I went for a 3 and 1/2 hour ride on my CAAD 10 today because it was my day off...I went to downtown Chapel Hill, NC...on my way there, a medium sized dog started barking at me and chased me for about 20 feet...there was a van coming down the opposite side of the road and almost ran the dog over (I didn't mind if that would have happened,...I have no sympathy for dogs who are trying to bite me)..the van had to completely stop because the dog wouldn't get out of the way...speaking of animals getting ran over, I saw a lot of dead squirrels flattened by cars and trucks, poor harmless creatures. I had to go by the same road where the bad dog lived on my way home...my only defense is to pedal as fast as I could, or give the dog a kick if all else fails...this time around, the dog was inside its fenced yard...what a relief