Originally Posted by indyfabz

I haven't, but do think bear spray might come in handy during a tour of, say, Hawaii? Delaware? Iowa? Indiana? Ohio? Illinois? Understand what I was asking now?

Originally Posted by corrado33

Bear spray doesn't just protect against bears... Any animal or person will be similarly dissuaded. Here in MT you hear people all of the time say that they simply pulled out their bear spray and the bears go away. Some of the bears have learned to recognize the spray and go away once they see it.

Go spend the $40 and buy bear spray. It works. It's not a large price to pay for security. You've probably spent at least 10x on your bike.