i have a couple of comments to add here..

first.. i'm a dog lover... who hates the irresponsible jack@ss owners that let their dogs run free. i've had to call animal control twice and i've only been riding 4 weeks!

i do carry mace.. it's the mace i bought because we can't even safely walk our LEASHED dogs without the worry of loose dogs! not that i ride.. there are those that like to chase me or run along with me when i ride.. thank god i haven't been bitten! i will get a lawyer and sue not only the owner for damages.. but the city as well.. for having such horrible animal control (yes.. we have leash laws!)

as i said.. i do carry mace.. however, living in the desert.. it's windy a lot... so a lot of good that mace will do me... hmmm me... 110 pounds against a pit bull or rotweiler... uh huh... who's gonna win?

my first encounter was a dog who is normally fenced.. however this freak bites his chain link fence when we ride by... he was out.. the lady sat behind her wood fence calling for him... finally came out and told me i wasn't too bright for standing there (pepper spray aimed, bike between me and psycho dog)... plus said if i had sprayed her loose dog.. she would have called the cops on me... what a riot... the COPS are the ones who told me to buy pepper spray (and a stun gun) when i called about the pit bull that charged us when walking our dogs... dumb b!tch!

ok.. off my soap box... must go hug my dogs for being loved and leashed!

p.s. i'm not fast enough to outsprint dogs yet... but i'm sure the speed with come with time!