Jewelry Suggestions

**Number 7** · 04-03-2005, 03:09 PM

hey ladies...i'm a new rider just being introduced to cycling by my fiance. anyway, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about what to do with my engagement ring while i'm riding. i really don't want to wear it and it doesn't fit under my glove well anyway. however, on longer rides / tours i don't want to be without it.

thanks!!!!

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**snapdragen** · 04-03-2005, 05:07 PM

Put it on a chain and wear it around your neck?

**Irulan** · 04-03-2005, 06:38 PM

trade it in for a channel setting?

**fasteryet** · 04-03-2005, 07:37 PM

Trade it for a more fabulous bike?

**CorsairMac** · 04-03-2005, 11:03 PM

Welcome to the Board 7 - and my....ain't we helpful???!!!

I'm not much help coz I don't wear anything when I'm riding

I've had too many instances where've I've either A) torn up my fingers or wrist by having the jewelry catch on something and/or B) torn up the jewelry the same way and/or C)lost the jewelry. Oops...take that back...I never go anywhere without a cross 'round my neck. Putting your ring on a chain would probably be the safest way to wear/carry it.

**Number 7** · 04-04-2005, 07:43 AM

everyone, thanks for the help. my wedding ring will be a simple band, and i'll be able to wear that while i'm riding. but i'm not getting married until october, so i have the whole summer with my engagement ring. it won't be an issue most days, but my fiance does want to do a couple multiple day rides, and i really don't want to leave it at home.

anyway, thanks again for the help.

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**Selkie** · 05-25-2006, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by fasteryet

Trade it for a more fabulous bike?

That was my thought. I've been married 18 years and I've never had a diamond ring. Just a gold band for me (from Ireland, engraved w/claddagh, of course).

**Brina** · 05-24-2006, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

Put it on a chain and wear it around your neck?

this is what I did while pg since my fingers started to swell.

also, I have a second wedding band - it is a very simple, gold, comfort fit band and fits under my gloves just fine.

**Tuckervill** · 05-24-2006, 04:32 AM

I don't have to worry about my .5 carat solitaire anymore, because I lost it sticking my hand in a baseball glove. Somewhere in Memphis, there's a yard with my diamond in it. I only got to wear it for 10 years.

Unfortunately, my husband thought it was a good idea to change homeowner's insurance right before that--and the way they had cheaper premiums was to leave off the jewelry rider.

(

If I had to do it over again, I would have taken better care of it--taken it to the jewelers for tightening, etc. And not put it in any baseball gloves.

So now I only have the two bands, and I wear them wherever I go, whatever I'm doing. My husband is going to regret not surprising me with a new diamond already, because that 20-year anniversary band is going *cost* him. lol.

Karen

**Aggie_Ama** · 05-24-2006, 05:03 AM

I only wear stud earrings and a small diamond necklace when riding. My engagement ring is one of the three stone rings and sticks up pretty high. I don't wear it riding because of that and my hands swell. Although my wedding ring is a channel-set diamond band I don't wear it either. I also get cold and the wedding ring will fall off without the engagement ring to catch it. I lost a cell phone to a port-a-potty this spring, I can't bear the thought of it being one of my rings!

My university is also big on class rings and I wear that every minute I am not on the bike. For that one it is a pure comfort issue, the band is very thick. I left all my rings at home this weekend for a camping trip. We have renter's insurance, so I wasn't too worried. I am pricing some fire safes though.

I have seen plenty of women sporting rather large diamond rings, but it is not for me. DH doesn't wear his ring either for comfort reasons.

**SalsaMTB** · 05-24-2006, 05:51 AM

Congrats on the upcoming wedding!

When I first got engaged, I would never wear my ring riding (mountain biking). I hid it in the house instead. I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving it in the car, I've heard stories of cars getting stolen at trail heads. Also, I personally don't feel comfortable wearing it as a necklace, I feel like the chain would break.

Then, I decided I preferred full finger gloves and I got married. I feel MUCH more comfortable wearing my rings w/ full finger gloves. If my hands get cold, the ring can't slip off and fall on the ground. I don't wear my engagement ring all the time just because I don't like seeing it stick up in the glove, but the wedding band doesn't ever come off.

I have on occasion had my rings on w/ half finger gloves. In this situation, I think I safety pinned in to the inside of a zipped pocket of my hydrapack. It worked out fine, but I did think about it a lot.

So, I would recommend either just dealing w/ it on your finger w/ full finger gloves or leaving it at home in a really good hiding place. Don't put it in the fridge or freezer, people know about that place

Good luck and I hope you have a wonderful wedding.

Oh, last thing, I do notice my rings get tight if I've had a lot of salt (water retention) or sometimes in the morning. I haven't really noticed it when riding though. Have you tried it or are you just sort of thinking it will bother you? If you tried it and it bothers you, I would leave it at home or a safe deposit box for long trips.

**bounceswoosh** · 04-03-2005, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Number 7

hey ladies...i'm a new rider just being introduced to cycling by my fiance. anyway, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about what to do with my engagement ring while i'm riding. i really don't want to wear it and it doesn't fit under my glove well anyway. however, on longer rides / tours i don't want to be without it.

thanks!!!!

7

I'm afraid I can't be much help ... when my now-husband started talking about picking rings, I realized we had to have a talk. Flashy jewelry has its place, but I realized he expected me to wear the thing for the rest of my life, all the time, and there is no room in my active and often clumsy world for a big rock! I asked him for an engagement mountain bike instead ...

The necklace thing sounds good. When I had a black opal ring in a previous relationship, I kept it on my keychain caribiner while doing active stuff, but I've since found out that opals are very delicate and that I was lucky indeed not to disfigure it.

Alternately, what does your planned wedding ring look like? If it's a simple design, maybe you can just wear the wedding ring once you're married. I have a plain gold band, and it's no trouble at all on bike rides and during ice hockey. I do have to remove it for martial arts, but then, you should remove all jewelry for that.

**wannaduacentury** · 05-24-2006, 06:01 AM

My wedding ring is a set and its soldered together. It's a marquis cut and it sometimes catches, but rarely.So i turn it slightly and wear it under my gloves, I feel naked w/o my beloved ring

OT my dad can't wear a wedding ring b/c he was stung by a yellow jack and it had to be cut, so he refuses to wear rings now. and I had poison ivy or something one time on my ring finger and couldn't get mine on and people(strangers) gave me fits about it,so I go no where w/o it in public anyways.

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