I rode a all bike / hike path along a major drainage to check it out as a possible route for a commute of 16 miles one way. What I found were homeless living under the bridges, homeless and bad guy look alike riding bikes and someone with a bike garage of four bikes in various states of disrepair. So, I thought about going to one of our customers web sites http://www.defensedevices.com/ and picking up some pepper spray for defensive purposes.

Yesterday, I was waiting for lunch to go when a local police officer came in and was doing the same. I asked him about the area, which suprised me that he didn't know it existed (of course they never get out of their car I guess) and about pepper spray. He thought that was a good idea, but let me know that CS was off limits. He was outfitted normally plus strapped to his left side was a Tazer. I told him the Tazer would make a great deterrent to bad guys if you were riding a bicycle. Just shoot and peddle like your life depended on it. He thought that was a funny idea. Bicycle Tazer Drive By!

Maybe ??

I'm amazed at the level of aggressiveness exhibited by a lot of people - pedestrians and cagers alike. Is it that they view anyone on a bicycle as an easy target!