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Speaking of buzzards, I have a buddy that hit one head on with his face. Knocked him out cold, he fell off the bike and then sheared the cedar post of a barbed wire fence off...again with his face. He recovered fully, but it was iffy there for a while...he got CareFlighted out.

The buzzard died.

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Originally Posted by racedoll (Post 283892)

Rode to work today, on the way home got behind several cars going really slow. Then I saw why, a tractor, was holding everyone up. No one could pass because of the amount of cars coming the other direction.

Finally after a couple miles of going 25mph I got the opportunity to pass (was 3rd behind tractor).

Right now is harvest so they are every where. Actually saw a combine pulled over on the way in to town allowing traffic to go around.
We also have amish buggies when we go south.

What obstacles do you encounter on the road?

D all the above!

I encountered a freaking combine coming around a blind right end of last week. Sonuvabitch took up his entire lane, plus 3/4 of mine, plus the shoulder on his side! I just squeaked through. He probably hit his guardrail as I zipped past. All I could see was:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...recombine2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Tsunami (Post 283901)

Wind and drunken idiots on the road at all times of the day.

That's normal and not even worth mentioning :lol:

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Originally Posted by derf (Post 283941)

deer, they are everywhere, like large rats with horns

Oh yeah, and groundhogs.

Almost got taken out by a dualie a few years ago taking up my lane. avoided him but crashed anyway on some gravel. Doh.

The worst is these road hogs up near my parents. Scary to pass in a car let alone a bike
http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/oct2006/amish2.jpg

backhoes and turkey vultures

A van full of GIs and a tow truck and the occasional deer.

Deer...drunken drivers...people driving while distracted via cell phones etc....dead animals in the road..gravel...this pretty much covers most of it around here.

Traffic in general as well.

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Originally Posted by Dave (Post 283966)

fuck that. God gave man dominion over the earth. carters the fuck who said we need to go slow and we already know hes a fucking tard. :lol

and you big-city liberals in the Northeast are the ones who keep holding on to the 55 :lol

tons of deer, Lincoln Towncars, huge combines (I didn't think they made combines as large as the ones I've seen around here lately), and shit spreaders (yuck)

Every one or thing on the road is an obstacle.

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Originally Posted by Rider (Post 284316)

Every one or thing on the road is an obstacle.

Of course. I should have been more specific in that I wanted to know more of the "out of ordinary" things - such as Amish buggies, tractors, etc...