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nicedart Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 228 Location: Shuffletown Joined: 01/24/13	Tick problems at WWC? 06/20/16 at 6:17pm	Print Post
	I have been riding wwc 2-3 times a week for the last couple years. In my last few outings I have found ticks on me. I have never found any before. So I was wondering if this is maybe "tick season", or perhaps a new section of land that has an issue. I don't know much about ticks. Maybe in the past I was just extremely lucky to not find any on me or perhaps finding ticks on back to back rides was extremely unlucky.

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PainkillerSPE Big Ring Offline Posts: 1491 Joined: 09/18/07	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #1 - 06/20/16 at 6:26pm	Print Post
	I have never had any issues with ticks at all except for at rocky river and even then it was a rare occurrence. It might be the new addition areas riding through the tall grassy areas.

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FredRubble Little Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 509 Location: Mineral Springs Joined: 05/28/14	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #2 - 06/20/16 at 8:07pm	Print Post
	Its tick season.... And has been hot and dry.... Everything is fighting for food.... Just ask the squirrels and rabbits attacking my garden...... Circle of life my friend.....I get ticks on me every summer... Ticks I can handle.... Now the chiggers we stirred up at Beatty when building "chigger hollow" whole different story...I HATE those little bastards!!!!
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jonesn Big Ring Offline Posts: 1112 Location: South Central Charlotte USA Joined: 03/16/11	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #3 - 06/20/16 at 10:01pm	Print Post
	Don't go to Uwharrie!! You could get blanketed..................tiz the season!

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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #4 - 06/21/16 at 1:18am	Print Post
	Yeah tall grass along the trail has been leading to ticks on the lower legs this year...WWC and BYT when trail isover grown

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johnski Small Cog Offline Posts: 379 Location: Concord, NC Joined: 07/10/11	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #5 - 06/21/16 at 2:45am	Print Post
	DEET

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Vasco Global Moderator In The Loop Project Board Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1847 Location: Greater Charlotte Joined: 06/22/04	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #6 - 06/21/16 at 2:52am	Print Post
	Tall grass equals ticks. A weed eater will take care of the problem. Doug S.

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IntheBush Big Ring Offline Posts: 2031 Location: South of the border Joined: 10/30/09	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #7 - 06/21/16 at 3:17am	Print Post
	Ticks happen. Spray your shoes and socks with permethrin. Allow to dry, then wear as usual (don't spray on your skin). They crawl on your shoes or socks, it kills them, dead, dead, dead before they crawl up your legs. What's left over makes a great household bug killer too. Do this at the beginning of tick season. First of May or so. It will last through a few washings. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) You can find it at REI or in sporting goods at Wally world. And put a little repellent on your exposed legs. I like Sawyer 20% Picaridin. It's just as effective as deet, doesn't damage your plastics and is reported to be safer than deet.
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Skaufma0 Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 86 Location: Charlotte, NC / Rock Hill, SC Joined: 01/08/16	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #8 - 06/21/16 at 10:02am	Print Post
	IntheBush wrote on 06/21/16 at 3:17am: Ticks happen. Spray your shoes and socks with permethrin. Allow to dry, then wear as usual (don't spray on your skin). They crawl on your shoes or socks, it kills them, dead, dead, dead before they crawl up your legs. What's left over makes a great household bug killer too. Do this at the beginning of tick season. First of May or so. It will last through a few washings. You can find it at REI or in sporting goods at Wally world. And put a little repellent on your exposed legs. I like Sawyer 20% Picaridin. It's just as effective as deet, doesn't damage your plastics and is reported to be safer than deet. I used to use the same stuff on my camping equipment. Works wonders. You can actually watch it work. Also kept the bike and such from attracting spiders back when I had a shed which was nice.

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IntheBush Big Ring Offline Posts: 2031 Location: South of the border Joined: 10/30/09	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #9 - 06/21/16 at 12:56pm	Print Post
	Yep. I live out in the weeds. I aint had one bother me in years. Now I might not win many races. And I might not have the fanciest mountain bike around. But the bugs know I'm a bad man. They run when they see me coming. I really enjoy spraying it on black widow spiders and watching them suffer. I figure you gotta draw the line somewhere.

