're down in Fla. so this scenario is highly unlikely.Wink

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OK, now THAT would gross me out.  ewwwww
2008-08-07 12:07 PM
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Gaarryy - 2008-08-07 12:55 PM
kvesey - 2008-08-07 8:32 AM

These days, it's armadillo carcasses everywhere. Aargh!

x3!  On a century ride a couple weeks ago, I started to count them.  I swear I saw on every 5 miles.  I think they must all be depressed and constantly trying to get hit.  I also noticed how much butterflies like the spokes on my tires.  Not pretty.

2008-08-07 12:30 PM
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Sweet, I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone!
2008-08-07 3:11 PM
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Road kill doesn't even faze me anymore.  All of my rides involve going past cornfields (read: cow manure) and grazing pastures (read: cow manure).  It isn't the smell anymore, it's the BUGS that swarm around the manure &the roadkill!  Killer!
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2008-08-07 4:40 PM
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Every once in a while I'll pass a bloated elk carcass, or a portion thereof.  Not so much lately - they must be higher up to get away from  the heat.  Luckily the smaller critters dehydrate here rather than rot so they're not so smelly.
2008-08-07 5:17 PM
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flmonkey_gbp - 2008-08-07 12:53 PM I saw a dead gator in a canal the other day, but the canal was far enough away, I couldn't smell it.

I am thinking a new pair of boots and wallet.  You left it there? (JK)

 It was a tad bit bloated.  I wonder how gator skin cycling shoes would perform? LOL

2008-08-07 5:24 PM
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engleal3 - 2008-08-07 4:11 PM Road kill doesn't even faze me anymore.  All of my rides involve going past cornfields (read: cow manure) and grazing pastures (read: cow manure).  It isn't the smell anymore, it's the BUGS that swarm around the manure &the roadkill!  Killer!

 

corn fields...bah.

 

Try pig farms

There is one we pass on one of my regular routes, to which a buddy of mine always yells out "MMMMMMMM Smell that Raw Bacon!"

2008-08-07 5:25 PM
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lol they'd sure cost a lot.  My wallet is python and it was expensive.

 

I hate seeing dead animals on the road especially kittiesCry

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