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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 2039953" data-attributes="member: 1427">PB I hope you feel better soon. It's been said before, but bears repeating - bike accidents suck.I was pretty lucky for the 8+ years (until last fall) that I biked to work every day (well, for 7 months - I walked during the snow months), never a bad accident. The only time I got hurt was when a van wasn't paying attention and ran me off the road. Broke my collar bone.My best animal versus bike story was from when I was riding the peninsula every day. It's a succession beach, basically a six to seven mile long sand spit that has become permanent enough for grass, trees and an entire ecology. It's a relatively flat, 13-mile ride with about 6 miles along the beach. Anyway, I used to like to ride the peninsula (Presque Isle State Park, PA) in the morning before work and then shower when I got to the plant. I'd see a couple dozen rabbits, some squirrels, a couple turtles, etc. every day. One morning, I'm approaching a short bridge over an inlet and there's a full-grown deer standing smack dab in the middle of the narrow two-lane bridge. One reason bikes can be dangerous with animals is because the animals get used to the sounds cars make, and bikes are pretty silent compared to that. I'm cruising along in top gear and, in the instant I see him, hoping he leaves because I don't know if I can stop. He looks right at me and seems to take forever, but finally decides I'm too scary and manages to get off the bridge and off the road before we kill each other.-Dave</blockquote>

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