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182 Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 181 Joined: 02/20/10	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #10 - 06/21/16 at 3:19pm	Print Post
	From 6/20/16 DirtRagMag.com article (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Banjopickin Big Ring Offline Spinnin' knees & Hittin' trees since '85 Posts: 1805 Location: Pisgah National Forest, USA Joined: 08/01/11	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #11 - 06/21/16 at 6:31pm	Print Post
	FredRubble wrote on 06/20/16 at 8:07pm: Its tick season.... And has been hot and dry.... Everything is fighting for food.... Just ask the squirrels and rabbits attacking my garden...... Circle of life my friend.....I get ticks on me every summer... Ticks I can handle.... Now the chiggers we stirred up at Beatty when building "chigger hollow" whole different story...I HATE those little bastards!!!! Dude yes! That was a terrible span of time working on that. Those things were the worst I ever came across haha.. Still itching haha Im not a fan of spraying poison all over my body so I never use DEET or Permethrin... Just check yourself everyday and you'll be fine. Most ticks you find are wood ticks and are mostly harmless. Its the ones you can barely see, the deer ticks, that carry diseases. And even then they have to have been latched on you a while to cause issues. If you are really worried wear long pants and long sleeves and light colored clothing so you can see them easily... I've used lemon eucalyptus oil for mosquitoes and it works great. I have heard it works equally well for ticks.

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Mr.B Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 69 Location: Brevard Joined: 01/01/91	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #12 - 06/21/16 at 7:02pm	Print Post
	Banjopickin wrote on 06/21/16 at 6:31pm: I've used lemon eucalyptus oil for mosquitoes and it works great. I have heard it works equally well for ticks. ...what's that guy said (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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The Cycle Path IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline Treasurer '11 to '18. Trail Chair '12-'18, '20-'21 Posts: 11858 Location: Lake Norman Joined: 08/04/03	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #13 - 06/22/16 at 12:13pm	Print Post
	Banjopickin wrote on 06/21/16 at 6:31pm: Dude yes! That was a terrible span of time working on that. Those things were the worst I ever came across haha.. Still itching haha Im not a fan of spraying poison all over my body so I never use DEET or Permethrin... Just check yourself everyday and you'll be fine. Most ticks you find are wood ticks and are mostly harmless. Its the ones you can barely see, the deer ticks, that carry diseases. And even then they have to have been latched on you a while to cause issues. If you are really worried wear long pants and long sleeves and light colored clothing so you can see them easily... I've used lemon eucalyptus oil for mosquitoes and it works great. I have heard it works equally well for ticks. That didn't stop 5 of those tiny bastards from latching on to me!

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SCOTT_T Big Ring Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2092 Joined: 02/16/05	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #14 - 06/22/16 at 1:09pm	Print Post
	Stay away from Cane Creek then, suckers are awful.

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BudLeach Small Cog Offline Posts: 394 Location: Gastonia Joined: 09/09/14	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #15 - 06/22/16 at 2:54pm	Print Post
	Just rode East (all) and Academy yesterday. There were parts of the East extension(s), where the trail goes out into the more open field like areas, where the tall grass was unavoidable. I stopped to check myself after but didn't find any ticks on me. Guess I got lucky. Academy has obviously been cut back recently in the section under the power lines (thread trail overlap), so no real issues there. Side note... I LOVE Academy trail! Definitely a unique flavor for WWC. Love all the technical ups and downs with the short steeps, and off camber stuff. Really keeps your attention. Requires some judicious braking on the downs to stay out of trouble.

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pagan696 Small Cog Offline Pedal to the Meddle Posts: 277 Location: Dallas, NC Joined: 04/25/08	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #16 - 06/22/16 at 5:55pm	Print Post
	and don't inhale the water either. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Banjopickin Big Ring Offline Spinnin' knees & Hittin' trees since '85 Posts: 1805 Location: Pisgah National Forest, USA Joined: 08/01/11	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #17 - 06/22/16 at 11:55pm	Print Post
	The Cycle Path wrote on 06/22/16 at 12:13pm: That didn't stop 5 of those tiny bastards from latching on to me! Man when they're bad they're bad... I was sitting in the weeds on the river side the other week at N. Mills and had 3 on me in about 5 minutes. I just memorize every mole and freckle on my body so I can easily identify those suckers hahaha

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pagan696 Small Cog Offline Pedal to the Meddle Posts: 277 Location: Dallas, NC Joined: 04/25/08	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #18 - 06/23/16 at 2:29am	Print Post
	I usually don't find them until the wee hours of the night when I'm awoken by them crawling across my legs. *shudders... I hate a dang tick.

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jonesn Big Ring Offline Posts: 1112 Location: South Central Charlotte USA Joined: 03/16/11	Re: Tick problems at WWC? Reply #19 - 06/23/16 at 2:50am	Print Post
	In Hot weather they seem to worse for me as I work outside and do lawn care type work........

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