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On 26 Oct, 18:40, Dan C wrote:
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:09:04 -0700, Bill Baka wrote: Frank Krygowski wrote: On Oct 25, 9:28 pm, (It's Chris) wrote: ... And running. And running. We finally lost him as we pulled into the town of Hickory Grove, after FOUR AND A HALF MILES! What's the farthest y'all have ever been chased by the same dog? Riding due west in South Dakota, we were struggling with a brutal crosswind, one that tried to tip us off your bikes and kept us down to about 11 mph, despite perfectly flat roads. *This (like almost all South Dakota) was the middle of nowhere. *But a friendly farm dog appeared and trotted along with us, running at the edge of the cornfield, keeping a very respectful distance. We rode for about half a mile with him, then I stopped to show my family the map. *We were due to head north a day or two later. *I proposed changing our route to let the headwinds blow us north. Everybody agreed - even the dog, who by this time was enjoying being petted. So we rode - no, _flew_ north, propelled along flat, new pavement by nearly 30 mph tailwinds. *We were easily cranking well over 20 mph, but that dog was charging along after us. *He was still being smart enough to stay well off the road, running through the weeds at the edge of cornfields. In about half a mile, as we crossed a bridge over a creek, we finally saw him peel off further right and head down to the creek. *We figured that was the end of our escort. But he soon reappeared, soaking wet but still game for the chase. *He charged along with us until we finally came to a very slight downhill - one that allowed us to get up to 28 mph. *There he finally dropped off. Now, it's interesting that I had guessed he ran with us for about three miles. *But just now, browsing the location on Google Maps, I see the total was closer to a mile and a half. *Still, it was a fun experience for all of us! *I've been chased by many dogs in 30+ years of riding, but that was my favorite. - Frank Krygowski Do cows count? No. Last year I was out in the boondocks pushing about 12 MPH into a headwind when a small herd of cows decided to pace me. So, Bill, you're asking us to believe that *cows* paced you at 12 MPH for a mile? *Really, Bill? *Cows routinely travel at 12 MPH for a whole mile? *Come on Bill, who do you think you're fooling with bull**** like that? another road there are three horses who follow me and last week I decided to get off the bike and approach them. Two of the three liked the attention and the ear scratch, but the third would not come near me for some reason. He could probably sense that you're an asshole, and a bull****ter. My next challenge is an Emu that someone has for a pet. Kind of like a funky Ostrich, but it won't come closer than about 5 feet, so I don't know if it would like the petting or be annoyed by it. It will kick your ass (literally). *I hope you try to pet it... LOL Bill, where are the pics you promised to post? *How about you post some pics of these high-speed cows and other farm animals that you play with. * Can you do that, Bill, or is all of this just more fantasy and fabrication? Dunno about high speed, but they can certainly do a decent trot, probably more typically about 8mph, use the stile, dont try to use a gate , they'll push through and you'll get the blame. |
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This has got to be some sort of record!
thirty-six writes:
On 26 Oct, 18:08, Stephen Harding wrote: Bill Baka wrote: Do cows count? During a tour across Montana and North Dakota, I was astonished at how often cows would follow the fenceline along the road keeping pace with you. Sometimes, they would come over from really quite far out in the pastures, to get closer, trotting, views of the strange person and vehicle going by them. Not just individual cows either. Â*Sometimes a fairly long line of them trotting along the fence keeping up with you, stopped only by the intersection with another fence. Never thought of cows as being so curious about what goes by but MT/ND pastures must be more boring than elsewhere. They assume you are taking them to be milked if you are moving towards the gate. Bulls tend not to bother. Who told you this? Cows are not as dumb as people think and they know the farmer. And the farmer is rarely on a bike for this. Cycling through Cows can be very, very dangerous as I discovered this year. |
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On Oct 26, 2:08*pm, Stephen Harding wrote:
Bill Baka wrote: Do cows count? During a tour across Montana and North Dakota, I was astonished at how often cows would follow the fenceline along the road keeping pace with you. Sometimes, they would come over from really quite far out in the pastures, to get closer, trotting, views of the strange person and vehicle going by them. Not just individual cows either. *Sometimes a fairly long line of them trotting along the fence keeping up with you, stopped only by the intersection with another fence. Never thought of cows as being so curious about what goes by but MT/ND pastures must be more boring than elsewhere. My theory is that there's not a lot to see in North Dakota, even if you're just a cow. On that same tour, we found ourselves riding a _really_ deserted gravel road - the most isolated place I've ever been in my life. We were perhaps an hour behind another couple of cyclists we'd met earlier. As we rode north, we were met by a woman in a pickup truck heading south. She waved us down and made a strange request: Could we please hide behind the big hay rolls while her husband herded some cows down the road? Seems that when the previous cyclists rode by, the herd of young heifers had started running and run right through a barbed wire fence. They rounded them up, but needed to move them down the road back into their own field. The reason she asked us to hide was she figured they were just afraid of bicycles. But now I wonder if they were just running along for the fun of it. Ah, touring. No end to the interesting stuff you encounter! - Frank Krygowski |
