It's ok, he doesn't bite.

Why did they stop so soon after the bear stopped chasing them? If I'm in that situation I'm going to keep peddling until I'm in the next state.

And I thought it was bad when dogs chased bikes.

The bear looked like it was going to eat the first guy until the second showed up.. But I am with you I can't believe they stopped. I would be flying.

Hard to pedal when your shorts are full

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Originally posted by birddog1:
Why did they stop so soon after the bear stopped chasing them? If I'm in that situation I'm going to keep peddling until I'm in the next state.

800 lb brown bears can run 30 - 35 mph. Can you pedal 35 mph offroad on a mountain bike?

Also, running kicks in their natural instict of chasing prey.

People with half a brain biking off-road in bear country have bells on their bike so they don't sneak up on a bear. BTW, I lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for 5 years and approx. 60 brown bear live within the city limits.

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Originally posted by tatortodd: 800 lb brown bears can run 30 - 35 mph. Can you pedal 35 mph offroad on a mountain bike?

Downhill and being chased by a brown bear? You bet your ass I can.

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Originally posted by Zecpull:
The bear looked like it was going to eat the first guy until the second showed up.. But I am with you I can't believe they stopped. I would be flying.

Looks to me like the next switchback was down and to the right- exactly where the bear had gone. It was highballing down the hill- straight at where the trail looked to have gone.

We had a guy killed near Glacier National Park last year when he actually hit a grizzly while pedaling through the woods.

Link

https://www.usatoday.com/story...ervice-cop/98828300/

Nothing to fool around with.
Last summer at Glacier Park

Make noise in bear country.

Silent

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Originally posted by Silent:
Nothing to fool around with.
Last summer at Glacier Park

Make noise in bear country.

Silent

I was there, about 2 miles from the incident, I have never seen a LEO response like that. I believe they let the bear go because it was a cub/mother natural reaction.

Like the old joke, you ain't gotta go 35. You gotta go faster than the other biker.

And some people think I'm crazy for carrying a glock 29 for dirtbiking.

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Originally posted by alreadydead:

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Originally posted by Silent:
Nothing to fool around with.
Last summer at Glacier Park

Make noise in bear country.

Silent

I was there, about 2 miles from the incident, I have never seen a LEO response like that. I believe they let the bear go because it was a cub/mother natural reaction.

Ummm, no. They didn't "let the bear go" my friend. They never found it that day. It was also a previously captured male g-bear about 20 years old. Please don't state incorrect facts on the matter. You never saw a response like that because Brad was a highly respected Federal Forest Service LE officer for fifteen years in that area and it was a bear attack. Brad was married to my first cousin. One of my brother in law's was with him that day. Most of my family lives right there and were out looking for him afterwards.

Brad hit the bear at such a high speed he broke both his wrists and a scapula when he landed.

There is nothing anyone can say about it. You can choose to sit at home on your couch all day, or you can get out and play in your backyard. He was riding his bike on the same trails we all explored as kids and that he rode and ran on every day. Every time I read someone talking about all the things that SHOULD have been done, I just shake my head.

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
We had a guy killed near Glacier National Park last year when he actually hit a grizzly while pedaling through the woods.

Link

https://www.usatoday.com/story...ervice-cop/98828300/

The guy was a forest cop and had no protection.

Anyone who has lived in bear country knows one thing, your back yard is not yours, it's the bear's.

A couple of decades living in AK taught me that very quickly.

What the cyclists had going for them is that the round brown furry things don't normally look at humans as food, black bears do.

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Originally posted by Neel:
What the cyclists had going for them is that the round brown furry things don't normally look at humans as food, black bears do.

Most bear encounters result in the exact same thing you see in the posted video. The bluff charge. It has nothing to do with G-bear vs black bear.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Hard to pedal when your shorts are full

It'll dribble down your leg....keep peddling!