Bucks and Jingle Cross
Dear readers, has anyone out there ever actually ran into a deer while riding their bike?
A couple days ago while riding the paved trail on the way out to Afton (along Hwy 10), I came within a foot of nailing a buck. He jumped onto the trail right next to me and I nearly shat my pants, but managed to avoid a collision. It would have been ugly.
Now it's time for Jingle Cross Rock.
A couple days ago while riding the paved trail on the way out to Afton (along Hwy 10), I came within a foot of nailing a buck. He jumped onto the trail right next to me and I nearly shat my pants, but managed to avoid a collision. It would have been ugly.
Now it's time for Jingle Cross Rock.
posted by karla at 11:13 AM
8 Comments:
Yes! I have had a run in with a deer. Three years ago was riding in our local woods, maybe 20mph. Jumped several deer to my left. The first two flew by in front, the third nailed me a good one. We both hit the dirt, looked at each other like it was the others fault, both got up and went our own way.
Fun stuff.....
Holy crap! Having a bike/deer collision is one of my worst fears. I'm scared enough of running over the damn squirrels (which are particularly slow & distracted this time of year). I'm glad you averted disaster!
Not on a bike but I have hit a deer on roller skis. Usally I can stop on a bike but roller skis arn't made to stop.
I was going down a paved hill once. It had been raining, so the pavement was wet. A deer started to run out in front of me and it slipped and fell. Then it tried to get up and fell again. Luckily I was able to slow up before I ran over it. Funny story though. See ya Sunday!
Karla, no to the buck, but yes to nearly hitting a bear at a wissport race this summer.
Hope your weekend went well.
ITB,
Julia
I've cycled past deer on either side of me before but fortunately no collisions. Today, I cycled past about five vultures just a few feet away on the ground and thought about your blog post in the process. Fortunately the large birds flew AWAY from me as I approached and passed them!
karla-
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Awesome job this weekend!!!
Let me know if you're ever back down in the area. We will have to do another epic townie ride!
I came close once out on a trail - 2 deer jumped across the trail right in front me. I was worried that as I reached their crossing spot, I would discover in a painful way that there was a third slacker deer lagging behind the group. Thankfully, I was wrong. Phew!!!
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