SO is a bear faster in then show then the person on a bike he is chasing ?

I've never had to find out -- I don't have to outrun the bear, only the slowest rider in the group I'm riding with.

In truth, by far the most dangerous encounter we have out on the trails is moose.

More people in Alaska are killed by moose than are killed by bears. When we're out on the trails and come across a moose (not at all uncommon) we just quietly turn around and go the other way. I'd far rather come across a pack of wolves than a mama moose and her calf. (Not that I'd ever actually see the wolves -- they are so shy that by the time I got within a quarter mile of one he'd already be a half a mile away)

tanstaafl.