Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: SRXer on March 02, 2008, 05:10:46 PM
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On my Jacket I've got 6 pockets - which is more than normal for a bike jacket.
Do people use them all?
I keep in my jacket at most times
£5 ish in loose change (this normally drops through the hole in the pocket into the jacket)
two double ended spanners (tightening those bolts that come loose through vibration)
pliers (For pulling on cables for when they snap)
tyre pressure guage
A front brake hub lever for my crusader that someone tied to my bike whilst i was away from it.
matches, lighter - not that i smoke ???
bottle opener (essential if you break down)
3 or 4 different keys to peoples houses and garages
break down details - bike club cards
a key ring that turns most tv's off
To me that seems sensible, just wondered if everyone else felt they needed to fill their pockets.
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I have quite a few pockets on my Buffalo jacket but would never carry the stuff you do in 'em. Spare earplugs are about all I carry. All that metal would do damage in a spill I'm sure. Keys, bottle opener and Spanners????? Oh dear.
Kreiga make some nice kit for carrying stuff, I'm sure their Stash would do for most things.
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I've got a lighter, baccy, a small zippy bag of baby wipes (to get dead wildlife off my visor), AA card and a spare few quid for emergency petrol. A 'multitool' thing and what's left of my Honda tool kit live under my seat.
I've not counted my pockets but there are many. Weird little ones for god knows what. They've all got infuriating velcro flaps on them. I hate velcro, it's everywhere. Theres little straps round the arms and wrists and waistband that I'm sure nobody ever uses, with big wodges of velcro hanging off them. What was wrong with good old fashioned press studs? If I dump my jacket on the sofa, an hour later it's got half the family cat stuck to it.
Dave B
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Having ridden in places where you leave nothing you actually want on the bike (Morocco, Italy, London etc.) and might end up in a ditch miles from nowhere (Morocco, Norway, Bradford etc.) I got into the habbit of using the pockets on the jacket and trousers. The full long range list included:
Matches, lighter, pipe
Camera
GPS
Cable lock for helmet
helmet bag
folding shopping bag and cargo net
Hip flask
Keys
Passport, money, cards, photo's of family, Vehicle documents and copies
Keys and spares
Swiss army knife, torch, lots of small batteries, whistle, hand compass
Map
Pen
Inner gloves, thermal balaclava, hat, boot liners.
Sweets
dressing pack
half litre camel back.
Baby wipes and a pack of three ( :-[ go on, bring on the comments! They are for removing bugs and emergency waterproofing, honest guv).
I always carried tools on the bike on the basis that if you got separated from the bike you wouldn't need the tools.
This little lot as stated above is lethal shrapnel if you come off. As my travel is now less extensive and the outfit has easily accessible lockable stowage i'm now trying to get back into the habit of carrying nothing except paper and the odd coin on my person. I'd heartily reccomend using a QD tank bag or a grab bag in the top of a pannier even if you do want to carry all the above. It might not feel as secure but it's got to be safer.
Andy
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Earplugs and thats all. I fell off a mountain bike at less than walking speed, I had a single car key in my pocket, I could walk properly for about a month and my leg was black and blue. God know what would happen of you land a set of keys or spanner at 30mph
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Well, yes.....I've done exactly the same as SteveH.....bloody painful.....and when i was at school (yup, they did have them then!) a mate, with who'm i shared the filthy habit of smoking (round the back of the bike sheds, as is the norm) was making a hasty exit from his shed, to avoid getting caught smoking by his dad.......fell over....and ignited the box of swan vesta's in his pocket.....scarred for life and 3 skin grafts......daft bu55er still smokes too
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I set my parka on fire doing that when i was a kid! Managed to escape without serious injury but I had some explaining to do when I got home...
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I dont keep anything in my trouser pockets since i landed on my disc lock.
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I dont keep anything in my trouser pockets since i landed on my disc lock.
Ouch!
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I have a gold ring in my pocket, my precious........
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Just remembered an incident from my youth. At about 3.30 one Friday afternoon in mid winter a mate calls me and announces we have to go get drunk in Leeds. As a 21 year old with a grant cheque burning a hole in my pocket I hop aboard by trusty MZ and give it full throttle round the North circular and up the M-1. By 9.00 I'm 220 miles north, having had a shower at my mum and dads to get the heat back into my extremities, five pints of proper northern beer in the pubs and am stood in the queue outside some dive in Leeds centre. I'm still wearing my grubby, salt stained jacket as my one set of clean clothes and a stack of washing prevented carrying another. I also think said jacket is the key to pulling :-[
The bouncer is obviously inexperienced and thinks I should empty my pockets (of which I have lots). I have on me a fuel filter, three spark plugs, a small wire brush, a clutch cable, two feet of (household) electrical cable, various fuses, a headlight bulb, a spare chain link, a thing for getting valves out of tyres, a film canister ful of grease.....etc. When the pile starts to overflow his hands he asks me why I'm carrying all this ****. I point out I came on an MZ and he tells me to **** off inside and leave my coat in the cloakroom ;D
These days 220 miles by MZ wearing a leather jacket and jeans in freezing temperatures in order to drink overpriced bottled lager in a dark hole with sticky floors and music so loud you can't see properly really wouldn't do. Guess I'm just getting old :-\
Andy
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Still no baccy for the pipe Andy in your second list! ;D So what do you put in it? ::)
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Still no baccy for the pipe Andy in your second list! ;D So what do you put in it? ::)
A Resin of some sort Officer ?.....He He He He !!!
