[johnbryanpeters]

Yale University study with maps of where you're liable to catch Lyme disease.

 

[gonefirefightin]

east coast seems like a petri dish

 

[clarkenstein]

east coast seems like a petri dish

there are spots where i ride here in NJ that if i get a flat and stop to fix it, when i get home i'll find 3, 4, maybe 7 deer ticks on me. hate the things. they can be as small as a dot you make with a sharpened pencil and are usually carriers.

 

[scottishmark]

there are spots where i ride here in NJ that if i get a flat and stop to fix it, when i get home i'll find 3, 4, maybe 7 deer ticks on me. hate the things. they can be as small as a dot you make with a sharpened pencil and are usually carriers.

A lot of places over here get like that too. I've always been fairly lucky but I still hate the little sh*ts

 

[Beef Supreme]

Gnarly East Coast tixors.

 

[in the trees]

Gnarly East Coast tixors.

Ha! Funny!

 

[Westy]

Where I lived in Va had fairly low population of deer ticks. A ride through a grassy area would have you covered in some very large wood ticks.

 

[SkaredShtles]

A lot of places over here get like that too. I've always been fairly lucky but I still hate the little sh*ts

Yah - worse infestation I've ever experienced was on a trail along the SE shore of Loch Ness. Wife and I must have had 30 each on us...

 

[scottishmark]

oh jeez, so that'll be 30 ticks plus around 2,000,000 midge bites each then!

 

[SkaredShtles]

oh jeez, so that'll be 30 ticks plus around 2,000,000 midge bites each then!

Midges... man - we were introduced to those little bahstids out on the Isle of Skye...

 

[clarkenstein]

Midges... man - we were introduced to those little bahstids out on the Isle of Skye...

are those the little dark things that bury under your skin and burn like there is no tomorrow...

wait a sec... that sounds a lot like crabs.

 

[bean]

I've had Lyme and highly recommend avoiding it.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I've had Lyme and highly recommend avoiding it.

Worst 2 weeks of my life. No energy, nausea, headaches, loss of hearing and taste a bit, INSANE joint pain (woke up every night almost in tears with lower back pain).......worst of it came when the Bell's Palsy hit and knew it was time for the hospital. Permanent hearing and taste loss and occasional flare-ups that require meds.

 

[Matchew]

Permethrin spray:

Provides up to 2 weeks of protection against biting insects such as ticks and mosquitoes on clothing surfaces. Permethrin not only repels, but kills ticks and mosquitoes that come in contact with treated clothing helping to prevent the spreading of deadly diseases. Permethrin Tick Repellent is so effective in killing and repelling ticks and mosquitoes it is used by U.S. Military personnel in heavy infested conditions.

/Lyme

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Permethrin spray:

/Lyme

Thanks but no thanks. Don't like to dose myself with refinery offals.

 

[jonKranked]

there are spots where i ride here in NJ that if i get a flat and stop to fix it, when i get home i'll find 3, 4, maybe 7 deer ticks on me. hate the things. they can be as small as a dot you make with a sharpened pencil and are usually carriers.

i fell into some brush at 6mile last june. (maybe july?) came up with three ticks.

 

[clarkenstein]

i fell into some brush at 6mile last june. (maybe july?) came up with three ticks.

any poison ivy? i swear ticks and poison ivy are two of the three living things in 6 mile. the third being small handlebar snagging cedars.

 

[jonKranked]

any poison ivy? i swear ticks and poison ivy are two of the three living things in 6 mile. the third being small handlebar snagging cedars.

never gotten poison ivy there. :knocks on wood:

in fact, can't remember the last time i ever got it :knocks on wood some more:

also, there's 2 or 3 spots my handlebars literally can't fit through there b/c the trees are so close. have to wheelie/bar turn. though there are a number i smash and just blow there.