Just thinking...................

[lavoisier]

I was watching the Giro this afternoon and got to thinking what happens if you come off your bike and hurt yourself so much that you need an ambulance and you are a quite a bit from home?
How do you get your bike home especially if there is no one to come out and pick it up?

Has anybody had a crash where they have been unconscious or had to travel in an ambulance and couldn't get their bike home straight away?

I really don't know what I'd do.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

When I got taken out in 2007 the police took the bike back to the station and kept it till I could pick it up, I've known a local farmer store bikes till they could be picked up after a crash outside his farm.

 

[coffeejo]

When a guy in my cycling group sat on his head last year, the paramedics took his bike in the ambulance as well.

 

[PK99]

mine went in the back of the ambulance with me

 

[lavoisier]

I had visions of mine tied to a farmers gate with a cable lock awaiting someone to steal away with it in the night. Nice to know people care about the bike as well.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

If it was that bad an accident I wouldn't give a stuff about the bike.

 

[SWSteve]

If I got hit/fell off and was rushed into hospital I wouldn't be too worried about something that can be purchased.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

The bike is important, more important question though is:
if I get taken to hospital, who is going to feed my cat?

 

[ColinJ]

If I got hit/fell off and was rushed into hospital I wouldn't be too worried about something that can be purchased.

You might not worry about it if you were seriously injured, but you could end up in hospital with superficial injuries and be discharged a couple of hours later. What then?

It's all very well not worrying about your bike if you can afford to purchase a replacement. If my bike went, I'd have to buy something cheap and nasty to replace it.

 

[daSmirnov]

I get fixed for free* on the NHS.

I have to pay for the bike myself. Stick it in the ambulance please.

Nuff said.

 

[Mo1959]

The bike is important, more important question though is:
if I get taken to hospital, who is going to feed my cat?

I'd be the same Pat. Cat and dog.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I'd be the same Pat. Cat and dog.

We just have to make sure nothing happens to us

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

If I got hit/fell off and was rushed into hospital I wouldn't be too worried about something that can be purchased.

Oh you have SO much to learn!!

There is sort of a running joke on here that whenever someone has a reasonably minor or medium accident, the first reaction is to completely disregard the cyclist's wellbeing and ask

'Yes, but how's the bike?'

Obviously this depends on the severity of the accident and how well you know the cyclist involved!

 

[coffeejo]

The bike is important, more important question though is:
if I get taken to hospital, who is going to feed my cat?

I'd be the same Pat. Cat and dog.

I wear an ID band on my wrist and my landlords are listed as my first emergency contact - instructions for feeding the dog are prominently displayed in the kitchen.

 

[taximan]

I had a not too serious accident a little while ago, I should have sent for an ambulance but I sent for a taxi instead, The driver took me to the hospital then delivered my bike to my home.