Remembered everything except...

muzzan

my helmet! :oops:

Went out for what was supposed to be a 30-odd mile run, but realised after 10 or so miles I'd forgotten my helmet. This has happened a couple of times to me recently, last time I didnt realise till a group passing the other way let me know.

Funny how (in my case anyhow) when you realise this it makes you a bit more tentative on the bike, esp on the downhills.

Has anybody done a whole run without realising they havent been wearing a helmet?

rick_chasey

When you're bald you notice pretty quickly.

I envy that you find the difference between riding with and without so small!

pride4ever

Never done that....

Neal84

I've don't this twice once I was less than a mile from home so I just turned back to get it and once I was halfway into my journey so just continued. It defiantly made me feel more vulnerable around the traffic and its not something I'd choose to do. I usually keep my gloves and phone holder in the helmet so that I don't forget.

fludey

I have done worse...bike on back of car to mates...and worse still holiday....go to get out on bike....oh crap forgot shoes! Thou on holiday works as good excuse for some new shoes

mouth

forget it every now and then. feel a bit of a gimp when i've managed to put on my cycling cap and just forgot the lid tho. i would normally leave my gloves and sunnies in it if i can.

briantrumpet

muzzan wrote:

last time I didnt realise till a group passing the other way let me know.

I'm just trying to imagine the circumstance in which I'd point out to a cyclist riding in the opposite direction that he'd forgotten his helmet.

Nope, I failed. Can't imagine any circumstance.

gubber12345

muzzan wrote:

my helmet! :oops:

Went out for what was supposed to be a 30-odd mile run, but realised after 10 or so miles I'd forgotten my helmet. This has happened a couple of times to me recently, last time I didnt realise till a group passing the other way let me know.

Funny how (in my case anyhow) when you realise this it makes you a bit more tentative on the bike, esp on the downhills.

Has anybody done a whole run without realising they havent been wearing a helmet?

bit early for a wee bit of alzheimers creeping up on ya there matey

danlikesbikes

Don't think I have ever forgot my lid, but I keep my glasses & gloves in the it so pretty easy to pick up before I leave home. I did once do a few kms without doing it up as I just didn't notice I had clipped it up.

Jon_1976

fludey wrote:

I have done worse...bike on back of car to mates...and worse still holiday....go to get out on bike....oh crap forgot shoes! Thou on holiday works as good excuse for some new shoes

I've forgot to take shoes on numerous occasions
:oops:

crikey

I prefer to ride without one (yes, I know but I am old and rode for a long while before they were invented and still don't believe that they work to the extent that folk would have us believe) and have 'forgotten' mine on a couple of occasions.

2Phat4Rapha

Someone I know spent 20 mins looking for the jersey he was wearing!

Not me you understand. Oh no, dearie me no, I’m not that daft. No, it was a friend.

No really.

:?

muzzan

briantrumpet wrote:

muzzan wrote:

last time I didnt realise till a group passing the other way let me know.

I'm just trying to imagine the circumstance in which I'd point out to a cyclist riding in the opposite direction that he'd forgotten his helmet.

Nope, I failed. Can't imagine any circumstance.

Well, I'm not sure if it was intentional, but one of them was looking at me & seemed to reach up & touch his lid, may have just been waving hello, but anyway it kicked my sloth-like brain into gear, not that it helped, was on the way back anyway.

wellbeloved747

Done it once a wile back.
clip your helmet to you bike so you can not forget it!!!

redvee

I left on the commute and thought my glasses were very clean, then the windchill hit my eyes and I remembered I left them on the kitchen worktop.

Gizmodo

Forgot my helmet once, but I only got to the end of my drive before realising something felt wrong.

Have also forgotten my shoes when driving to a sportive, had to turn round and go home for them, making me rush to the start - which I just about made in time.

Good advice from Wellbeloved

hjghg5

Keeping glasses in your helmet works until you put the helmet on without removing them. Remarkably I managed 10 miles with an increasingly sore spot on top of my head before I took the helmet off to see what was causing it.

muzzan

wellbeloved747 wrote:

clip your helmet to you bike so you can not forget it!!!

Works well, unless you have more than one bike of course !

cougie

hjghg5 wrote:

Keeping glasses in your helmet works until you put the helmet on without removing them. Remarkably I managed 10 miles with an increasingly sore spot on top of my head before I took the helmet off to see what was causing it.

Seriously ??

I did ride about 3 miles with a jigsaw piece in my shoe once - little kids must have left it there. Managed to remove it on the fly too. Clipless pedals do come in handy.

rolf_f

Rick Chasey wrote:

When you're bald you notice pretty quickly.

I envy that you find the difference between riding with and without so small!

Not if you wear a buff over your head. I've got to work before realising I've left my helmet at home and when I'm wearing one of my Kask lids, I've sometimes had to tap it to make sure I'm wearing it!

wellbeloved747

redvee wrote:

I left on the commute and thought my glasses were very clean, then the windchill hit my eyes and I remembered I left them on the kitchen worktop.

Classic! i have done this so many times!