This reminds me of growing up in my old country. As a child I learned to “kick-pedal-kick” just to survive my rides to school. Anyone else have this skill?
by norecoil2012
This reminds me of growing up in my old country. As a child I learned to “kick-pedal-kick” just to survive my rides to school. Anyone else have this skill?
by norecoil2012
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I know it makes me a pussy but this is why I stopped riding random gravel roads. The 3 Dobermans that chased me UP a gravel hill ruined it for me. Some say just stop and let em sniff you but no thanks I’ll pass.
An extra long spoke with a nipple and a tapped handle. Whip that fucking dog. I’m not getting hurt because of an unleashed dog.
back in the day we used to all carry full size frame pumps to manage this
I have pepper spray on my handlebars 🤷 but in most cases those dogs are with their owners 🙁
The comments on the original post are wild. I live where pitbulls have been banned for quite a long while, and I get chased by dogs all the time. This is absolutely typical dog behaviour.
To the OP: LOL.no, I have not been practicing kick-pedal-kick.
Just a bot tle of pepper will make the pitbull go down *the pitbull go doooowwwn* the pitbull go down *in the most delightful way*!
The Dogs: Fucking terrifying.
The guy in the video whose life is hanging by a thread:
– Holding onto the handlebars with both hands to be more stable in the event of an attack and prevent a fall and thus my own death? Naaaaah.
– “I’d rather film with one hand the whole time so that I have a perfect shot of the dogs … oh, and as soon as I’m 50 meters away from the dogs that are about to kill me, I ride a bit loose and hands-free to get a good selfie shot of myself. You always have to remember to get some internet karma points.”
I know people don’t always act rational when they are possessed by fear, but how far must all this social media crap have taken you that something like this becomes a “natural action” in a situation like this?
They’re just having fun 😁
Only scary for the first 5-10 seconds before you know their intention. After that they’re just running alongside having a good time. Not being aggressive at all.
Bear spray
I had one of those hand pumps about the length of my top tube that I would take out and swing at a few pesky dogs on my rural route. My dad used spray sometimes too
I’m glad I’m privileged enough to live in the “first world” where we just don’t have lose/roaming stray dogs. I’m always impressed by cyclists from poorer areas of the world, like the global south and some parts of the US, who have the guts to keep cycling where this is a common occurrence. I love dogs, but the first time I’m getting chased by a pack of them is the last time I cycle in that area period.
Spray them with a water bottle. Works every time as the dog freaks and doesn’t understand what’s happening.
A quick squirt of you water bottle to the dog’s face works most of the time. If you get one dog to stop, usually the other stops too.
I found dogs might not see a human, getting off and walking for a bit helps with most “aggressive” dogs in my area. I also talk to them. Though there is a pair of poodles that I had to use the bike as shield as I backed up down the road and drew my knife in case one got around (fortunately they didn’t). There is one dog that just wants to race (well herd (it’s a border colly German shepherd mostly)) on one of my routes that behaves a lot like that pit, we have a great time.
I did a ride this summer that took us through a Native Indian reservation, and there were loose dogs everywhere. Luckily we were warned so I brought basically an electronic r-pe whistle that scared the shit out of them. Worked pretty well but was still pretty scary to constantly be pulling it out and using it one handed while trying to maintain balance and speed. Was a tough few hours.
My dad got dragged off his bike during a group ride by a “rescue” dog that got loose. Shattered his shoulder blade. This was the second time this particular dog attacked this group ride.
Cop that arrived on the scene told him to ride with a gun next time and shoot the damn dog.
Never rode by that house again because he gave up cycling after the horrible year long recovery.
Best thing i used in a situation like that was my pump.
I took it off my bike frame, and whacked them in the nose.
They lost interest after.
Just squirt him with your water bottle. Works every time.
Water bottle spray has helped me before