Above photo is just an illustration of a dog, not the strays that gave chase on me.
It was my first ride out on my B12 out in my territory on my usual 32km route in the late evening: Seng Kang-Jalan Kayu-Seletar Camp-Yishun-Mandai-Zoo-and back. The ride was nice and relaxing as usual until i had my first dog chase encounter at the seletar damp whilst on my way back at the 26km mark.
I was going moderately hard on my pedals and were doing like 30kmh on the way back when i heard a few barks from afar which i instantly recognised the presence of dogs. In a matter of seconds i saw 3 adult brown furred strays dashing straight towards me from about 80m away. I could still hear the barks of the 3 dogs making a dash at me and the nail scratching sounds made by fast moving crawls coming in contact with tarmac.
My natural instinct is to speed up and out ride the buggers but they were making a direct run ito my path which means i could over run one of them and i crash in great pain and end up being bitten and attacked by the 3 dogs. Or i could slow down and hoping that they slow down their chase too. Unfortunately, they did not cut any slack in their pursuit, i was like a magnet to them. In the split second after assessing the situation i decided i go for the break and started mashing hard on the FSA Gossamer cranks & my half broken time pedals.
The dogs came near and found i was really fast and made a turn for its life from being knocked down by my front Felt's in house TTR3 40mm aero wheels. Somehow i managed to swerve my way out of them, and at that moment i held my breath and though i was gong to crash and damage my brand new full carbon body. But once i had a clear path ahead i hammered down like mad and all i could think of was to outride the 3 dogs which were now by my side of my Ultegra SL rear derailluers.
Due to the nervousness, fear and adrenalin rush, my left cavle crammed up and was as hard as stone. By this time i thought i have broken free from the hounds but i was wrong. One of them gave chase and was determined to bring me down for the pack. But i knew it was my life and i had to go on peddaling despite the pain from the crams.
That one dog gave chase for a brief 5 seconds as i could see it running next to my side and started to catch up with me speed. I gritted my teeth and managed to drop that bugger and got out alive to tell this story. What a safe escape and relieve i told my self with the pain in my cavle.
Conclusion Felt B12 2008 is a superbly fast machine under the right condition. lol
I was going moderately hard on my pedals and were doing like 30kmh on the way back when i heard a few barks from afar which i instantly recognised the presence of dogs. In a matter of seconds i saw 3 adult brown furred strays dashing straight towards me from about 80m away. I could still hear the barks of the 3 dogs making a dash at me and the nail scratching sounds made by fast moving crawls coming in contact with tarmac.
My natural instinct is to speed up and out ride the buggers but they were making a direct run ito my path which means i could over run one of them and i crash in great pain and end up being bitten and attacked by the 3 dogs. Or i could slow down and hoping that they slow down their chase too. Unfortunately, they did not cut any slack in their pursuit, i was like a magnet to them. In the split second after assessing the situation i decided i go for the break and started mashing hard on the FSA Gossamer cranks & my half broken time pedals.
The dogs came near and found i was really fast and made a turn for its life from being knocked down by my front Felt's in house TTR3 40mm aero wheels. Somehow i managed to swerve my way out of them, and at that moment i held my breath and though i was gong to crash and damage my brand new full carbon body. But once i had a clear path ahead i hammered down like mad and all i could think of was to outride the 3 dogs which were now by my side of my Ultegra SL rear derailluers.
Due to the nervousness, fear and adrenalin rush, my left cavle crammed up and was as hard as stone. By this time i thought i have broken free from the hounds but i was wrong. One of them gave chase and was determined to bring me down for the pack. But i knew it was my life and i had to go on peddaling despite the pain from the crams.
That one dog gave chase for a brief 5 seconds as i could see it running next to my side and started to catch up with me speed. I gritted my teeth and managed to drop that bugger and got out alive to tell this story. What a safe escape and relieve i told my self with the pain in my cavle.
Conclusion Felt B12 2008 is a superbly fast machine under the right condition. lol
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