Jeffery great shot, between the wheels!?! That was a lucky critter!
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:55 PM, jeffrey kane <jsk_onl...@mac.com> wrote: > Man, who doesn't love squirrel story? I was out early one morning last > summer and I turned onto a steep but short downhill ... steep like the kind > where if you lay off the brakes your going over 25 (+) within a few > seconds. Right then, out of the corner of my eye I saw a small animal shoot > out of the bushes straight at me on an angle and before I could even > process the thought "oh shit, I'm dead" the thing (squirrel, it turns > out) grazed my foot and miraculously skirted in between my wheels!!! Now, I > know I didn't run him over but apparently, the little guy had what you'd > call a close shave! > > pictures proved it happened: (hopefully attached) > > > > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/w5ImTW9Hz7U/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > > > -- 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.
