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Squirrel
cccorlew v Squirrel.
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But I was close to smacking it in, and if it never happens again, I'm OK with that.
It was just so quick. The corner of my eye, then.. ker-blop-bump. Then a sad squeak.
One quick wobble, no crash.
Bike +1, squirrel -1
But I was close to smacking it in, and if it never happens again, I'm OK with that.
It was just so quick. The corner of my eye, then.. ker-blop-bump. Then a sad squeak.
One quick wobble, no crash.
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What part of your bike gave the squeak?
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sad. they are menaces, but I felt bad when I ran over a squirrel when I first started riding. Did you look back?
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I got one with both wheels once, going uphill, not too fast... two squeaks! But he ran off into the ditch so I think he was OK. One of those ground squirrels on Diablo... not nearly as big as a tree squirrel.
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Hey. Pics, or it didn't happen...
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I remember a photo on the road forum a couple years ago when a guy shot a picture of a dead squirrel stuck in his wheel.
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The least you can do is go back and put it out of its misery.
I was in Steamboat over the summer and a chipmunk ran out in front of me and stopped and stared. It's like he had a death wish... but then he kept running.
I was in Steamboat over the summer and a chipmunk ran out in front of me and stopped and stared. It's like he had a death wish... but then he kept running.
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