Comments on: Don’t Ride Another Mile Without ID http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/dont-ride-another-mile-without-id/ Bicycle Touring Pro Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken Steinhoff http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/dont-ride-another-mile-without-id/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Ken Steinhoff Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:40:19 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=408#comment-1102 I've looked at Road ID and been tempted, but I use ID from http://www.meds.org/adventure.php . Read this account of my riding partner's skull fracture to understand why. http://www.palmbeachbiketours.com/2008/07/09/do-bike-helmets-really-save-your-life/ We were 20+ miles from anywhere riding the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail when she went over her bars. Even though we had worked together for 20 years and ridden thousands of miles together, I didn't have any personal contact info for her family. I’ve looked at Road ID and been tempted, but I use ID from http://www.meds.org/adventure.php .

Read this account of my riding partner’s skull fracture to understand why.

http://www.palmbeachbiketours.com/2008/07/09/do-bike-helmets-really-save-your-life/

We were 20+ miles from anywhere riding the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail when she went over her bars. Even though we had worked together for 20 years and ridden thousands of miles together, I didn’t have any personal contact info for her family.

]]> By: Ron http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/dont-ride-another-mile-without-id/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Ron Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:07:45 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=408#comment-978 I've been following the event this weekend, and this is the first article I read after getting back from my Sunday ride . . . by way of the emergency room!!! Fortunately, nothing was broken (except the bike and the helmet) and I never lost consciousness (got my bell rung good, though). So, I could give the EMT my information. However, I know that I was damned lucky; I was crossing a highway (on a green light) where traffic exceeds 50 mph. It didn't occur to me, until reading this, that I need to do something like this (my ID was tucked away in my CamelBak). Count on me making a purchase in the next day or two! Darren, this is a great event! Thank you so much for doing it. Have a blast in Europe. I’ve been following the event this weekend, and this is the first article I read after getting back from my Sunday ride . . . by way of the emergency room!!!

Fortunately, nothing was broken (except the bike and the helmet) and I never lost consciousness (got my bell rung good, though). So, I could give the EMT my information.

However, I know that I was damned lucky; I was crossing a highway (on a green light) where traffic exceeds 50 mph. It didn’t occur to me, until reading this, that I need to do something like this (my ID was tucked away in my CamelBak). Count on me making a purchase in the next day or two!

Darren, this is a great event! Thank you so much for doing it. Have a blast in Europe.

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