Yeah, as I'm sitting around healing this broken shoulder I'm wondering what I'll carry once I'm back up and riding. Bear spray did come to mind. I've only seen canisters that would be bigger than I'd want to carry on a bike, but something smaller might work well.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Scott Morris Rose via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > I like to think that bear spray would require no license, be less lethal > (a goal?), be just as effective, be cheaper, and be lighter to carry, but I > haven't tried it yet. I've had enough close calls in rural areas to > seriously consider it. > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:59 AM, William Hauda via Bikies < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> When David Couper was police chief in Madison he routinely carried >> his service revolver to handle situations like this. Following his example, >> I sometimes carry. One time while biking in Lafayette County a woman sat on >> her front porch and watched her dog come after me. She did nothing. >> Dismounted, placed the bicycle between me and the dog, and drew a weapon, >> telling her I would shoot unless she called the dog off. She did. Situation >> resolved. >> >> >> >> On 4/25/2018 6:09 AM, Peter Gray via Bikies wrote: >> >> Hope you're OK after crashing, Eric! You sort of buried the lede there >> ... >> >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Eric White via Bikies < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> This is just a heads up to keep a lookout for two loose pit bulls at the >>> address below when riding outside Evansville. I was heading east into town >>> last Sunday when one of them got a bead on me and made a beeline through >>> the yard, ignoring its yelling owner. At the last second it flipped up and >>> out of the way of oncoming highway traffic and was grabbed by its owner and >>> dragged inside. In the meantime I'd crashed into the gravel trying to step >>> on it and avoid the dog and the swerving oncoming car. >>> >>> The owner came out and apologized but I would expect that these dogs are >>> out loose in the yard quite often. >>> >>> Location: >>> >>> https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7468266,-89.2812608,3a,75y,3 >>> 24.82h,80.47t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sWuN-vgaYU7UpbG7k221Gug!2e0 >>> !7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i38 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bikies mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing >> [email protected]http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > > > -- > S. Rose > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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