Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person. Actually I mentioned the thought to my wife and was told it was a Good Idea :-)
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Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person. Actually I mentioned the thought to my wife and was told it was a Good Idea :-)
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Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person.
Do you have a crafty method of making sure that you're wearing it every time you're on the bike? Or are you going to wear it all the time? I like the Steve Cram method of putting a tag on the laces of your cycling (or running) shoes, 'cos I _do_ remember to put my clippyless shoes on before riding, but I'm not at all sure I'd manage to remember a necklace.
OTOH, there is an Organ Donor card in the seatpack that almost always gets transfered to the bike I'm riding -- and the others all have "remove before flight" flags where the seat pack attaches.
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Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person. Actually I mentioned the thought to my wife and was told it was a Good Idea :-)
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Definitely a 'Good Idea' Guy. I've thought about this in the past and opted for an old business card, adjusted to take account of latest contact details, secured somewhere safe yet easily and obviously accessible. A couple of weeks ago I invested in a cheapo hydration pack / rucksack. On the waistband it has a little zip pocket, slightly larger than credit card size. On the outside of this pocket is a red cross with the words 'emergency contact details'. Obviously I will likely only be wearing this when cycling greater distances than the 10 mins down the shops, but as most of my riding is done for my own pleasure in my own leisure time and therefore likely to be the longer journeys, it will probably be in excess of 95% of the times I'm out on the bike. Cheers, Dave
Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person.
Do you have a crafty method of making sure that you're wearing it every time you're on the bike? Or are you going to wear it all the time?
Why not wear it all the time? I wear a dog-tag on account of a medical condition I have, and I just wear it all the time - problem solved. Actually, not _all_ the time - the council makes me take it off to go swimming, and there's one other, umm, leisure activity when I normally take it off, but otherwise I wear it permanently (and have done for many years). It's no bother.
Do you have a crafty method of making sure that you're wearing it every time you're on the bike?
Heh! Ask me when it arrives.
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OTOH, there is an Organ Donor card in the seatpack that almost always gets transfered to the bike I'm riding -- and the others all have "remove before flight" flags where the seat pack attaches.
Ah, I'd not really thought about them - I never forget my wedge pack (no idea why, normally I'd forget my head if not securely attached). Good plan for some things, though, including hanging on QRs and brakes when you slack them off for maintenance. Hmmm...
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Do you have a crafty method of making sure that you're wearing it every time you're on the bike?
I'd wear one all the time if it was gold 🙂
Cheers, helen s
...would it be any use getting one in plutonium or uranium.?..., then if any cager really pisses you off, you could nuke 'em...yeah!!!!....hhhmm, gap in the market methinks.. Dave.
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Following an exchange on rec.bicycles.misc I've just ordered a set of dogtags from dogtagsonline.comdogtagsonline.comOpen ↗ - it seems like a sensible idea to have contact information about one's person. Actually I mentioned the thought to my wife and was told it was a Good Idea :-)
Interesting idea. I really should carry contact details just in case, and this strikes me as a pretty sensible way to do it. Unfortunately, it'd clash with my bone carving (it's a New Zealand thing), which I wear about 98% of the time. I did have a similar idea when I was in university - I was going to have my name, date of birth and blood type tattooed under my left armpit (doesn't get in the way, likely to be spotted if I'm ever hospitalised). Has the advantage that you never forget to put it on, the disadvantage that it's much harder to include current contact details. 😉 Never really got around to it, though.
J
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
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Interesting idea. I really should carry contact details just in case, and this strikes me as a pretty sensible way to do it. Unfortunately, it'd clash with my bone carving (it's a New Zealand thing), which I wear about 98% of the time.
Wear something like a cramtag or a smartID tag on your shoe instead.
I did have a similar idea when I was in university - I was going to have my name, date of birth and blood type tattooed under my left armpit (doesn't get in the way, likely to be spotted if I'm ever hospitalised). Has the advantage that you never forget to put it on, the disadvantage that it's much harder to include current contact details. 😉 Never really got around to it, though.
I wouldn't bother with the blood type since they would be unlikely to use blood without testing first. They wouldn't take the risk that you'd got it wrong.