:D
Jethro
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Multitool thingy plus micro torch
Spare earplugs
Mobile
sunglasses
mini screwdriver
sidestand puck
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...and a pair of socks in a plastic bag!.....well my ride to work boots aren't 100% waterproof and during last 'summer' I arrived at work several times with squelchy socks...nothing worse at the beginning of the day... hence a pair of dry socks! ;D
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To my shame my pockets nearly always contain woodscrews, drill bits and small screwdrivers. I do worry about what would happen if I fell off, but using the bike for my sort of job it's inevitable that I'll be riding around with pockets full of sharp metal things.
GC
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Aye 002,
Hence touring in N. Africa!
Scurilous, absolutely scurilous!
As for the wet sock syndrome, remove socks wring out, place on heating in office and go bush or keep a pair of baffies in the office. Causes a few raised eyebrows but "S**'em", foot comfort is more important than some pon*y dress code. Fortunately, I am not bounded by such clonal rigour :P
My own pockets contain alsorts of detritous and I can't remember when they were last emptied. Found a tenner a while ago and the fish and chips wi' mushy peas were magic! ;D
Good night, Bill.
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Just because I happen to be departing for the largest city in Holland for Stag-do part 2 on Thursday doesn't mean you can jump to any conclusions ;)
The pipe lives in the pouch with the baccy and hence only counts as one item, honest :-\
As for Morocco, if you are in the mood to try the wacky weed, don't do it there. While the coppers are usually about the most friendly and helpful on the planet outside Ireland they don't want the place to turn into a rerun of the '70's in Marakesh with a Ryan air flight full of trollied English yoof touching down every 30 seconds to boot. You've seen Midnight Express ::) Anyhow, the normal tobacco in the hubble bubble pipes plus their creosote/Uranium based coffee is enough for anyone who usually hardly drinks or smokes :)
Andy
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OK, kit inspection over. Contents are:
bike keys
house keys
glasses in their case
credit card torch
works pass card
various bits of tissue
512mb USB stick
wallet & moths
some spare coinage
hanky
blister strip of rennie
a manky 'unused' sticking plaster
pieces of a photocopied map of central London
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To my shame my pockets nearly always contain woodscrews, drill bits and small screwdrivers. I do worry about what would happen if I fell off, but using the bike for my sort of job it's inevitable that I'll be riding around with pockets full of sharp metal things.
GC
You having said that reminded me of something.
When I was at college, doing catering, my kitchen knives wouldnt fit inside my tankbag, so i bungee corded them on top, points facing away, of course. just glad i never had to test my landing technique.
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House keys
Bike keys
Cheque I've been meaning to pay in for months
Sorn doc for the mastiff (must put that away somewhere safe.. :-[ )
USMC Antenna handbook
Wallet and obligatory moths
Credit card, bank card, id card, aa card, card card etc etc etc
Toothbrush & toothpaste (small tube)
1gb memory stick
... and no mobile phone because I forgot it was on charge and left it at work tonight... DOH! :-[
Interesting little snapshot of life these lists aren't they, wonder what an archeologist would make of it if one of us was found in a few hundred years like the bog bodies!?! ???
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House keys
Bike keys (unless I'm riding it of course ;D)
Swiss knife
wallet
phone
sunnies (I live in hope)
Work ID card
All in jacket pockets which are really clever as some are near enough in your armpit they're so far away from your chest.
All other stuff is in the rucksack which travels with me in the topbox. That way, should Dolly pack up one day, I can walk off carrying my kit and leave my helmet/gloves locked in the [now empty] topbox.
Rucksack contains;
hat
waterproofs (top & bottom)
spare socks
small bottle of water (must change that!)
cargo net
earplugs for phone so I can use it as an MP3
mints (might of eaten them, better check)
All tools are in my Acme tool carrier (4" soil pipe bolted to bike)
Organised me ;D
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I forgot to mention the half eaten pach of extra strong mints...
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If we are going to include luggage carried then I'm sorry to say I'm going to win hands down ;)
A small sample:
Corded drill
Cordless drill
spirit level x 2
screw box
drill bit box
tote bag full of tools (about 150 items)
saw
coping saw
hacksaw
fold-out square
wood chisels in canvas roll
waterproof jacket
waterproof oversuit
scissor jack
box of bike tools
large can WD40
bottle of engine oil
bottle of old gear oil to lube chain (every four-five days)
rucksack containing packed lunch and flask of coffee
That's the basic kit and takes up less than half the chair. The remaining space is taken up by whatever I need for that day's job.
GC
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But that is NOT The Contents of your Pockets !
Not going to tell you what I found in mine !
Jethro
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An expandable jerry can for carrying fuel in emergencies! ;D
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A variety of junk - at one time included some leather needles.. oops.
Fell of girlfriends lil yamaha once with a trouser pocket loaded with hank bushes, split pins, machine screws etc - had come from work - and impaled myself on loads of them. If said girlfriend had not been a nurse it would have been a good excuse for laying in A&E with a pretty young thing picking away in the nether regions.. ummmmmm.
As it was she was a nurse and embarrasement was saved. Mind she was not impressed I had fallen off her bike.
The lil old dear who saw me fall off wanted to get an ambulance - I just wanted to get away before a friend came past and saw me.
R
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Just a little thought.. I worry less about what is in my pockets than what the pockets / lining is made of. Little bits of shrapnel are easy to pick out - if somewhat painful, manmade fibres however - that have melted on impact and welded themselves into your leg, arm etc are a real bugger to deal with.
R
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My jacket pockets contain tabs, lighter, mobile, wallet, ear-plugs (2 sets, usually mis-matched), 90 degree valve stem thingy (SZR wheels on a twin-disc setup left little room to get garage air-hoses in) multi-allen ket set (changed most fasteners to allen heads, useful to tighten them every few hundred on the thumper), spare main fuse and little squirty bottle of visor cleaner, plus bits of old receipts, fluff etc.