To: george76; moondoggie
I know someone who was mountain biking and almost collided with a bull moose!
2 posted on
06/25/2008 10:48:54 AM PDT by
MtnClimber
(http://www.jeffhead.com/obama/nobamanation-sticker.jpg)
To: MtnClimber
What? The bear roared...”Mind your own business!”
3 posted on
06/25/2008 10:49:38 AM PDT by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: MtnClimber
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.
4 posted on
06/25/2008 10:52:21 AM PDT by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: MtnClimber
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”.
To: MtnClimber
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.
6 posted on
06/25/2008 10:53:03 AM PDT by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: MtnClimber
Just goes to prove you can’t buck mother nature. Even though the rider bearly survived he can be recycled.
9 posted on
06/25/2008 10:56:30 AM PDT by
saganite
To: MtnClimber
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.
10 posted on
06/25/2008 10:58:44 AM PDT by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Undead..." -- Frasier Crane)
To: MtnClimber
Always yield to a pedestrian in the roadway. Especially when the pedestrian has four feet, fangs, and weighs in at over 300 lbs.
11 posted on
06/25/2008 10:59:39 AM PDT by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: MtnClimber
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...
To: MtnClimber
Another Darwin Award Nominee almost! Thats being as Stupid as a ROCK!
To: MtnClimber
I’ve nearly collided white white tailed deer several times when going downhill on my bike.
16 posted on
06/25/2008 11:11:52 AM PDT by
fso301
To: MtnClimber
18 posted on
06/25/2008 11:16:11 AM PDT by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: MtnClimber
Bears need jobs too.
29 posted on
06/25/2008 11:41:22 AM PDT by
WOBBLY BOB
(Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
To: MtnClimber
Saw that this AM, right under the article about tranquilizing & relocating a mama bear in South Boulder.
My Chiropractor was on his motorcycle and hit an elk a bit north of Lee Hill last year.
Now he (Chiro) needs a Chiro
We got us some critters on the roads around here.
30 posted on
06/25/2008 11:42:06 AM PDT by
JMJJR
(Now you KNOW why we're called the stupid party !)
To: MtnClimber
‘Watch out for bears’
Mm.
Important Safety Tip.
31 posted on
06/25/2008 11:44:41 AM PDT by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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Bears need jobs too.