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Part of me feels bad about this... but mostly I'm just laughing my a$$ off. George, Dave (DFMT?), Fred and I were doing some exploring at Lyon's Lake and the Deer creek area just outside of Twain Harte. George ran out of water and was feeling the heat so took a bailout and Dave went with him. While Fred and I went on a qwest for the illusive trail 33....
While looking for Trail 33 Fred and I run into three cows on a RR grade, being cows and way too stupid to step off the side of the trail and let us pass they started running away from us along the trail. After a minute one peeled off into the brush but the other two kept running. They kept a good pace for about a half mile or so then Fred says "Lets pick up the pace and they'll move to the side". So we start rolling faster and faster trying to get around them. We were cruising (uphill I think) around 15MPH and they still kept running. I had no idea they could move that fast. Finally one peels off but the other keeps going. We slow down a bit and the one in front of us decides to drop a load so she can make better speed. We follow this one for another 4-5 minutes dodging an apparantly endless train of cow crap. Eventually, I get impatient and sprint to make a pass. As I'm passing out of the corner of my eye I see the cow duck her head and lunge towards me like she's trying to head butt my bike. I put on a little more speed to avoid her and take off. A couple minutes later Fred catches my and he's laughing "Should have caught that on camera, I've never see anyone tip a cow on a mountain bike before". What? I missed that part. Apparently the cow wasn't trying to butt me she was trying to do a quick 180 and lost her footing in the process. Slipped and fell on the ground, Fred quietly slipped around her because she was too pooped to get up...
So I feel a little bad and hope I didn't hurt her but on the other hand... Who's ever tipped a cow on their bike before?
While looking for Trail 33 Fred and I run into three cows on a RR grade, being cows and way too stupid to step off the side of the trail and let us pass they started running away from us along the trail. After a minute one peeled off into the brush but the other two kept running. They kept a good pace for about a half mile or so then Fred says "Lets pick up the pace and they'll move to the side". So we start rolling faster and faster trying to get around them. We were cruising (uphill I think) around 15MPH and they still kept running. I had no idea they could move that fast. Finally one peels off but the other keeps going. We slow down a bit and the one in front of us decides to drop a load so she can make better speed. We follow this one for another 4-5 minutes dodging an apparantly endless train of cow crap. Eventually, I get impatient and sprint to make a pass. As I'm passing out of the corner of my eye I see the cow duck her head and lunge towards me like she's trying to head butt my bike. I put on a little more speed to avoid her and take off. A couple minutes later Fred catches my and he's laughing "Should have caught that on camera, I've never see anyone tip a cow on a mountain bike before". What? I missed that part. Apparently the cow wasn't trying to butt me she was trying to do a quick 180 and lost her footing in the process. Slipped and fell on the ground, Fred quietly slipped around her because she was too pooped to get up...
So I feel a little bad and hope I didn't hurt her but on the other hand... Who's ever tipped a cow on their bike before?
