On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 1:29:16 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-22 13:22, Duane wrote:
On 22/08/2017 3:36 PM, 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).


Out of the 10 most deadly snakes in the world, 4 are in Australia.


Yes, and theirs are more venomous than ours. However, the number of
death and AFIK serious injuries is similar.

It's weird, you ride along a trail and suddenly there it is, looking at
you. Rattlesnakes are about the only animals I know that do not hightail
it when they see a human on an aluminum horse or feel the ground
vibrating. Some rattlesnakes stand their ground even when there is brush
to flee into on all sides.


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