I hope the little guy makes it too, and fat soft tires could only have helped! Sometimes I make 'psst-psst' noises when I see the little critters up ahead to scare them away (though I must seem pretty strange to bystanders). Anyway the squirrels generally have surprisingly good hearing and go darting off to safety.
Matt On Thursday, August 8, 2013 10:10:12 AM UTC-4, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > The subject popped into my head a moment after I ran over a squirell this > morning on my 650b x 42mm hetres and I saw him scamper off, and up a > tree... can't say he's completely ok, but it looks like he had a decent > shot. First time I've actually hit a critter on the bike, I've heard of a > friend taking a rabbit into the spokes of his wheel with predictably > unpleasant results, but always managed to avoid them myself. > > On a rider safety angle... I can report that squirrel-sized trail debri > doesn't even redirect my bike when rolling at about 14-15mph! > > Tony > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