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On Oct 26, 6:42*pm, Simon Lewis wrote:
thirty-six writes: On 26 Oct, 18:08, Stephen Harding wrote: Bill Baka wrote: Do cows count? During a tour across Montana and North Dakota, I was astonished at how often cows would follow the fenceline along the road keeping pace with you. Sometimes, they would come over from really quite far out in the pastures, to get closer, trotting, views of the strange person and vehicle going by them. Not just individual cows either. *Sometimes a fairly long line of them trotting along the fence keeping up with you, stopped only by the intersection with another fence. Never thought of cows as being so curious about what goes by but MT/ND pastures must be more boring than elsewhere. They assume you are taking them to be milked if you are moving towards the gate. *Bulls tend not to bother. Who told you this? Cows are not as dumb as people think and they know the farmer. And the farmer is rarely on a bike for this. Cycling through Cows can be very, very dangerous as I discovered this year. Nuh-uh: http://www.pilencykel.se/site/sv/film/evert-kossorna |
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On 26 Oct, 23:42, Simon Lewis wrote:
thirty-six writes: On 26 Oct, 18:08, Stephen Harding wrote: Bill Baka wrote: Do cows count? During a tour across Montana and North Dakota, I was astonished at how often cows would follow the fenceline along the road keeping pace with you. Sometimes, they would come over from really quite far out in the pastures, to get closer, trotting, views of the strange person and vehicle going by them. Not just individual cows either. *Sometimes a fairly long line of them trotting along the fence keeping up with you, stopped only by the intersection with another fence. Never thought of cows as being so curious about what goes by but MT/ND pastures must be more boring than elsewhere. They assume you are taking them to be milked if you are moving towards the gate. *Bulls tend not to bother. Who told you this? I got an affidavit from the lead cow after a visit to a dairy farm in 1986. I was about to question whether this was really necessary and then thought that if a cow can summon a lawyer to claim damages against me for upsetting their daily routine, then I better give in. Cows are not as dumb as people think and they know the farmer. And the farmer is rarely on a bike for this. The lawyer drives a Mercedes today, dairy herds must be good business. Cycling through Cows can be very, very dangerous as I discovered this year. Only the county court. Small claims issue. I had to play soothing guitar music to them for an hour each day for a week to compensate them for disturbing their afternoon. The lawyer was not awarded costs, I think he got a 1/4cwt cheese and milk puddings for a week. |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Oct 26, 2:08 pm, Stephen Harding wrote: Bill Baka wrote: Do cows count? During a tour across Montana and North Dakota, I was astonished at how often cows would follow the fenceline along the road keeping pace with you. Sometimes, they would come over from really quite far out in the pastures, to get closer, trotting, views of the strange person and vehicle going by them. Not just individual cows either. Sometimes a fairly long line of them trotting along the fence keeping up with you, stopped only by the intersection with another fence. Never thought of cows as being so curious about what goes by but MT/ND pastures must be more boring than elsewhere. My theory is that there's not a lot to see in North Dakota, even if you're just a cow. On that same tour, we found ourselves riding a _really_ deserted gravel road - the most isolated place I've ever been in my life. We were perhaps an hour behind another couple of cyclists we'd met earlier. Was this ND? I liked the state over-all, but it really was boring as far as scenery went. Great people though. I believe the state has reinstituted a state "Homestead Act" where you can get free land if you work it/improve it for so many years. The state is losing people rather badly. I went through one area that was building after building abandoned. A whole (small) town just empty and decaying away in the wind. Took one of my favorite pictures the http:dandenong.cs.umass.edu/bike/nd_oldhouse.jpg SMH |
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Stephen Harding wrote:
Took one of my favorite pictures the http:dandenong.cs.umass.edu/bike/nd_oldhouse.jpg Make that http://dandenong.cs.umass.edu/~hardi...d_oldhouse.jpg SMH |
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On Oct 27, 7:40*pm, Stephen Harding wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote: Took one of my favorite pictures the * *http:dandenong.cs.umass.edu/bike/nd_oldhouse.jpg Make thathttp://dandenong.cs.umass.edu/~harding/bike/nd_oldhouse.jpg SMH I trimmed the broken link back to http://dandenong.cs.umass.edu/ which says "Welcome to the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval" and a broken link. I think that's the funnies thing I've seen today. |
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