shawk

Had a possum sneak out in front of me a week ago in the evening. I saw him next to the trail and didn't slow... silly thing ran right in front of me and I ran him over smack in the middle of his back. I didn't skip a beat on my bike and hardly felt him. Funny, my wife was right behind me and said he didn't even flinch and kept on moving back into the brush. Curious... what you've runo into or over??

CharlieWoo

I ran up and over a big ground hog once - didn't phase him. If you run over a small animal on your bike and kill him you have to eat him; that's a rule.

G-Whacker

I ran over a squirrel on my mtn bike, rather, he ran under my bike. Thump-thump!

I looked back just in time to see the "death throw"

Poor stupid squirrel.

Tony S.

Got a bird and a chipmunk in the last 2 weeks. Just missed a snake the other day too. Animals are nuts this time of year.

c_bake

Flying downhill at 35mph ,A Bear and two cubs, well almost, but I did put a flat spot on my GP4000, and a skip mark in my Izumis.

Steev

Got a rabbit caught in the fender of my commuter. Dragged him along for about 10 seconds before he fell out and ran off.

Bike enthusiast

Yeah..... right......

If you "ran" into any of those bears, the mother bear would be the one running over you....

mtnbk3000

does a dead snake count?

Pinyon

I hit a mule deer in May. I was coming down a big hill at about 35 mph, and these 3 mule deer were about 20 meters away from the side of the road. So, I carefully moved over to the middle of the road to give them even more space, and right at the critical moment where I could not slow down enough to make a difference, all 3 of them jumped out in front of me and a car going the other way. I hit the middle deer. I actually walked away from that one. I had to replace the entire front end of my bike, but there was no frame damage. Very lucky.

JStrider

My dad and I were riding on a bike path, and a squirrel ran out and thru the spokes on my dads bike... was kinda like a small red explosion by his rear brakes...

Godwin

Raccoon. A car passing me at the time ran over the rest of the family.. *pop* *pop* *pop*

wll

I dream about running over polititians, but that would be another thread :-)


wll

Tappets

i hit another cyclist in a mild spill. that count as a critter?

avoid that if possible.

cnickgo

Hit a squirrel 30ft from my house, but to add to the possum surviving... my friend hit a possum with a 2500hd chevy (crew cab long bed...really big) and the possum got up and scampered off into the woods.

mopey

Heading down a hill at about 30 km's a rabbit jumped out of bush tried to run thru my spokes, bounced off and ran back into bush. There are way to many rabbits where I ride! I seem to always have to dodge them

slimvela

You probably should be dreaming about spelling.


Back on topic...just ran over a rattlesnake during a group ride this past saturday. Scared the poo out of me, he's coiled up against the curb as riders are swerving to avoid getting to close, as most see him at the last minute. Unfortunately he sprung into action trying to strike I guess, well he caught the back tire of the rider in front of me. Rest of him flung under my front tire, then my back tire.

cccorlew

Bby rattler on Mt. Diablo. I just didn't see it until too late. Squish squish.
I mde me really sad. I'd never have done it on purpose.

I've had so many close calls with suicide squirrels. but haven't caught one yet

jkizzle

theres a whole nother thread about squirrels

ive hit 2 squirrels, one today actually.

Fishy

Snakes are in constant peril around here - they warm themselves on the trails and spend a portion of their lives in peril of a bike-tire squashin'. I've had dozens of near-misses, but have never squashed a one. (They're harmless garter snakes.)

But I have hit a deer. It was over 10 years ago - it was winter and I was riding on a small road off of the Taconic State Parkway. As I was barreling along, a very large deer stepped out of the brush onto the road - I thought I was going to hit it and went for the brakes. The deer jumped away and I started to take my hands off the brakes when I hit a second, much smaller deer that I never saw coming.

Instantly, I was flat on the road and the bike and the deer were in a tangle - for a beat, I was still and the deer was still and for that moment I was worried that I was going to get stomped into paste by the beast. (Not an obit to aspire to - "Cyclist Trampled to Death by Enraged Fawn") But, he scrambled out from under the bike and took off.

Bike was undamaged save some bar tape/saddle scrapes and a brake hood knocked inward. I just had a couple of bruises and some road-rashed clothing. The deer, who hit me from the side and at least avoided the pointy end of the bike, seemed none the worse for wear.

urodacus

snakes, most commonly bamboo vipers.



many toads and frogs esp in the evenings. .

large snails (i mean, LARGE snails). these are not the same ones, but the same size:


occasional grey squirrels.

and i failed to run OVER a dog two weeks ago, running into his chest and crashing instead. serious concussion, sprained neck, torn shoulder muscles: off the bike for three weeks at least. damn.

clausen

2 squirrels, 1 chipmunk, 2 snakes and lots of grasshoppers, caterpillars and snails (not the big ones like above)

jkizzle

i think ive probably put holes in some critters as well. in the fall the acorns fall everywhere, and animals pick them up. i ride by at 30mph and the acorns in the street probably are pinching off really really fast. this is right before they make me lose traction and skid.

PDay

Numerous snakes.

patentcad

>>Critters you've run over??<<

Are Freds 'critters'?

botto 

Rollerbladers in CP.