worst day ever for squirrels!

[otter]

I just saw this on pinkbike. Never thought it would happen, but what do I know

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/2860/pbpic2860822.jpg

[rludes025]

those damn things are adrenalin junkies..... silly squirrel you cant ride a bike.

[DirkaDirkaJack]

damn that is gnarly.

I was right behind a friend of mine on A-line a few years ago and a squirrel darted out. Right on the lip of a jump, he ran right over the little guy, direct hit.

[backcountry1pr]

I ran over a rabbit once when in darted out in front of me. I assume I killed it, but my dog was right behind me and snatched it up as a prize. We may never know who killed roger the rabbit.

[Steven S. Dallas]

The entire Mammoth Lakes zone is lousy with chipmunks and lizards, it's really only a matter of time.

[Crinkle]

the only thing worse is prairie dogs.

[orlowskij]

Never hit one on a bike, but I tagged a squirrel pretty good skiing a couple years ago. I was hauling ass down a groomer when it darted out. I hit it with my tip, it cartwheeled 30 feet and took off into the woods.

[toast2266]

I've hit a couple grouse recently - those birds are dumb as rocks. They dart out in front of you, see you, and then try to outrun you down the trail. They're not very fast.

[Ccard257]

Now that's some funny shit. Especially since it's not jammed in my brake.

[marshalolson]

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[waxman]

thats almost as good as NASCAR coyote....

[noparking]

Well that wouldn't be very much fun to clean up. I've almost done this to my friend's dog a few times on the trail.

[truth]

I caught a bat that way once on a road bike at night.

[MultiVerse]

Nasty. A fox got clocked by a bike in dry gulch on shoreline a few days ago, too, so it does happen.

[skiing-in-jackson]

In Dirtrag a while back, there was a picture of small bird that got caught in the stanchion of a front fork. Strangely, I found it funny.

[werts]

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ahahaha that made my day

[ren]

Poor buddy! I hope his leg heals quickly! It could have been worse. It could have been Richard Gere's bike.

[leroy jenkins]

I've ran over plenty of gardner snakes, because they like to sun themselves on nice big flat rocks right in the middle of the trail. I got one wrapped up in my drivetrain pretty bad years ago too, but never though it'd happen with a squirrel.

So was the squirrel still alive once you stopped?

[goldenboy]

Crazy that it got up in the rotor like that. Sadly, I have a long history of killing small animals and birds on my bike. One time, a bird flew into my spokes and exploded like a feather pillow on impact. Another time, a chipmunk ran under my front tire while I was on a dirt road going uphill at 3-4mph. He went straight from the side of the road to my tire. Pretty sure he had issues and saw my tire as the only way out. Sad when it happens, though.

[funkendrenchman]

Not sure who I feel worse for - the squirrel or that rider who's using Hayes brakes.

[beaterdit]

Heh, that look slike a pretty antiquated fork too.


In Dirtrag a while back, there was a picture of small bird that got caught in the stanchion of a front fork. Strangely, I found it funny.

I used to have those "bike bra" things for road trips with the roof rack. Well it caught a bird once.
Found it stuck in there dead at the gas station.

[MrCookie]

squirrel death by bike on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I don't imagine the rider stayed upright.

My wife had a Chem prof at U of O that hit a deer on the way to school. He was out with a concussion for a few days.
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[Grom]

squirrel death by bike on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/76039319/)

I don't imagine the rider stayed upright.

My wife had a Chem prof at U of O that hit a deer on the way to school. He was out with a concussion for a few days.
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There was a kid from my home trail in Wisconsin that wasn't paying attention and a deer jumped out, also not noticing him. The kid went OTB but he wasn't hurt.

[Particle]

Got a bird stuck in between my ankle and crankset tonight, that was pretty exciting. I thought he got stuck in the chainrings for a sec but he was OK and flew off.