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I had my ride planned out and was excited to get outside so I got dressed and began collecting my gear.
But I could not find my gloves! :( :mad: I became obsessed with my search but only in vain. I looked everywhere several times.
I think I'll purchase another pair while I try to find them because riding without gloves is uncomfortable due to the handlebar vibration. Are your rides sometimes thwarted by missing equipment or gear? I am feeling extremely frustrated.
I bought a cheap mesh backpack (mesh is great since I can throw stuff in there while it's still a little sweaty, and it will dry without getting gross) and all my cycling gear lives in it. That way I always know where everything is, and if I'm driving to a ride, I can just pick up the backpack and know that I have everything I need.
There are still times when I've forgotten to wash a jersey and have to fish a stinky one out of the laundry though... :eek: Luckily I have a pair of shorts that I really don't like, that I can fall back on if everything else is dirty. :cool:
Anyway, sorry you didn't get to ride. :( It was a beautiful day in Ohio.
My gloves live in my helmet or in a drawer when not being used. I did buy myself a second pair of gloves just in case--I rarely lose things, but if I do, they're usually gone for good.
My rides are thwarted by work, or if not by work, a problem with my bike that I do not have the knowledge to fix.
I do have a box designated to cycling stuff. I keep all of my supplies and tools in it. Usually, everything is together...it doesn't help that I have moved since I can last remember when I used my gloves (or if I still have them). Customarily, my gloves are put in my cycling box or in my helmet :p
Know the feeling. I haven't missed a ride yet, but have occasionally stomped around home trying to find temporarily misplaced gloves, headband or glasses.
Which is not a total problem since I do have a 2nd set somewhere, either brand new or more grotty set. :D Worst thing is not finding my keys or wallet ..I do this temporarily ...and waste half hr. or so finding the misplaced keys or wallet.
I do have a box where all sorts of little cycling gear is stuffed but it does not solve the problem of a thinking cyclist-to-be wandering around with her possessions at home.
Had to laugh at this. Last Monday, my ride was delayed 15-20 minutes as I couldn't find a pair of gloves. I have three pairs and I couldn't find one pair! I finally realized I put them all in a new place in a handy box so I wouldn't have difficulty finding them. Hope I don't experience that mental glitch again . . . at least not with cycling gloves.
THAT is what delays my rides (or my going to class, or...) I am constantly setting my wallet and keys (they're attached) down somewhere in my room and forgetting where I put them.Quote:
Originally Posted by shootingstar
And why is that if you decide "I'm going to put X here so I don't lose it", you don't see it again?
Ana, your avatar is adorable. :)
In the summer I would drive somewhere cool (like the beach, because I am a heat-wimp) wearing sandals, and then pull out the shoes and OH NO! No socks. So now I keep two pairs of socks in my cycling bag just in case. With everything in one place I now have gone one year without forgetting/loosing anything, which is quite a trick for me. Normally I'm so dense I don't know I don't have something that I need till I'm 30 miles from home so my bike bag is my portable brain. It's not bad in a way, because I'm not stressing over the missing stuff that I don't know I don't have, but at the moment I need it I feel like such a putz.
I am so there with you! Went out to ride last week - same thing happened. I usually keep all my gear in a bag in the car. My gloves no where to be found. I found my leather gloves..and wore those. Not very breatheable - but they cut the wind. And I figure no-one could really see...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ana
Went out again today - and I still haven't found them....I really need to get another pair before someone finds out about my obsession with leather dress gloves and bike gear....:D
same here, i currently have one missing glove...
fortunately i have 3 pairs of the same gloves :p
I used to think i was strange. If i realise i can't find something I will be really upset until it is found, or it has been established to have been stolen, borrowed or damaged. I just NEED to know where it is. of course if it is damaged I'll be upset but not in the oh-my-god-i-cannot-do-anything-else-until-this-is-found way...looks like i'm not the only one. :D
I mentioned this on another thread last week, but losing a pair of gloves led to a serendipitous stroke of good luck.
I left my gloves in a Burger King bathroom when I changed after a ride (we had driven an hour to the starting point so I didn't want to wear my cycling clothes home). When my DH and I went to replace them next day, he won a $250 gift card to the bike store from the big promotion event they were having. I got my new gloves and a pair for cooler weather and stow them in one of those re-useable shopping bags, along with my helmet, mirror, shoes and a couple of emergency snacks.
We drove up the mountain nearby to a mountain biking trail. We got there, got unloaded and the bikes checked, only to realize I had forgotten my bike SHOES! So yeah, I've done this, too. Now for events, or anything that requires travel by car, I pack the night before and put everything into the car. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by tzvia
Wow, thanks for sharing. I feel a lot better now :)
I really want to get out there and ride since the weather is "warming up" (i.e. high of 63 between 2:00pm-5:00pm instead of a high of 49 F).
it's really fun when you leave your front wheel at home.
Wheelie! :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista