Re: A Bicycle Safety Parable

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:07:26 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:14:47 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:43:29 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 7/21/2024 2:43 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

 
I sometimes see real alligators on the trail, and quite often,
poisonous snakes.

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Here's my wife, riding her Bike Friday past a roadside alligator in
Okefenokee a few years ago. Without a gun!!!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/16972296@N08/53011489063/in/dateposted-public/

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What's your point? Nobody carries a gun for protection against
alligators.

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True.  Would a pike work with an alligator on land?
<https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+jousting&tbm=isch>

Oops.  Not a pike, which at 3 - 6 meters is too long for use on a
bicycle.  I should have suggested a lance, which is 2 - 3 meters long.

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