Riding with music

[Mickeyspinn]

Yes sure. I had a beautyful moment two years ago when downhilling with quite a speed, that i'm just heading straight towards a nice friendly bear on the middle of the track.

Eek! I get worried about wild boar round my way....but bears
Did your ring your bell and it shuffled off?

 

[R-V]

Btw music. Headphones are useful against cold, even buds are giving some protection

Eek! I get worried about wild boar round my way....but bears
Did your ring your bell and it shuffled off?

Finally it heard maybe the hubs running. Then moved into the bushes. With Hügi hubs it could have been more safe, Mavic was kinda silent.
No bells to ring i had. For pedestrians i used to do clapping, my GF thinks it's a little disrespectful.
So for the bear i did not try to make any noise not to scare it.

 

[Imlach]

Eek! I get worried about wild boar round my way....but bears
Did your ring your bell and it shuffled off?

I'm sure if you go to some Kent car parks you can spot some bears having fun..

Though they'll be of the same species as us.

Btw music. Headphones are useful against cold, even buds are giving some protection
Finally it heard maybe the hubs running. Then moved into the bushes. With Hügi hubs it could have been more safe, Mavic was kinda silent.
No bells to ring i had. For pedestrians i used to do clapping, my GF thinks it's a little disrespectful.
So for the bear i did not try to make any noise not to scare it.

I don't use bells, when I had one people would jump, often to the wrong side, in front of the bike, instead I slow down and shout coming right or coming left, always works.

 

[R-V]

This i liked during riding

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Btw music. Headphones are useful against cold, even buds are giving some protection
Finally it heard maybe the hubs running. Then moved into the bushes. With Hügi hubs it could have been more safe, Mavic was kinda silent.
No bells to ring i had. For pedestrians i used to do clapping, my GF thinks it's a little disrespectful.
So for the bear i did not try to make any noise not to scare it.

If there were bears round my way I'd have one of those gas powered horns on the handlebars!
Supposedly fairly near me we now have bison that have been released into the wild...I'd like to think I could outrun one but I don't actually want to find out

 

[Imlach]

If there were bears round my way I'd have one of those gas powered horns on the handlebars!
Supposedly fairly near me we now have bison that have been released into the wild...I'd like to think I could outrun one but I don't actually want to find out

You cannot outrun a charging bison. They are devilish fast.

 

[Imlach]

I believe its like 40 mph or something absurd like that

 

[Mickeyspinn]

I'm sure if you go to some Kent car parks you can spot some bears having fun..

Though they'll be of the same species as us.



I don't use bells, when I had one people would jump, often to the wrong side, in front of the bike, instead I slow down and shout coming right or coming left, always works.

Haha! I was in a big club in Ibiza and a "bear" took a fancy to little ol' me.
Did you know their chat up line is a dead arm!
F@#kin steroid muncher....I smiled back and stamped on his foot and blew him a kiss
That was the end of the bromance !

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Did

You cannot outrun a charging bison. They are devilish fast.

Didn't need to hear that

 

[Imlach]

Did

Didn't need to hear that

They are rather peaceful creatures really, we have a bunch due to be released into the wild as well, particularly on some of our Eastern islands. Moose in the North being released as well.

Most attacks by bison are due to people agitating them or getting too close, respectful distance and they couldn't care less.. Though once they charge you're at the mercy of whether or not it'll be deterred by you shouting.