Biking Hazzards - Squirrels

Rambo · Mar 15, 2010

Bicycling Hazzards! Killer Squirrels!
I guess, you never know what you might encounter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/76039319/

bvibert · Mar 15, 2010

I've seen quite a few pictures of squirrels getting caught up in spokes, most of the time causing some serious damage like in that picture... That would really suck!

mlctvt · Mar 15, 2010

That looks nasty- and not only for the squirrel!
My wife ran over 2 squirrels on her road bike a couple of years ago, two separate incidents a couple of days apart. I still kid her about that.
They both ran away but I'm sure they didn't fare too well.

A friend of mine ran one over once and actually cut him in half, blood was all over his bike and his legs.

I ran over a small dog once. He ran right between my wheels as he was trying to bite my leg. Both of us weren't hurt since it was at such a slow speed.

Watch out out there!

RootDKJ · Mar 15, 2010

I hit a raccoon once when I was a kid.

gorgonzola · Mar 15, 2010

wow.. i got hit by a squirrel last year - just bounced off tho. i've hit rabbits, squished moles, had a few close calls with deer, ducked a turkey take off and bunny hopped a snake out on the trails ... it's a jungle out there

SKIQUATTRO · Mar 19, 2010

buddy of mine hit a turtle in the woods...

Grassi21 · Mar 19, 2010

I was intro'ing a friend to MTB at Waldo last season when a squirrel randomly fell out of a tree, hit the ground and bounced a good foot in the air. I saw the bounce and thought he ran it over. The poor squirrel was twitching and just lying there.

o3jeff · Mar 19, 2010

Grassi21 said:
I was intro'ing a friend to MTB at Waldo last season when a squirrel randomly fell out of a tree, hit the ground and bounced a good foot in the air. I saw the bounce and thought he ran it over. The poor squirrel was twitching and just lying there.

And then what did you do?

Grassi21 · Mar 19, 2010

o3jeff said:
And then what did you do?

My friend said we should dispatch the poor creature. I just couldn't do it....

powpig2002 · Mar 23, 2010

that's the problem with carbon fiber.to fragile. steel would have ripped the tree rat in half.

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