I dont understand some cyclist

[VinSumRox]

Body parts. Never know when ill need a quick kidney swap!

Spare legs are always handy

 

[VinSumRox]

A pal I cycle with has a frame bag on his bike, I have been amazed at the range of tools and spares he keeps in there, he could probably do a full bike rebuild at the roadside.
He's a lot fitter than me so hopefully it all slows him down a bit.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

You're very welcome @Ajax Bay
I think my reply to @ebikeerwidnes should have been "I do like you do" instead of "I do like you"

Cat Pat made a Freudian slip! Ooh la la. Nudge nudge, wink wink.

 

[Dag Hammar]

I took out the cover solely for the “get you home” aspect.

@Ajax Bay said “I too have paid for the ETA cover for a few years (?£18) but never called. You do realise the cover isn't actually 'get you home'.”

I have read the terms and conditions and my understanding is that if I suffer a mechanical breakdown I phone them and they send out a suitable vehicle to transport myself and bike to my home.
Note: I paid for solely the recovery service cover which is more comprehensive than the “recovery” that is Included as part of a package for theft insurance, personal injury etc.
If you suspect I run the risk of not getting the get me home recovery service I’d be grateful if you’d provide me with a bit more info, thanks.

 

[Sea of vapours]

The terms of ETA's cover include: '– Recovery to a repair shop, railway station or home'. Soooo..... presumably they choose the most convenient or cost effective option, for them. That might well be 'home' if you're only 30-40km away, but I suspect the train station option would apply at some distance not an awful lot greater, or that they'd at least try to argue for the train station. It's £24 now. https://www.eta.co.uk/bicycle-insurance/cycle-rescue

 

[blackrat]

Pliers are useless against the tiny goat head thorns. You have to use a very sharp knife to scrape and hook the thorn to get it out.

We lived in Denver - lovely place - and the Highline Canal there is festered with goat head thorns. I made it about 25 yards before the inevitable happened resulting in long walk home pushing my steel Raleigh. I never attempted to cycle on that trail again. I walked it many times though past the prairie dog savanna, sadly long since destroyed and built over.

 

[Dag Hammar]

The terms of ETA's cover include: '– Recovery to a repair shop, railway station or home'. Soooo..... presumably they choose the most convenient or cost effective option, for them. That might well be 'home' if you're only 30-40km away, but I suspect the train station option would apply at some distance not an awful lot greater, or that they'd at least try to argue for the train station. It's £24 now. https://www.eta.co.uk/bicycle-insurance/cycle-rescue

I sent ETA an email enquiry because I was confused as to what they offer and I wanted a policy that would get me home.
Here is their reply to me. There was a few more lines but that covered theft claims which I was not interested in.


Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that we actually offer the Cycle Rescue as a stand alone policy, for £24 for the year. I can confirm under this policy, you would indeed be taken anywhere you wanted to go in the event of a breakdown.

With regards to the Cycle Rescue that comes with our Insurance, this is a free add on, so due to this, there are a few limitations on this one, mainly that we have a 25 mile limit on recoveries (25 miles from the point of a breakdown). So providing your home is within 25 miles of where you have broken down, you would be taken home, though it if was outside of this, you would be recovered to the forementioned within the 25 mile limit of where you have broken down.


As far as I’m concerned their reply provides me with absolute clarity and following receipt of that reply I took out a policy.