Wearing jewellery while cycling

[shootingstar]

I'm pretty boring...even before taking up cycling again, I never wore much jewellry.

I wear pierced earrings and like to wear this jewellry because people will see it when they see my face. So on bike, I tend to wear 1 of 2 pairs out of 15 pairs, which will stay in place without falling out of earlobes.. I wear real silver or gold, so I don't want $$ lost while cycling. I do wear handmade, artistic earrings since it's my only type of jewellry I wear on my body. Meanwhile I have a beautiful collection of predominantly silver earrings that I don't wear as often because of cycling... flying phoenix birds, silver swans, silver leafy boughs, silver lilybuds, silver aboriginal raven's heads, etc.

I don't wear any rings on or off bike. When I started cycling again, I forgot to wear my gold and silver neckchains. Yes I have my casual pendants on string/rope...usually I carry them and put them on when I get to work, off bike.

[KnottedYet]

I always wear the same jewelry. I sleep in it, too. It's just easier for me that way.

[IFjane]

Oh shootingstar, you don't know boring! I have one set of piercings (ears) and wear very little jewelery. When I do, it comes off as soon as I get in the house - rings included. Not sure what I am going to do when SO and I get married April 26!

[shootingstar]

I forgot..my watch is I guess, jewellry too even though highly durable
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I've heard different things about people who wear rings...guess it depends if it's a real rock and if can fit through the snuggly bike glove..

[Mr. Bloom]

Silver wears stuff...but she makes everything she wears

[maillotpois]

I have a plain, somewhat thick gold wedding band and a diamond solitaire engagement ring. Sometimes I forget to take the diamond off when I ride. Lots of times I just leave it in a drawer for months at a time and just wear the gold band.

I was SO glad I wasn't wearing the diamond when I crashed. I landed on the left side, and my hand got completely cut up by the gold band, and the gold band is all chewed up with big divots out of it. The diamond setting would have been demolished.

[Velobambina]

Wedding band, Miraculous Medal, and small hoop earrings (multiple piercings in my ears--legacy of my '80s punk rock girl days)

[OakLeaf]

My wedding band is set with a single row of small diamonds. I don't often take it off, just on account-a, except for weightlifting when I can just tuck it in the hem of my shorts for a few minutes, or tie it to a shoelace. Sometimes I take it off to work on the motorcycle, and then I wind up forgetting where I put it (usually in the pocket of my jeans ). It's beautiful, but I'm always afraid for it. And the stones tend to cut my kayak paddle grips and catch on my gloves.

Other than that I don't wear a lot of jewelry - my ears have one piercing but I don't even wear earrings every day. Necklaces sometimes, bracelets never - they're just in my way. Haven't worn a watch since I got a cell phone.

[shootingstar]

My wedding band is set with a single row of small diamonds. I don't often take it off, just on account-a, except for weightlifting when I can just tuck it in the hem of my shorts for a few minutes, or tie it to a shoelace. Sometimes I take it off to work on the motorcycle, and then I wind up forgetting where I put it (usually in the pocket of my jeans ). It's beautiful, but I'm always afraid for it. And the stones tend to cut my kayak paddle grips and catch on my gloves.

Other than that I don't wear a lot of jewelry - my ears have one piercing but I don't even wear earrings every day. Necklaces sometimes, bracelets never - they're just in my way. Haven't worn a watch since I got a cell phone.

I just would tend to forget where I temporarily put down a piece of expensive jewellery .. This is why I have stayed away from rings since I work with oil and acrylic paints, etc. There have been occasions where I've run around trying to find my watch at home. Usually it is in an obvious place.

I love thick single bracelet that I wear part way up my arm. Not jangly (charm) bracelets. Again I have to put on the bracelet at work after I change out of my cycling clothing.

So for me, to pack jewellery ..in order to wear it later on in day, is abit of rare event, because of extra step and making sure ..I repack the piece in my pannier. Not leave it behind somewhere else.

I wear a daily pair of freshwater pearl earrings on silver wires that are bent in zigzag shape as part of the design...different but also very practical. Will not fall out while on bike.

[Tuckervill]

I have a plain, somewhat thick gold wedding band and a diamond solitaire engagement ring. Sometimes I forget to take the diamond off when I ride. Lots of times I just leave it in a drawer for months at a time and just wear the gold band.

