Bicyclist going 45 mph hits bear in Boulder County

[Goldwater]

I'm having a hard time visualizing this. Remember, I'm not an "out door" girl. These animals just leap into the road? The cyclists have no warning?

What? You think they look both ways?

[Vepr]

What? You think they look both ways?

Well in terms of that particular bear it probably will from now on. :D

[YupItsMe]

This is only news because of the bear angle. Crazy cyclists hit deer and elk just the way drivers do. We have way too many of these animals out here.

I know how you feel I don't like cyclists either. ;) It should be against the law for anyone other than an 18-21 yr. old girl to wear spandex.

[CLibertarian]

I know how you feel I don't like cyclists either. ;) It should be against the law for anyone other than an 18-21 yr. old girl to wear spandex.

In my mountain biking days, I wore the lycra shorts because, they had padding and wicked the sweat away. However, Since I thought that it should be a violation of some local decency ordinance to do so:D, I wore some loose shorts over them.

[Odysseus]

I know how you feel I don't like cyclists either. ;) It should be against the law for anyone other than an 18-21 yr. old girl to wear spandex.

Oh, I don't know. There are a lot of hot women who are older than the 18-21 demographic. But people must remember that spandex is a privilege, not a right, and as such, must be exercised only by those who exercise the parts that are covered by it.

[Bubba Dawg]

I know how you feel I don't like cyclists either. ;) It should be against the law for anyone other than an 18-21 yr. old girl to wear spandex.

As a member of the ASLU (American Spandex Liberation Union) I resemble that remark.

[Shannon]

As a member of the ASLU (American Spandex Liberation Union) I resemble that remark.

You resemble many things.

[megimoo]

Yes, deer and bears and other animals dash, leap, run, etc. into the road.

Also, the faster you are going on a bike the harder it is to change direction quickly enough to miss such an animal. I almos thit two deer (at once cuz they were together) near New Bern NC. I was only going about twenty but no way could I have dodged them or stopped. It was close enough I could smell them.

They just ran off.

I also spotted a black bear on a gravel road in time to stop about forty feet away, but he had just gone out in the road and stopped.

I also almost hit this yankee woman on a trail once. She tawked like Rocky Balboa.

Were you close enough to smell her ?

[megimoo]

What? You think they look both ways?

And they have these little directional signals built in !

[Bubba Dawg]

Were you close enough to smell her ?

Yeah. She smelled like cheese steak....and nicotine.

Kinda erotic though.