Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watrose.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watrose!japlaice From: japlaice@watrose.UUCP (John A. Plaice) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Dogs: the bane of the cyclist Message-ID: <6640@watrose.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 14:56:36 EST Article-I.D.: watrose.6640 Posted: Thu Mar 22 14:56:36 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 20:29:54 EST References: <2600@azure.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 15 There is really only one good solution to attacking dogs, namely to sprint like hell! Approach the dog slowly, and just as you get to within two or three feet of it, get out of the saddle and sprint away. This method will work virtually all the time, so long as the dog does not do something stupid like run under your front wheel. I once got dropped on a training ride because I had pulled out my pump and could not get it back in. In chasing down the group I passed 5 mean German Sheperds (not all at once), each of whom had been enraged by the group. Despite the fact that I was dead, I still managed to get away. I think the secret is to believe that you can get away, and then you will Cheers, John