Rider Down Richmond Park

spasypaddy

roger merriman wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

i always carry my wallet apart from when im out for a run. when commuting my wallet is normally somewhere in my bag easier for the medics to check your wrist than it is for them to go through your bag.

I guess the main thing is I don't consider the risk high.

me neither until i was hit by a car and in the resulting mess found out i was lethally allergic to penicillin. that and if the accident had been much worse i wouldnt have been able to give the medical response team any info.

roger_merriman

spasypaddy wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

i always carry my wallet apart from when im out for a run. when commuting my wallet is normally somewhere in my bag easier for the medics to check your wrist than it is for them to go through your bag.

I guess the main thing is I don't consider the risk high.

me neither until i was hit by a car and in the resulting mess found out i was lethally allergic to penicillin. that and if the accident had been much worse i wouldnt have been able to give the medical response team any info.

owch! I have no allergies or at least high responses any way that I know of, plus phone plus lord knows how much ID in wallet. do people wear these all the time or just for cycling?

bails87

The thing is, when I'm on the bike I might not have my wallet with me. I will if I'm commuting (buried in a backpack) but not if I'm MTBing or just out for a road ride.

daniel_b

Torvid wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

Is this serious?

So your coming down a hill at 30mph, and you have to slow for a roundabout, what are you meant to do then?

You have to sit up and unfurl the cape to act as a giant wind break.

Or release the chute from under the saddle eh

Torvid

Daniel B wrote:

Torvid wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

Is this serious?

So your coming down a hill at 30mph, and you have to slow for a roundabout, what are you meant to do then?

You have to sit up and unfurl the cape to act as a giant wind break.

Or release the chute from under the saddle eh

Doesn't everyone have one packed in there saddle bag?

_Brun_

Grappling hook round a lamppost is a great way to get round corners without slowing down.

asprilla

roger merriman wrote:

plus lord knows how much ID in wallet. do people wear these all the time or just for cycling?

I pretty much leave it on all the time. That's not a conscious decision to make sure I can be IDed, it's just that it's easier to keep it on all the time.

I have no ID in my wallet which has telephone numbers on it, only my address.