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MTB on BBC1 tonight / was it someone from here?
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G - you simply do not get it at all. solo riding is perfectly appropriate. first aid kits are fairly useless - knowledge is what you need.
How old are you? I have been going into the hills for 35 yrs on my own.
Its knowledge skills and attitude that are important and certainly not relying on equipment. The most important bit of safety equipment is what is between your ears.
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TJ
please be my guest it simply proves my original assertion, and to be honest I don't care. Just please keep away from me as I don't want he responsibility of mopping you up once the inevitable occurs.
How old are you? I have been going into the hills for 35 yrs on my own
I started out door pursuits in 1965, have been at very levels in various things, but obviously hadn't realised until now that I'm a complete cock and have no idea whatsoever what I'm talking about, so lets just leave it that way.Anyway on a brighter note, I've just woken up having had a kip post Dunwich Dynamo. What a great event that is, great vibe right throughout the night, and a constant stream of cyclists quietly rolling through the night with great banter and comaraderie being shared.
Should anyone be interested, my Brother in law made it to Dunwich at 8:30am after a 12 1/2 hour ride, completely buggered but deeply chuffed with himself, as he should be. During the night he managed two fairly major offs, one, a wheel against kerb interface resulted in a full face plant onto the kerb at speed, but he got himself sorted and carried on. Not bad for a 62 year old non cyclist whose longest previous ride had been 30 miles, especially bearing in mind he has had three heart attacks!
Anyone who was on the Dun Run, the two middle aged women in the middle of Sudbury telling you to go right were his and my Mrs, they had a great night too, thanks everyone who returned their banter.
cheers
G
PS : At the end of the day, it just goes to show that all sorts of things are achievable with a bit of forethought and planning.
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G - I was interested to know how old you were simply because it seemed to me from your posts that you did not have much experience. I can now accept that you have. I still believe you are very wrong about going out on your own. I have plenty of experience in the outdoors as well and tho I don't go out on my own very often I still do on occasion. Basic safety is simply telling someone your route and when you are due back and being a bit more cautious. I don't go on the high mountains in winter on my own for example neither would I do such things as Carn Mor Ban on my own.
G
Unless of course its some plank who has gone out solo, ignoring even the most basic of safety practices like not riding alone in an islolated area for example, because then it actually makes MTB riders look like a bunch of tits who deserve no respect whatsoever.
You were the one who was saying that going out on your own was foolish and being rather offensive about it and I simply don't agree.Posted 2 years ago # -
ignoring even the most basic of safety practices like not riding alone in an islolated area for example,
i.e. one of a number of things one might do to minimise risk dependant on experience, local knowledge etc etc ad infinitum
followed by the caveat
May well not be the case, but the short description does tend to slant it in that direction a tad.
If instead of picking merely those bits you want to take from a post you read the whole thing and took it in context your blood pressure may well stay lower buddy. Personally speaking as someone who really wants MTB to continue to grow and flourish I shudder when these sort of ambulance chaser TV shows focus on someone who is demonstrably unprepared for what they are doing, it does MTB no credit. Pretty much the same as the majority of the above thread doesn't. If I had a £1 for every minute I'd spent with the Forestry Commission trying to avoid the jobsworth, PC, safety madness from being applied "unnecessarily" due to some idiot mangling himself simply through an excess of testosterone over wit and ability, I would be spending my days at my "MTB centre in the Sierra Nevada" (dream on!) or somewhere instead of getting soaked on a poxy road ride in July!
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G - I ain't the one getting het up about this.
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And I suspect you ain't the one who has to sit in front of the FC as described either!
PS : short fuse excuse... Up at 6:30 am yesterday, bed at midday today, up at 4:00 again , knees hurt and proper tired
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I am confused now. was i slated for suggesting not bothering with a 1st aid kit or was it deemed that there is no point in taking a 1st aid kit unless you know how to use it?
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I ride alone in remote areas all the time. My first aid kit consists of a roll of PVC tape.
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Re 1st Aid kits, I think is it was Drac off here (and he should know) that said you can sort most things out with a sanitary towel and some gaffer tape. Anything more and the pro's need calling.
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anotherdeadhero - Member
I ride alone in remote areas all the time. My first aid kit consists of a roll of PVC tape.
Is that to tape the sheep's rear legs together to stop them kicking?
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You could of strapped the guys nuts up with yer gaffa tape
Not sure he would enjoy taking it back off again though.Just a quick mention regarding them antiseptic wipes you get in first aid kits. They are neither use nor ornament if you have a substantial bleeding gash. On two occasions recently i have ended up with piles of blood covered wipes which have made little to no difference to a messy, bloody wound. On one occasion i mentioned this to a medically trained pal and he said that as they have alcohol in them they will not 'soak' up any of the blood. So i am out on the trail, i have a bloody gash on my arm which is pumping out blood and the wipes are making no difference at all. I decided to ride for 10mins and low & behold the blood clotted and the wound stopped bleeding enough to get me back. I suppose a bandage or plaster may have kept the crap out but no more so than an extra layer of clothing. I think letting the air at it helped it clot.
The second one, well i ran my bloody leg under a running tap and job sorted
My wife suggested knee and elbow pads. But thats another conversation....
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Funniest thread in ages!
anotherdeadhero - Member
I ride alone in remote areas all the time. My first aid kit consists of a roll of PVC tape.
I know people who's bike toolkit is some gaffer tape, but this is the 1st time I've heard of it being a complete 1st aid kit!
Met someone who uses it to keep climbing gear in place...Posted 2 years ago # -
Give over you lot. Mountain biking isn't a particularly dangerous sport.
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