Imagine the scene; you’ve just chucked your favourite new album on your iPod, jumped on your bike, loaded your backpack with all the essentials for the day – water, food, puncture repair kit, a copy of ‘Dodgeball’ on Blu Ray – and headed up the mountains.
It’s a sunny day, the blood is pumping and you’re on the trails. What a great day to be alive. And then you see it, out the corner of your eye… your copy of ‘Dodgeball’ has fallen out of your rucksack. Oh, and also there’s a mountain lion stalking you through the forest. That too. Arguably more that actually. ‘Dodgeball’ doesn’t age particularly well anyway.
There’s a rich history of animals meeting mountain bikers when they’re out for a ride…