Originally Posted by iconicflux

This last weekend I got attacked by dogs. I'd just stopped at the top of a climb that had a short descent and then another climb so trying to outrun them going uphill was going to be a no-go. Fortunately, I managed to hurt their ears with my airzound horn enough to make them back off from about 2' to about 10' and I got the bicycle between us. From there it was a standoff where if I made a move to mount my bike, they'd make a move for my foot/bicycle, I'd have to blast my horn, and they'd back off again. This kept going on for 15-20 minutes until their owner finally heard my horn and my yelling at his dogs. (You can only imagine the profanity laced tirade I gave him.)

I'm seriously considering getting pepper spray to use the next time one or more dogs does something like that so I can leave them with some long-term memory to not try that again.

Does anyone here carry pepper spray on your bike? have you used it? how big of a can do you need?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Pscyclepath

Several of my friends carry pepper spray for sundry reasons. Those who have attempted to use it while riding either wound up spraying themselves with it (bad juju), or worse, spraying their riding buddy/buddies with it (worse, since they're likely to beat your azz once they get over the spraying).

Even the postal workers don't wind up using it much.