Loosing gear from your jersey pockets

sicrow

B**ger just lost a new pair of Nike shades from the back of my jersey whilst out near Whaley Bridge tonight-

I took them off whilst on a climb and when I looked for them again about 8 miles later - Nothing !!

I've been back and nothing on the road side B**ger, B**ger, B**ger


By the way anyone else had similar misfortunes ?

a_n_t

I lost a contact lense on the cat and fiddle.

not strictly out of my jersey pocket granted.

Tom Butcher

In the last year a pair of Rudy Projects (very old ones so not too much of a loss) and a gilet.

OffTheBackAdam

Tools, tubs, inner tubes, maps, a whole host of bits and pieces that come flying out when you take out your snot rag or even just get in and out of the saddle repeatedly.

W5454

I always velcro my back pockets.

sicrow

W5454 wrote:

I always velcro my back pockets.

good shout, wish I'd thought of it - off to tesco to get some today then

ColinJ

I was bombing down a hill early on in the recent Pain in the Pennines event and spotted something in the road as I shot past. I thought twice about stopping but decided to do 'the decent thing' and went back up the hill to check it out. It turned out to be an expensive-looking lightweight jacket in a stuffsac. I velcroed it to my handlebars and set off down the hill again but hit a bump and it ended up back on the road! I stopped again, re-retrieved it, put it in my bag that time, and handed the jacket in later at the first feed station. I checked at the finish and apparently someone had reclaimed it. They'd paid £90 for it a couple of days before and had been somewhat peeved to have lost it.

Previously, I'd found a £10 note, bananas, glasses, mitts, and even a broken MP3 player in the road. Yes - make sure that your kit is securely stashed!

PS I've had a front light bounce off on a bumpy descent and shatter in the road. I had a rear light fall off on a different bumpy descent but managed to retrieve that one in working order.

shockedsoshocked

I lost a 20 quid note once. Only found out when I arrived cold and hungry at the cafe That was not a fun ride.

z000m

i have an aldi shirt which fits me really well , only the pockets on the back are very shallow i always think im gonna loose stuff i put in them and im sure they have cost me a few biscuits, but i never keep count.

nasahapley

ShockedSoShocked wrote:

I lost a 20 quid note once. Only found out when I arrived cold and hungry at the cafe That was not a fun ride.

You probably don't want to hear this then - I found a £20 note on the Struggle out of Ambleside not long ago. I almost ignored it because I wanted to do the climb in one go, but I saw sense and trousered it pronto.

graeme_s-2

I once had a puncture repair kit fly out on a descent, I just left that.

Another time on the way home from work I had a Top Peak Pocket Rocket fall out of my courier bag. I stopped, grabbed it and stashed it in my jersey pocket. A mile later I was going along a road with speed bumps, and got caught behind a large road sweeper (the ones the size of a bin lorry). I overtook it, and as I hit the next speed bump the bump bounced out of my pocket. I didn't even both stopping as it would have been hoovered up by the sweeper long before I'd have been able to retrieve it.

Oh - to cushion the blow I replaced it with a slightly more bling Planet X carbon fibre CO2 inflater-cum-mini pump. So my advice is if you loose something out of your pocket, buy something a bit more bling and take better care of it.

Evil_Cod

Ive lost a map before. Went back to look after 2 hours of riding and no sign. Slightly annoyed.

Thankfully I've never lost anything else. Dropped a fair few things, scratching a lot of sunglasses.

flattythehurdler

I found a wallet whilst descending the Alpe D'huez this year which was the last descent of a long day in the saddle. It was the third climb of the day and was hot. I phoned the owner from bourg d'oisans. It transpired that he lived in the village 2/3 of the way up. He asked if I could cycle back up and give it to him :shock: .
I left it in the ice cream shop for him to collect.