Need advice on snakes (kind of long)

[chip]

:p to both of you
 
[snip]

Anyone else an avid mountain biker or road cyclist?

Road:  Klein Quantum Race
Mountain/Commuter/Alternative Camping Vehicle:  Trek 830

On the subject of snakes, I was riding in one of the state parks here in Delaware last week and while traversing a wet spot on the trail looked down just in time to see jake (the snake) trying for all he was worth to get away.  It was sunning itself in the water;  I missed him by an inch or so.  We both went our separate ways, no harm, no foul.  

The reality is that unless you look like a meal, and you haven't cornered or otherwise threatened (...a six foot long, Y-shaped stick comes to mind) the snake, he will make all attempts to escape.  Small comfort for anybody that just can't get past the phobia, but something to keep in mind.

Ride ON!!

[sequoyausa]

There is a wonderful procedure for helping to eliminate phobias which you can do on your own. It is called Emotional Freedom Training (EFT for short). Go to emofree.com and look over the sight. You can download the manual for free to learn the program on your own, as well as see video clips and purchase (very reasonably) video discs which will help you master the program. I have used it personally for relieving arthritis pain in my hands (I have none, now). There is also a referral page for experts in your vicinity that will help you with EFT. Hope this helps. It has worked miracles with many others. You don't have to buy anything. The program is free.

[Surfcal]

the roadie/mtb clash happens a little here in austin area, but mostly in good natured fun, as many ride both.

NadMat,

That's the way I am, pretty good natured about both.  It's a lot of fun gnashing the gears off-road, where one moment you're screaming downhill and the next turn you try to avoid ruts only to face a nearly vertical uphill with gnarly roots reaching across the path.  Or how you can hear the buzz of other bikers from somewhere off in the distance amongst the twist & turns and the next thing you know, they're speeding downhill past you like bees just inches away and then they're gone in a cloud of dust.

But just to keep this thread on track, I'll have to mention the obligatory subject.  Snakes.

Surfcal

P.S.  NadMat, you have a nice bike.