I have cycled 27,000 miles here are the dogs that give me worry

Forgot to mention that worst experiences I've had were when riding through native American areas. Roughly 5-10x the aggressive dog rate.

Cool story bro

I was bitten in the rear end by a dog that I didn't see. But the neighborhood was well-to-do. I still remember the feeling of what felt like steel teeth in my back side. My pants were ripped and I was bleeding. The dog owner said nothing and didn't even acknowledge it!

So did you run the dogs over?

All those dogs would be better off if they were run over and dead.

Did you go to the hospital? You sound like a troll.

I would have grabbed my .22LR rifle, driven back to the neighborhood and gunned the rabid mut dead once the owners let it out at night.

OP- wrote:

Forgot to mention that worst experiences I've had were when riding through native American areas. Roughly 5-10x the aggressive dog rate.

The dogs haven't forgotten it used to ALL be Native American areas until you stole it.

I never hear much about Native American dogs. What kind were they?

can be aggressive.

OP- wrote:

Forgot to mention that worst experiences I've had were when riding through native American areas. Roughly 5-10x the aggressive dog rate.

Rez dogs don’t belong to anyone. They are feral. Everyone knows to avoid them, except you apparently.

Everyone knows that wrote:

OP- wrote:

Forgot to mention that worst experiences I've had were when riding through native American areas. Roughly 5-10x the aggressive dog rate.

Rez dogs don’t belong to anyone. They are feral. Everyone knows to avoid them, except you apparently.

Everyone knows to avoid them? Ok.

How often are you chased by pitbulls in suburban neighborhoods? Golden retrievers in poor urban areas?

Slightly off topic, but how often do you replace the chain and cassette on your bike?

ayyyyy wrote:

Cool story bro

+1

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shorttimeriders wrote:

Slightly off topic, but how often do you replace the chain and cassette on your bike?

Road biking i'd get 3000 miles out of ultegra chain, usually cheaped out and replaced cassette every second chain unless shifting poor or i got a super good deal on chainreaction cycles. 105s should last as long as ultegra as they are also nickel platted. Dura-ace cassettes are extra light, but wear out super fast due to titanium parts, highly unrecommend them unless you're a pro who gets parts paid for. But really, mileage was secondary factor, i'd base it more off of measuring chain stretch (using a tool) and how well the shifting is working.

When riding my commuter in winter on salty gravelled paths and roads i'd replace chain and cassette sometimes twice a year regardless of mileage, because it's a pain to clean the chain when your garage is 20 deg below freezing, i'd just wd40 and oil the crap out of it once or twice a week till it got warm.

Everyone knows that wrote:

OP- wrote:

Forgot to mention that worst experiences I've had were when riding through native American areas. Roughly 5-10x the aggressive dog rate.

Rez dogs don’t belong to anyone. They are feral. Everyone knows to avoid them, except you apparently.

Talked to guy who volunteered picking up ferel rez dogs, esp pregnant ones. He was livid with anger talking about the abuse he saw on the rez. Not just against dogs of course, people too, but hey, colonialism certainly didn't help!

We adopted a male pup that was born in a shelter to a mom rescued from rez (litter of 11, two fathers), An absolutely lovely and charming dog, makes me laugh more than any other human! Now four years old he's still afraid of most every dog he meets, except for the dogs he met as a pup, possibly the terror the mom felt affected the pups personality during fetal growth stage.

I don't think much of guns for self protection in my general life. The exception is cycling. From both man and beast. I don't usually run in places where there is much of a threat.

I bicycled about 3000 miles and had no dog encounters. But I was bicycling through Europe. I know someone who decided to bicycle in the US for 3 months. Within 2 weeks they found out how difficult it was and cancelled. The worst thing they encountered: Dogs! Even to this day was the subject of long distance bicycling comes up they always mention the dogs.

I read someone where 80% of all falls in the US are caused by dogs. That's falls, not bites. When you add in bites, loud barking nuisance, public dog crap, accidents, rabies and general fear created by dogs I personally would have them banned forever. All breeds.

At the very least congress should pass a law requiring mandatory and successful completion of dog training for the dogs and instruction for dog owners before they can own a dog.

I think I'm somewhere around 50,000 miles. I've never been chased by a dog. Where are you finding them?

I was badly bitten by a dog when I was running. Was passing a man walking his dog and the path was narrow. Got probably within a meter of the dog. And it just jumped and bit in my arm just below the ellbow. Most horrible thing is that the owner simply fled.

Didn't even know whether that dog was vaccinated :-/ Luckily it was a pretty much rabies free country (not the US). So if your dog even comes close to me on my run you will get an earful from me. It wasn't even some sort of agressive breed. Random mixed breed dog. Untrained dogs are THE worst. The scar on my arm is a daily reminder.

What is 27,000 miles on a bike the equivalent of running, like 5000 miles? Not sure if that was to impress people but that is like biking to and from work 15 miles for 3 years. But I digress.

It less about the dog breed than the owner. I've never had an issue with pit bulls. I'd say in lower income area's I have more issues with dogs being unfriendly. But the only time I've been bitten running, and this is almost 50K miles was by a poodle on a leash. Not a major wound from that one, more annoying than anything.

I'll be honest the dogs I have the most issue with are labs and golden retrievers. They can get so excited and bold enough to lunge out in front of you. Not in a mean spirited way but they can present a major trip hazard. I have turned an ankle or tweaked my back trying to dodge one that made a surprise jump out, and their owners are often not strong enough to hold them back. Smaller dogs may yap more and are annoying but usually, chase after from behind and at a safe distance.