Injured cyclist: 'Watch out for bears'

Boulder Daily Camera ^ | June 24, 2008 | Zak Brown

[MtnClimber]

I know someone who was mountain biking and almost collided with a bull moose!

[SatinDoll]

What? The bear roared...”Mind your own business!”

[ZULU]

Having been nearly clocked several times by idiot bicyclers I ahve no sympathy for this guy. He’s lucky the bear didn’t swat his sorry butt. I know I would have.

[WildcatClan]

How does something “look like a big black dog from a distance” and then you run into it? I think the key words here are “from a distance”.

[trumandogz]

A black bear crossing the road from west to east collided with Egan, who estimated he was going 45 mph.

It must have been a serous down hill to be going 45 mph. The guy is lucky he is not dead.

[sam_paine]

Been a while since a black bear bit anyone’s sister around here.

[Philly Nomad]

When you get into a car accident, you always say you were going slower than you actually were. When you get into a bike accident, you always say you were going faster than you actually were :)

[saganite]

Just goes to prove you can’t buck mother nature. Even though the rider bearly survived he can be recycled.

[RepoGirl]

Yikes! I've accidentally run over black snakes when cycling, thankfully never hit a bear -- and they're all over the place down here in Central Fl. Granted, the highest speed I've hit was a meager 35mph on a down slope --I'm hesitant to say 'hill' since this is Florida and I'm a realist.

He's lucky.

[Jonah Hex]

Always yield to a pedestrian in the roadway. Especially when the pedestrian has four feet, fangs, and weighs in at over 300 lbs.

[trumandogz]

I ride a lot and have gone 45-50 mph down hill, a big hill and it freaks me out every time since my field a vision narrows and I know that if i hit a pot hole, a pebble, a snake or a black bear that I am a dead man.

[FoxInSocks]

Having been nearly clocked several times by idiot bicyclers I ahve no sympathy for this guy. He’s lucky the bear didn’t swat his sorry butt. I know I would have.

Only five minutes for the obligatory "death to all cyclists" post to appear.

[HangnJudge]

I plowed into a deer once, at ~50mph, on a motorcycle.
Broke a few things...

and now elligable for joining the COBB society
http://www.cobbsociety.com/

There are about 1,100,000 deer vs vehicle interactions per year
~150 deaths per year, ~85% are motorcyclists.

I can see a bear doing a serious hurt on a bicyclist at 45mph

Bicycles at high speeds are more dangerous than motorcycles
He probably didn’t have a DOT approved motorcycle helmet on...

[True Republican Patriot]

Another Darwin Award Nominee almost! Thats being as Stupid as a ROCK!

[fso301]

I’ve nearly collided white white tailed deer several times when going downhill on my bike.

[True Republican Patriot]

Then, pray tell, why do you do such a stupid thing?

[uglybiker]

[jaydubya2]

My friend hit one while on his Boss Hoss. Nearly cut the deer in half. And he didn’t set the bike down. He was covered in guts.

[trumandogz]

First of all, after climbing such a hill on a bike you want the reward of the down hill and second, it is fun.