Forget your keys?

[Melalvai]

We discussed the "spare key in the seat bag" and decided that was like putting the door key under the mat. It would work...only if you remembered to remove the spare key from the seat bag every time you locked it up. My husband would very likely remember to take it out, but forget to put it back, leaving himself in exactly the same situation next ride.

Another funny quirk to this story is that a couple weeks ago I had to rescue him on my bike when he locked his car key in the car.

I'm starting to see a pattern.

[Geonz]

My thinking is that even if I do forget to put the spare key back, it will be one time not having to be rescued. And if I seem ot only remember the spare key being in the seat bag, then maybe I can have a spare spare key somewhere else...
... now I am going to call the police evidence office, where my wallet has landed after being found loose in teh mails

[susiej]

I've biked to the train and had to turn around and bike home because I left my vehicle (cars and bike lock) keys at home. It makes for a grumpy (and late) morning. My husband has biked to the train and forgotten the key to his lock, but had the key to my lock, and managed to lock both bikes to the rack with just a U-lock. I think he defies the laws of topology to do it.

[indysteel]

I have a slight permutation to this story. I haven't (knock on wood) forgotten my keys or locked them inside of something, but at a ride last week, I forgot to close my front car door and didn't realize it until we pulled back into the parking lot. So, while I had my keys with me and my purse was "locked" in my trunk, the car was visably open for the nearest thief. Luckily, no one had taken advantage of the situation and all was where I left it.

[enzed]

A couple of weeks ago, it was a sunny saturday afternoon.
There was a big market held around 7Km away, so I thought I'd ride to it and check it out.
As soon as I had locked my bike to a fence, I checked my pockets for my phone. My phone was there, my keys weren't.

So what did I do? - I rang home & asked if my keys were there.
The answer being yes, they were hanging on the hook by the front door.
I then walked 1 km to the nearest bus stop, waitied 15 mins for the next bus, took the bus home, got my keys, waited 10 mins for the next bus heading back, and had to walk 1km from the closest bus-stop to the market, unlocked my bike and rode home.

It took me over an hour to retrieve my keys and bike - definitely not one of my brightest moments.


I've a knack of doing silly things like that.
In the past year, I have "misplaced" 2 sets of keys, fallen of my bike a few times because I've been in a too-high gear on a hill climb (I've still got scabs on my knee from doing that stunt last wednesday) & other silly stuff.

Happy riding


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