Incident type: Deer

These dogs frequently roam into the road at the top of a hill so if you’re not the first one in the group they’ll likely be in the road ready for you. On this particular day, I stood between the dogs and the rest of the riders (12 or more riders) behind me so they could pass without the dogs getting in their wheels.

After tens of thousands of miles logged riding up and down the hills west of Boulder under all conditions and having some close calls with wildlife…I hit a deer today descending Flagstaff mountain road. According to my Garmin I was traveling at 28 mph about 200 meters from the bottom following two cars when a deer stepped out from the close underbrush. I had no chance to brake or for avoidance. Thankfully a motorist saw it happen and stopped to help. I manged to get my bike in working order to soft pedal home and assess my skin loss and other potential injuries. My helmet worked as it should have. Not sure of my bike just yet as it took a hard blow with the deer and the ground. I trimmed the video down to 2 minutes.

While riding on a tail, cam across a deer and her three babies (bambi and their friends)

WILD DEER

Deer ran along side me then ran up bank and fell into road before recovering to almost take out my friend behind. Much scarier at speed.

I was riding on a multi-use path and surprised and almost hit a white-tail deer.