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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Not so much for dogs ... I'll either spray some Gatorade on them or wack them
with my pump ... but more for when encountering rowdy kids just starting their summer vacation, have had a few too many cans of beer, and getting just a little too abusive while half hanging out of the window of their friend's car. Had such an encounter tonight while out riding about 10:30pm (sometimes 'ya gotta ride whenever you can). Now, I'm a big guy (6'5" and 200+ lbs) and normally don't get harrassed, but every once and a while I come across some buzzed social bottom feeder feeling brave and is ready to take on the 'faggy bicyclist'. My normal reaction is to flip them the finger, or give them a stream of expletives and some suggestions of physical impossible feats, but I fear that some hot night, when I'm out riding, I'll come across someone looking for a fight and I'm thinking that the full water bottle I bounce off their car will just entice them more and I'm going to need an edge (something legal). Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee |
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"J999w" schreef in bericht ... Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee http://www.roseversand.de/rose_main....=0&vip=0&art=0 |
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Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Ruger GP-100 4in barrel, stainless. 148gr. FJHP Federal Hydroshock Gun control - The ability to put two rounds through the same hole. |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I
suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. |
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J999w wrote:
Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? I started carrying Halt! after a homeless guy took a swing at me with his cane as I was riding by (he missed). I never did use it though. I was using that clip they make for it and about 6 months after I bought it, it fell off when I was on a long fast downhill. I haven't replaced it. I recomend not using that clip. I seem to get more threats from drivers who can roll their windows up and render it ineffective. Loose dogs are rare where I ride. |
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Bill Davidson wrote in news:OE1Bc.8231$tC5.7408
@fed1read02: J999w wrote: Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? I seem to get more threats from drivers who can roll their windows up and render it ineffective. Loose dogs are rare where I ride. In front of the windshield is the air intake vents. Some pepper spray directed to this area would be forced into the vehicle by the ventilation system regardless of whether the windows are up or not. I think most vehicles have some flow-through ventilation even if the system is switched off. -- Mike DeMicco |
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"J999w" wrote in message ... Not so much for dogs ... I'll either spray some Gatorade on them or wack them with my pump ... but more for when encountering rowdy kids just starting their summer vacation, have had a few too many cans of beer, and getting just a little too abusive while half hanging out of the window of their friend's car. Had such an encounter tonight while out riding about 10:30pm (sometimes 'ya gotta ride whenever you can). Now, I'm a big guy (6'5" and 200+ lbs) and normally don't get harrassed, but every once and a while I come across some buzzed social bottom feeder feeling brave and is ready to take on the 'faggy bicyclist'. My normal reaction is to flip them the finger, or give them a stream of expletives and some suggestions of physical impossible feats, but I fear that some hot night, when I'm out riding, I'll come across someone looking for a fight and I'm thinking that the full water bottle I bounce off their car will just entice them more and I'm going to need an edge (something legal). Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee Colt .380 Mustang Pocketlite w/ 102 gr Golden Sabre ammo. Started carrying it all of the time (legally with gun permit) after 2 drunken hoofties tried to run me off of the road with their pickup truck. |
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Mike,
This is a pretty dangerous recommendation. Drivers of the ilk under discussion lack the talent to drive safely in the first place. Rendering them effectively blind in this manner could present a serious danger to a significant number of people. Even if you could prove you acted in self-defense, I think it likely that should the driver subsequently injure someone due to impairment, the responsibility would not land there. Despite their lack of skills, I cannot advocate the use of violence against drivers. Even the insolent hand gesture does nothing to improve my mood and potentially escalates a no-win situation into one where injuries may occur. Since I adopted a more mellow response to dangerous drivers, I find that I often forget about them and forget to even discuss them after the ride is over. Oh, I still mumble something under my breath while smiling and waving at them, but I am amused, rather than angry, at them when they look at me with total bewilderment. There may be times where weapons, sprays, or bad attitudes are an understandable response (I doubt, for example, that I'd be any too mellow if someone actually hit me), but most of the time, I find that I feel better about myself and the world, as a whole, if I just let it go. Rick "Mike DeMicco" wrote in message .4... Bill Davidson wrote in news:OE1Bc.8231$tC5.7408 @fed1read02: J999w wrote: Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? I seem to get more threats from drivers who can roll their windows up and render it ineffective. Loose dogs are rare where I ride. In front of the windshield is the air intake vents. Some pepper spray directed to this area would be forced into the vehicle by the ventilation system regardless of whether the windows are up or not. I think most vehicles have some flow-through ventilation even if the system is switched off. -- Mike DeMicco |
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J999w wrote:
Not so much for dogs ... I'll either spray some Gatorade on them or wack them with my pump ... but more for when encountering rowdy kids just starting their summer vacation, have had a few too many cans of beer, and getting just a little too abusive while half hanging out of the window of their friend's car. Had such an encounter tonight while out riding about 10:30pm (sometimes 'ya gotta ride whenever you can). Now, I'm a big guy (6'5" and 200+ lbs) and normally don't get harrassed, but every once and a while I come across some buzzed social bottom feeder feeling brave and is ready to take on the 'faggy bicyclist'. My normal reaction is to flip them the finger, or give them a stream of expletives and some suggestions of physical impossible feats, but I fear that some hot night, when I'm out riding, I'll come across someone looking for a fight and I'm thinking that the full water bottle I bounce off their car will just entice them more and I'm going to need an edge (something legal). Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee You're not one of those guys who rides in the road, even though there' a bike lane, are you? Many people get freaked out because of people on bicycles. Many are just idiots. But most don't want to hurt us. Those that do don't deserve a bullet (as many on this thread have basically siggested, and which, honestly at times, I might have condoned myself, I am after all a cyclist), but should be ignored. Now, if some big ass dude comes up to you and wants to kick your ass simply because your riding a bicycle, then call the cops (you do take your cell phone with you when you ride, right?) -- |
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zperrys wrote:
Now, if some big ass dude comes up to you and wants to kick your ass simply because your riding a bicycle, then call the cops (you do take your cell phone with you when you ride, right?) And what good will that do, aside from getting medical attention more quickly? Do you think the cops are capable of protecting you if you call them when you're already under attack? Seems the only two choices are being prepared to defend yourself or fleeing from danger. Mitch. |
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