Self rescue procedures and precautions for solo winter rides?

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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    masjer said:

    A space blanket can be used as a rudimentary invisibility cloak, useful in a survival situation.

    if you get enough space blanket carrying rural roads cyclists together you could join all their blankets together and use them to hide vast swathes of the country from prying eyes, such as the Russians or aliens.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,564
    edited January 2022
    First.Aspect said:

    Why has no one mentioned a distress flare and life jacket? Some people use canal towpaths, you know.

    I'm not sure if you deliberately missed an EPIRB off your list.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,630
    mrb123 said:

    Do they actually use space blankets in space??

    Absolutely. Where do you think the name comes from?
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,845
    We now know why a certain forumite rides with a 60Kg rucksack, spares for every occaison. ;)
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  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 510
    edited January 2022
    Apart from tyre repair stuff the most important back up is surely a mobile phone with plenty of charge, especially in most of the UK where coverage is good. Here in the Borders there are still quite a few no signal areas, but an car is likely to go past eventually even on the quietest roads.


  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,630
    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,696
    Fair play to you guys who snap chains - must be putting out some serious wattage.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    To be fair - sometimes they just break.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    it did cross my ind that if he did 7 laps of RP he would never be more than 5 mins walk from a tea hut
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,621
    shirley_basso said:

    To be fair - sometimes they just break.

    Mine always slip way before they break.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    or just launch your own satellite before each time you ride whilst packing your space blanket and bin bag and checking your saddle bag and mudguards.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    surrey_commuter said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    it did cross my ind that if he did 7 laps of RP he would never be more than 5 mins walk from a tea hut
    or, in the case of Leics, from a pub/village/house/petrol station/layby full of bacon roll vans, hookers and used condoms.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,630
    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    or just launch your own satellite before each time you ride whilst packing your space blanket and bin bag and checking your saddle bag and mudguards.
    Look you shouldn't really be packing your space blanket in a saddle pack. Those lost seconds retrieving it could be critical.

    I ride with mine clamped under my armpit.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,407
    surrey_commuter said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    it did cross my ind that if he did 7 laps of RP he would never be more than 5 mins walk from a tea hut
    If he was very lucky there might be another cyclist in Richmond park at the same time who he could flag down with his space blanket and send for help.
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,564
    For the beginners, I highly recommend reading Space Blankets for Dummies and 101 Greatest Things to do with a Space Blanket.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    MattFalle said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    it did cross my ind that if he did 7 laps of RP he would never be more than 5 mins walk from a tea hut
    or, in the case of Leics, from a pub/village/house/petrol station/layby full of bacon roll vans, hookers and used condoms.
    In that case I might buy a van and charge cyclists to be driven to Lincs
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    First.Aspect said:

    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    or just launch your own satellite before each time you ride whilst packing your space blanket and bin bag and checking your saddle bag and mudguards.
    Look you shouldn't really be packing your space blanket in a saddle pack. Those lost seconds retrieving it could be critical.

    I ride with mine clamped under my armpit.
    surely for maximum efficiency in extreme moist and damp times you should wear your spaceblanket all the time?

    saving seconds saves lives you know...

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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    thinking about it though, you don't want to look a totalnob riding around in a spaceblanket, so if you put your bin bag on top no one will know what you have underneath.

    #stealth
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,616
    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    or just launch your own satellite before each time you ride whilst packing your space blanket and bin bag and checking your saddle bag and mudguards.
    Look you shouldn't really be packing your space blanket in a saddle pack. Those lost seconds retrieving it could be critical.

    I ride with mine clamped under my armpit.
    surely for maximum efficiency in extreme moist and damp times you should wear your spaceblanket all the time?

    saving seconds saves lives you know...

    Not very aero though. Might be better to wrap yourself in foil so there's less to flap about.

  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    seanoconn said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    it did cross my ind that if he did 7 laps of RP he would never be more than 5 mins walk from a tea hut
    If he was very lucky there might be another cyclist in Richmond park at the same time who he could flag down with his space blanket and send for help.
    the mental picture of a lycra clad nutter waving a space blanket at passers by in Richmond Park made me lol. Sadly I fear the only people likely to stop are residents of Roehampton to relieve him of all of his posessions
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    the waterproof properties of both the bin bag and the space blanket also mean you don't have to spend money on all this fancy gore tex clothing eithet, so that leaves more money for saddlebags and mudguards

    winner winner dry and safe rider home for dinner.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,630
    Overall, lets be honest here, the only safe option is Zwift.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    mrb123 said:

    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    MattFalle said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Satellite phone. Essential, particularly in the South Downs or Richmond Park.

    or just launch your own satellite before each time you ride whilst packing your space blanket and bin bag and checking your saddle bag and mudguards.
    Look you shouldn't really be packing your space blanket in a saddle pack. Those lost seconds retrieving it could be critical.

    I ride with mine clamped under my armpit.
    surely for maximum efficiency in extreme moist and damp times you should wear your spaceblanket all the time?

    saving seconds saves lives you know...

    Not very aero though. Might be better to wrap yourself in foil so there's less to flap about.

    cling film is your friend in these situations.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    First.Aspect said:

    Overall, lets be honest here, the only safe option is Zwift.

    what about electrocution? eh, you never thought of that.

    or if his bike falls off his turbo trainer and he's stuck under it.

    he'll still need his foil hat to ward off the G5 and Covid and mind altering stuff from the mainstream media though, no?

    so basically we are back to square 1.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,616
    First.Aspect said:

    Overall, lets be honest here, the only safe option is Zwift.

    Haven't you heard what happened to that bloke on Sex and the City? One minute he's having a spin on his Peloton, next thing he's having a massive heart attack and being outed as a sex pest.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Blimey.

    Bet he wishes he would have just stuck to X Hamster like everyone else now....
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,417
    Correct use of space blankets....



    Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,544
    First.Aspect said:

    mrb123 said:

    Do they actually use space blankets in space??

    Absolutely. Where do you think the name comes from?
    I wonder what you do if you have a mechanical in space, you can't just call an Uber to get you home. No wonder they had to invent space blankets, that's a long wait for help!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,544
    rick_chasey said:

    Fair play to you guys who snap chains - must be putting out some serious wattage.

    A club mate managed to break the crank axle on the chainset of of his Peugeot, now that takes some power. The end of it went into his calf and needed quite a few stitches. Peugeot took a look and found it had metal fatigue I think so replaced his whole bike for him.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,544
    photonic69 said:

    Correct use of space blankets....


    I watched that episode yesterday and was thinking of this thread.

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