Originally Posted by
fixedcycology
Just a quick comment about the orginal version. When a dog is chasing you one thing the dog will more than likely try and do is get in front of your wheel ( perhaps a hurding technique ) but you don't want to be accelerating or giving it all you have when a dog runs in front of your wheel.
Whether you want to use some mace to protect yourself is up to you but, I also find that slowing down and saying stop in a clam voice works 90% of the time.
And secondly are people using the word "Fred" as a term of endearment for cyclist which don't follow or fall short of professional cycling trends and traditions or is it meant as a pejorative label?
Not all dogs are headers, some are heelers and some just kinda like to run alongside.
Me, I usually just stop to play with them for a spell...but YMMV of course. Some folks are dog folks, some folks ain't.
In BF, "Fred" could mean just about anything. Accuracy and/or consistency of words are way over our collective intelligence level.
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