Hopefully Lesson Learnt To Take A Phone

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snorri

Legendary Member
What do you do if you're miles from nowhere and you have an unfixable mechanical?
Set up the tent and prepare a meal, while it is cooking there is time to consider the situation in a calm frame of mind. Usually some sort of solution evolves before I've got the dirty dishes washed and dried.:whistle:
 

400bhp

Guru
Simple, you flag down a passing motorist, they usually have a phone

So, for the sake of carrying something that weighs 100g and can fit in your back pocket, you'd rather rely on the luck of flagging down a passing motorist who you then expect to (a) allow you to use their phone, (b) fit you (perhaps slightly bloody or dirty) and your bike to a location of your choice or (c) bum you.

Sounds a sensible reason not to carry a 100g phone.
 

screenman

Squire
I have my business phone and my cycling phone, guess which one is left at home when riding.
I carry a phone at all times when out, not just for myself but for anybody else I come across who may need it. Just the same as spare bike tubes and a pump is in my car, for the benefit of the less prepared who may need them.
 

Kookas

Über Member
Location
Exeter
I carry my phone everywhere, goes in the saddle bag when I'm riding. But I wouldn't rely on it for ICE details - they're pretty fragile things, after all.
 

screenman

Squire
Some of us are quite happy to not join the 21st century thank you very much
That is funny or at least it put a smile on my face. I take it you do not use modern things like the internet.^_^
 

Mr Celine

Discordian
Or if you come across someone ill or injured, as working telephone boxes are becoming rare.
Sometimes having a working method of communication is pointless, because the person at the other end simply doesn't listen.
I've already pointed out that I often ride in areas WITHOUT A MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL. There have never been any phone boxes in these areas either. Did no one ride a bike before mobile phones were invented? If I have a mechanical I fix it. If I couldn't fix it I'd just have to walk.
 

screenman

Squire
For the size and what they weigh and the massive benefits that can be gained by having one on you, I just cannot see a reason not to carry one. However like the helmet threads I am happy for people to make their own choices.

Not forgetting of course should you ever need assistance somebody with a phone will be along very shortly, not many place are that remote in the UK.
 
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