tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647801.post5605111481263512618..comments2023-10-11T07:57:45.529-06:00Comments on The Lazy Randonneur: Jeff's Dempster Highway TaleVikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07214932277372519931noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647801.post-8522095497447009902008-02-08T22:06:00.000-07:002008-02-08T22:06:00.000-07:00Re: BugsThe good news about bugs is that they are ...Re: Bugs<BR/><BR/>The good news about bugs is that they are not nearly as bad as humans. That's probably a good idea you have to steer away from the DEET (which can de-polymerize the polymers in your expensive synthetic cycling clothes). I've had some good luck with the natural bug repellers, even in the arctic.<BR/><BR/>If the wind is right you can usually outrun the bugs (the slow flyers anyway). They will draft behind you but won't catch you until you stop (then they will devour you).<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation it is my opinion that the bugs in northern Ontario are worse. The Ontario bugs are team players that form inter-species cooperative organizations to attack a human in successive waves of bloodsucking bugginess until you become so deranged you beg them to kill you just to stop the bugging.runawayscreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584512803550192516noreply@blogger.com