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Puddle Jumper
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| took a few days off with buddies to head north thru mountians of maine 350 miles later on first day came face to face with pitbull that came charging from a camp or house not sure he was all about wanting to eat my front tire not much time or space to avoid him collided with it , xc faired the best,dog dead,here i sit with major knee reconstruction, 2 months before right foot may be able to hit the floor, then long rehab!! just wanted to wish everyone out there a safe and better riding season!!  |
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Iron Butt
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| That sucks, what did the dogs owner have to say? |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Better than that, what does your lawyer have to say---? |
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Tourer
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Lansing, MI |
So it messed up your knee? Sorry to say this, but I'm glad that dog is dead...
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Cruiser
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Henlow, Bedfordshire, England | cook06vegas - 2012-07-11 8:20 PM
So it messed up your knee? Sorry to say this, but I'm glad that dog is dead...
Hmmmmm. I would rather the owner be put down. |
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Tourer
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Lansing, MI |
That would work too... Some people shouldn't have pets or kids.....
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Puddle Jumper
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| the owner never even asked if he could do anything or even said a word to me came grabbed his dog as soon as ambulance picked me up he took off totry and get help for his dog |
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Tourer
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| That sucks prov1xc, sorry to hear about your accident. I hit a 80-100 lb dog last fall on my vision. $3,700 in damage, but the home owner admitted it was his dog. The dog was 14 years old, deaf and blind. It was following another dog, which I missed at 5:45 am with it still dark out. I told his insurance agency that the guy admitted that he lets his dogs run loose. Since then, I've pissed off a few people who tell me they let there dogs run loose. I tell them about my wreck and that they're not responsible if they let the dog run loose. Oh, one more thing, I passed his house the other day, guess what, I almost hit his other dog + he has a replacement for the one I killed. Huge black lab on the side of the road, started to run out in front of me. Lucky for me I was in my car. |
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | A Rot chewed up my dog in the park. Not smart of the owner to bring such an animal to a public park. What if my dog had been a kid instead? My dog never bit back or even growled. He is a mountain bike dog so he just waited to until the Rot tired himself then was able to out run him. The owner had no money so the vet bill was on me.
Sounds like your dog incident was much worse, prov1xc. Hope you heal quickly and back on the road soon. |
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Tourer
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Back in the stone age when a good friend was giving me advise on riding he made a general statement that has served me well on a couple of occasions. He told me that if I continue to ride that sooner or later I may be faced with a decision to make on a moments notice. He said to practice accident avoidance and control, learn how to use my brakes and if the time comes when time will not allow either of those solutions I would be better off hitting something square on. It is amazing how well that advice came back to me when rounding a turn on the Blue Ridge Parkway one warmer that normal Feb. day. What I encountered was a rock slide that covered both lanes. I squared the bike and drove straight over the pile hold throtle steady. Stopping a short time later and assessing damage was a damaged front wheel on my 1984 BMW RT. The tube held air and I proceeded to slowly drive back home to Rockville MD. A 60 lb pit bull is no match for an eight hundred pound bike and rider as long as we do not give up control. I know it is hard to not LOOK at the dog but for all of us that will have something similar happen and that includes me we need to look at where we want to go not what we want to avoid and maintain speed or slowly accelerate out of danger. We need to practice visualizing ourselves doing this. Sorry if this sounds like preaching , it is not meant to be. |
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Puddle Jumper
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minnesota | I read somewhere that when a dog is coming at you, you should slow down a little, then speed up as the dog gets near. The understanding is that they run to a spot and can't adjust to the change in speed quick enough. That way they end up behind you. I haven't had the opportunity to try this yet (hopefully will not) but I think it makes some sense. |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | wroman - 2012-07-12 10:34 PM
Back in the stone age when a good friend was giving me advise on riding he made a general statement that has served me well on a couple of occasions. He told me that if I continue to ride that sooner or later I may be faced with a decision to make on a moments notice. He said to practice accident avoidance and control, learn how to use my brakes and if the time comes when time will not allow either of those solutions I would be better off hitting something square on. It is amazing how well that advice came back to me when rounding a turn on the Blue Ridge Parkway one warmer that normal Feb. day. What I encountered was a rock slide that covered both lanes. I squared the bike and drove straight over the pile hold throtle steady. Stopping a short time later and assessing damage was a damaged front wheel on my 1984 BMW RT. The tube held air and I proceeded to slowly drive back home to Rockville MD. A 60 lb pit bull is no match for an eight hundred pound bike and rider as long as we do not give up control. I know it is hard to not LOOK at the dog but for all of us that will have something similar happen and that includes me we need to look at where we want to go not what we want to avoid and maintain speed or slowly accelerate out of danger. We need to practice visualizing ourselves doing this. Sorry if this sounds like preaching , it is not meant to be.
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | internet_red - 2012-07-12 10:56 PM
I read somewhere that when a dog is coming at you, you should slow down a little, then speed up as the dog gets near. The understanding is that they run to a spot and can't adjust to the change in speed quick enough. That way they end up behind you. I haven't had the opportunity to try this yet (hopefully will not) but I think it makes some sense.
This is true. I avoided a dog several weeks ago that attacked me in a frontal assault |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Not sounding mean, but I'm not putting myself in jeopardy over an animal. I will do what it takes to avoid the collision, but in the end it will be the animal, not me that goes down. I usually lay on the horn, for two reasons. One, in hopes it will make them go away, and second, to alert the owner that they are letting their animal run loose. If I were a car, it would be a dead dog, it is no different when I'm riding my bike. Not trying to sound harsh, but motorcycle safety, and statistic will show that there a good chance the rider will lose when avoiding an animal, while it goes on to take another one down. Good tip red, I'll see I can incorporate that, but your safest bet is to hold your line and ride it out. Sorry for what happened to you Edward.
Edited by varyder 2012-07-13 6:16 AM
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xc vs pitbull