On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:48:30 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 8/22/2017 8:23 PM, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:36:14 -0700, Joerg
wrote:

On 2017-08-22 11:25, Duane wrote:
On 22/08/2017 2:07 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-21 22:54, James wrote:
On 22/08/17 13:34, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:01:01 +1000, James
wrote:

On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python
maybe 2
metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several
wallabies.

One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across
the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and
headed away from the road instead.

But no mountain lions ?

No. No broken chains fixed with rock and nail either. My rim brakes
worked fine too, and I didn't rip any big holes, or little holes in my
tyres.

Boringly event free!


Come here and ride the trails. The only thing that concerns me a bit
are rattlesnakes. Lately I encountered three. One I accidentally ran
over with the MTB, the other two I evaded. A big one was daring me
which is unusual behavior. The sneaky part is that many are no longer
in the habit of rattling to announce "intent to pounce".


You aren't seriously telling a guy from Australia that it's more
dangerous to ride in California because of the snakes are you? lol


I know they've got far more venomous snakes there but AFAIK not rattlers
lying around almost in an ambush position. It's a real problem on some
trails here. One of the risks is that you might lose part of a leg to
necrosis (requiring amputation).

Good Lord! Yet another danger our intrepid mountain biker defies.

The facts are that there are between 7,000 and 8,000 reptile bites
annually in the U.S. of which 7 - 12 result in death.
http://www.reptileknowledge.com/how-...-rattlesnakes/


True so far as it goes. The real killers here are deer:

http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/.a/6a0...181a970c-800wi

In northern Maine one used to see Moose walking along the road. A chap
I knew encountered one who would move over on the small one lane road
so he drove up, close behind the moose and blew the horn.

The moose kicked the grill and radiator out of the chap's car and then
walked (not ran) off.

I've often thought about that moose when I hear some bicyclist
complaining about someone passing too close :-(
--
Cheers,

John B.