You never know who you'll run into biking.....!

Wuaooooo!!! Amazing!!!

Thanks Godness he is Ok...What about th bear???

I worry about that every time I ride outside.  I've had close encounters but never a "pucker" moment yet.

Apparantly this happens more often than you might think.

One of the guys who rides regularly in the group that I ride with hit a Black Bear earlier this summer here in Washington.  As I understand the story the bear was coming across the road, he was doing in excess of 30mph and T-boned it also (bear left the scene and don't know if it was ok or not). but he ended up with a few stiches, scratches on the bike and was out for a while (off the bike). 

There is just so much to look out for when on a bike (road conditions, gravel, potholes, cars, pedestrians, wildlife, etc)

Michael

DanielG - 2008-09-12 6:42 AM

Baowolf - 2008-09-11 4:40 PM By us you are more likely to hit a cow. Open range. Fortunately since I am the only person who rides a bike around here the cows are still scared of me. But ya, if I am coming down a hill and there is a cow, with her baby, in the way it can get interesting. They don't move out of the way of cars either, you have to drive around them.

You get absolutely zero cool point for hitting a cow. A bear, yes, a deer even gives fewer but still some. A cow, not even one.

You've obviously never been around a PO'd Brahma 

Oh, my. Sending healing vibes to the teacher from Missoula.

Please keep us posted.

No joke - this was one of my best friend's Dad!  She emailed me after it happened, and I assumed she was totally joking.  It's posted over in CoJ too, which is where I read the news story.  I immediately wrote her and apologized for not believing her.  Although, earlier this spring, her and I were biking together up in the hills of the Columbia Gorge and came within about 20 feet of 2 elk.  I guess close encounters with wildlife while riding runs in the Litz family.  :-)

Isn't that a bull, not a cow?  I'm thinking a bull would score some pts. 

kagoscuba - 2008-09-12 8:40 AM

DanielG - 2008-09-12 6:42 AM

Baowolf - 2008-09-11 4:40 PM By us you are more likely to hit a cow. Open range. Fortunately since I am the only person who rides a bike around here the cows are still scared of me. But ya, if I am coming down a hill and there is a cow, with her baby, in the way it can get interesting. They don't move out of the way of cars either, you have to drive around them.

You get absolutely zero cool point for hitting a cow. A bear, yes, a deer even gives fewer but still some. A cow, not even one.

You've obviously never been around a PO'd Brahma