I was SO glad I wasn't wearing the diamond when I crashed. I landed on the left side, and my hand got completely cut up by the gold band, and the gold band is all chewed up with big divots out of it. The diamond setting would have been demolished.

I lost my diamond solitaire playing baseball with my son. :''''( (my husband has not replaced it, yet, but at our 20th, he's going to whether he wants to or not!) So that leaves the two bands with little diamonds. I haven't had them off since my last back surgery in 1994--since the diamond is gone I don't have to worry about the gloves.

I'm glad you weren't wearing your diamond, too. It was so heartbreaking to lose mine. I'm still a little mad at my husband for not going out and buying me a new one but he also knows I wouldn't want to make payments on it. Our insurance had recently been changed and the jewelry rider was left off so I couldn't even claim it!!

I always wear earrings--dangley ones, mostly. I use the little rubber tubes on the backs of French wires so they stay in no matter what. I have those earrings with little bikes on them that someone posted here once--they have a unique clasp that stays locked.

Karen

[bmccasland]

I take jewelry off when I ride. Have lost earrings in helmet straps, hands swell, so the rings go, and the watch goes too (have bike computer if I really want to know the time).

[maillotpois]

I lost my diamond solitaire playing baseball with my son. :''''( (my husband has not replaced it, yet, but at our 20th, he's going to whether he wants to or not!)

I'm glad you weren't wearing your diamond, too. It was so heartbreaking to lose mine.
Karen

Oh what a bummer, Karen! That's so sad.

[RoadRaven]

Meanwhile I have a beautiful collection of predominantly silver earrings that I don't wear as often because of cycling... flying phoenix birds, silver swans, silver leafy boughs, silver lilybuds, silver aboriginal raven's heads, etc.

Where'd you find the ravens, and how do I get a pair??


As for wearing stuff while riding? I always wear two gold wedding bands - mine on my wedding finger, and my man's on my thumb of the same hand as he has a joint problem which means he can't wear his except for very short periods of time. Unless we are going to a funeral or wedding I always wear two wedding bands.

I have a pounamu necklace I wear most of the time and often wear that while riding/racing.

I have a silver pentacle bracelet which I wear most of the year and that stays on whilst cycling.

All other jewellery comes off. I often wear 3 necklaces (a bone carving of a lioness and amethyst with a silver crescent moon wrapped onto it) and at work I wear loads of bracelets - all mingled which probably bothers some people but when you love them all how do you choose (fresh water pearls, silver bangles, paua and silver, gold twists etc...). The gold stuff gows on my wedding band arm, the silver on my pentacle necklace side...

When I do wear earrings I only ever wear one at a time - but never when riding/racing. I wear an anklet in summer, but again, never when on the bike.

[shootingstar]

Where'd you find the ravens, and how do I get a pair??


As for wearing stuff while riding? I always wear two gold wedding bands - mine on my wedding finger, and my man's on my thumb of the same hand as he has a joint problem which means he can't wear his except for very short periods of time. Unless we are going to a funeral or wedding I always wear two wedding bands.

I have a pounamu necklace I wear most of the time and often wear that while riding/racing.

I have a silver pentacle bracelet which I wear most of the year and that stays on whilst cycling.

All other jewellery comes off. I often wear 3 necklaces (a bone carving of a lioness and amethyst with a silver crescent moon wrapped onto it) and at work I wear loads of bracelets - all mingled which probably bothers some people but when you love them all how do you choose (fresh water pearls, silver bangles, paua and silver, gold twists etc...). The gold stuff gows on my wedding band arm, the silver on my pentacle necklace side...

When I do wear earrings I only ever wear one at a time - but never when riding/racing. I wear an anklet in summer, but again, never when on the bike.

Ravens in jewellery, meaning a native Indian (or in Canada we call "aboriginal") is a common design in the Vancouver area. Not so much in central and eastern Canada.

You have to come to the Pacific Northwest coast... I would tend to choose a real silversmith. Anyway my ears require real metal because allergic to other materials.

Some of your necklaces seem lovely in design.

This same question was asked to guys...and there were all sorts of stories about bashed up rings, swollen finger for wedding band while exercising, etc.

[limewave]

I always take off my wedding band. Its a thin platinum band with a row of inset diamonds. I love it, but I never wore jewelry before I got married and I find it really distracting when I work out. Sometimes I go for days before I remember to put it back on