tonights ride

mike said:

My tuesday night ride started out less than promising.
I forgot my gloves,
another guy forgot his camelback (had a waterbottle but no place to put
in on his fixy),
another guy didn't have anything to wear under his helmet.

I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house only to turn
around after a mile or so because I forgot my water bottles or my frame
pump. One time I finished a 60-mile ride only to discover I'd left my
pump at home. Finally I came up with a checklist (lesson learned from
flying) so I'd remember the important stuff:

A = air (pump)
B = bag (check it for patches, spare, etc.)
C = computer
D = drinks
E = eye protection
F = feet (shoes)
G = glucose/groceries, gloves
H = helmet, HRM

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

-JR

SlowRider said:

mike said:

My tuesday night ride started out less than promising.
I forgot my gloves,
another guy forgot his camelback (had a waterbottle but no place to put
in on his fixy),
another guy didn't have anything to wear under his helmet.

I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house only to turn
around after a mile or so because I forgot my water bottles or my frame
pump. One time I finished a 60-mile ride only to discover I'd left my
pump at home. Finally I came up with a checklist (lesson learned from
flying) so I'd remember the important stuff:

A = air (pump)
B = bag (check it for patches, spare, etc.)
C = computer
D = drinks
E = eye protection
F = feet (shoes)
G = glucose/groceries, gloves
H = helmet, HRM

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

-JR

Thats a good idea, but with me, I would forget where I put my checklist!

Ken
--
Quit? You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed
with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with
the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike
and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a
good reason to quit. So what are you dying of that's keeping you from
the finals? - Lance Armstrong in "Dodgeball - A true underdog story"

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Hiya Mike!
Just hope I remember to bring a camera on the group ride this
Saturday. The Theme/Title for the ride: "Digital Camera Ride." I may
still manage to forget....

Robert Leone [email hidden]

mike said:

My tuesday night ride started out less than promising.
I forgot my gloves,
another guy forgot his camelback (had a waterbottle but no place to put
in on his fixy),
another guy didn't have anything to wear under his helmet.

So I gave my spare balacava to one, someone found some gloves for me
and I put the waterbottle in my second carrier. I just had to be his
domestic for the ride.

After we got started we had a wonderfull ride, doing over 32K in just
over 58 minutes. Way fast for us!!!!

Riding with the help of others makes a *big difference*!!!!!
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

JR said:

I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house only to turn
around after a mile or so because I forgot my water bottles ...

No cupholders in your four-wheeler? I have 2 bottles that live in the
car. And bike shoes. And a couple of jackets.

HTH

--Karen D.

SlowRider said:

F = feet (shoes)

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

If you have similar cycling clipless shoes, *For the Love of the FSM*,
check that you didn't pack *two* *left* shoes before you leave for
the airport. [1]

[1] I have been touched by his noodly appendage.

--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"I find your lack of clue...disturbing" - SithAdmin Vader.

Ken M said:

Quoted message said:

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

-JR

Thats a good idea, but with me, I would forget where I put my checklist!

Ken

See earlier thread, Subject: Biking Tattoo
--
zk

SlowRider wrote:

::
:: A = air (pump)
:: B = bag (check it for patches, spare, etc.)
:: C = computer
:: D = drinks
:: E = eye protection
:: F = feet (shoes)
:: G = glucose/groceries, gloves
:: H = helmet, HRM

Useful. Thanks.

SlowRider said:

mike said:

My tuesday night ride started out less than promising.
I forgot my gloves,
another guy forgot his camelback (had a waterbottle but no place to put
in on his fixy),
another guy didn't have anything to wear under his helmet.

I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house only to turn
around after a mile or so because I forgot my water bottles or my frame
pump. One time I finished a 60-mile ride only to discover I'd left my
pump at home. Finally I came up with a checklist (lesson learned from
flying) so I'd remember the important stuff:

A = air (pump)
B = bag (check it for patches, spare, etc.)
C = computer
D = drinks
E = eye protection
F = feet (shoes)
G = glucose/groceries, gloves
H = helmet, HRM

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

-JR

And of course you don't want to forget the most important B on your
checklist. No, nobody would forget their BIKE when they drive away.
Well at least I don't know anyone that would admit to it on a
newsgroup... so its never happened to me.
Life is just easier if you ride your bike to an event.

Mike

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Quoted message said:

If you have similar cycling clipless shoes, *For the Love of the FSM*,
check that you didn't pack *two* *left* shoes before you leave for
the airport. [1]

[1] I have been touched by his noodly appendage.

I had no idea you were a pastafarian.

--
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Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at:
http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

SlowRider said:

I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house only to turn
around after a mile or so because I forgot my water bottles or my frame
pump. One time I finished a 60-mile ride only to discover I'd left my
pump at home. Finally I came up with a checklist (lesson learned from
flying) so I'd remember the important stuff:

A = air (pump)
B = bag (check it for patches, spare, etc.)
C = computer
D = drinks
E = eye protection
F = feet (shoes)
G = glucose/groceries, gloves
H = helmet, HRM

Some of these things (like cycling shoes) may seem hard to forget, but
if you're driving to an event, it's amazing what slips your mind.

For me, "F" would have to stand for "front wheel." Hauling our tandem
to the start of one club ride, that's what I left behind.

Neither the club nor my wife has ever let me forget that incident.
:-(

- Frank Krygowski