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I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. The beast bolted about a foot from my pedals and turned back into the dark. The light I'm using is a 6volt and I'm thinking it's just not enough for where I am riding. The things we go thru just to ride our recumbents. Mark -- nget |
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nget wrote:
I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. The beast bolted about a foot from my pedals and turned back into the dark. The light I'm using is a 6volt and I'm thinking it's just not enough for where I am riding. The things we go thru just to ride our recumbents. Mark Well deer act funny anyway. They are as bad a squirrels. Deer tend to freeze in the light. And then decide to move at inappropriate times. Thats when disaster strikes. Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong |
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Ken C. M. Wrote: nget wrote: I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. Well deer act funny anyway. They are as bad a squirrels. Deer tend to freeze in the light. And then decide to move at inappropriate times. Thats when disaster strikes. Ken -- My ride would have been more relaxed had I waited for people to get home from the evening commute. The deer also have a habit of moving right after dark, they're predictable in that anyway. Between having to work and the rain fronts that come in the pnw, I have to ride when I get a chance. Mark -- nget |
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"nget" wrote in message ... Ken C. M. Wrote: nget wrote: I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. Well deer act funny anyway. They are as bad a squirrels. Deer tend to freeze in the light. And then decide to move at inappropriate times. Thats when disaster strikes. Ken -- My ride would have been more relaxed had I waited for people to get home from the evening commute. The deer also have a habit of moving right after dark, they're predictable in that anyway. Between having to work and the rain fronts that come in the pnw [Pacific Northwest?], I have to ride when I get a chance. Mark Mark, a couple of years ago I was driving over to Sioux Falls along Interstate 90 and there were literally dozens of deer lying dead along the median. They had been hit by cars and trucks of course, but I felt so depressed about it that I turned around from my trip, came home and polished off several bottles of vino. The g.d deer cannot figure out roads and traffic, any more than dogs and cats can. Hells Bells, we humans can barely figure it out. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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nget wrote:
I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. The beast bolted about a foot from my pedals and turned back into the dark. The light I'm using is a 6volt and I'm thinking it's just not enough for where I am riding. The things we go thru just to ride our recumbents. Mark It's rutting season and where I am (Illinois) it's the opening of shotgun season as well, one or two days ago it began I think.... Between midnight and 4AM, you can't hardly take three steps out your front door without getting run down by a whitetail. ~ |
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In article , nget.2hgdan@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com says... I went out after dark for a short ride testing my new light. Lots of traffic but the real danger was that a deer almost ran into me. The beast bolted about a foot from my pedals and turned back into the dark. The light I'm using is a 6volt and I'm thinking it's just not enough for where I am riding. The things we go thru just to ride our recumbents. Mark My chum Twed hit a fox at about 35 mph the other day. He escaped with little injury, but the fox was, I'm told, well dead :-( -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ The onward interchange factor will be unity except for journeys to Chesham, Croxley or Watford. |
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