Biking Do's & Don'ts

wazza300 · 30 Jun 2015 at 23:46

I've seen a few stick their leg out after they over take me,to acknowledge

Sandycheeks · 1 Jul 2015 at 07:51

wazza300 said:
do always wear clean undies,you never know if nursie will see them if you ever come a cropper,same goes for washing your hair haha

If I'm ever in a situation where Nursie needs to see my underpants, I'm going to say there's a good chance they might need washing again first.

ttaskmaster · 1 Jul 2015 at 09:11

wazza300 said:
would you nod to plod?

Hell yeah - Most of them are bikers first and cops second, but since they're usually decent folk too I usually get along with them. Not going past them on one wheel seems to help!

agnes · 1 Jul 2015 at 11:29

One said:
I leave mine on when I pay for petrol. Nobodies ever said anything.

Yea, so do I.

I mean, when you pull the helmet up, and sit it so the bottom of it is just above your ears. It's stupid and silly. Hate it. Real pet hate of mine, when ever I see if, I feel like knocking it off.

Craig321 · 1 Jul 2015 at 11:30

One said:
I leave mine on when I pay for petrol. Nobodies ever said anything.

This. Plus I normally fill at Tesco pay at pump anyway.

wazza300 · 1 Jul 2015 at 11:54

that's one of the reasons I bought a flip helmet,they would often come on the loud speaker telling me to take off my helmet so id just ride off

I couldn't fathom the pay at the pump meters at the time either,but now ive worked it out

Craig321 · 1 Jul 2015 at 11:56

wazza300 said:
that's one of the reasons I bought a flip helmet,they would often come on the loud speaker telling me to take off my helmet so id just ride off

I couldn't fathom the pay at the pump meters at the time either,but now ive worked it out

I always expect them to do that, but I always fill even with my tinted visor down and they've never said anything.

It seems the whole no helmets thing is a bit more relaxed these days, round here at least.

Dogbreath · 1 Jul 2015 at 12:23

agnes said:
Yea, so do I.

I mean, when you pull the helmet up, and sit it so the bottom of it is just above your ears. It's stupid and silly. Hate it. Real pet hate of mine, when ever I see if, I feel like knocking it off.

It's simply a practical solution if you are asked to remove your helmet (I've been asked a few times over the tannoy) and there's no safe/clean place to put your helmet. I'd rather look stupid than dump my expensive helmet onto a filthy petrol pump, or hang it precariously on a mirror.

wazza300 · 1 Jul 2015 at 12:30

Hook it through your arm?

Its as bad as balancing it on your seat or tank

MowyTone · 1 Jul 2015 at 13:04

Dogbreath said:
It's simply a practical solution if you are asked to remove your helmet (I've been asked a few times over the tannoy).

I've never heard of being required to remove your helmet before fulling up before!

agnes · 1 Jul 2015 at 13:05

wazza300 said:
Hook it through your arm?

Its as bad as balancing it on your seat or tank

Yep, one loose footing and you just dropped your £600 lid on the floor from a fair way up.

I don't think it's practical personally, and it being used as fashion by chavs on scooters. Looks silly.

I guess a DO would be to regularly maintain your chain. Vital component.

tom_e · 1 Jul 2015 at 13:14

Do anticipate some boob turning left just after a set of traffic lights to stop dead a full cars length over the stop line and centimeters from the turn when the lights are on amber because he saw a police car on the other side and flapped.
Then proceed to pull off a perfect emergency swerve.

Don't try and run your bike on fumes, one day it'll catch you out!

Kreeeee · 1 Jul 2015 at 14:17

MowyTone said:
I've never heard of being required to remove your helmet before fulling up before!

Welcome to Europe.

wazza300 · 1 Jul 2015 at 14:18

you must live in a posh area then,in brum they wont let you sneeze without seeing id

MowyTone · 1 Jul 2015 at 14:35

Haha I've never heard Southampton be called posh before. I've been asked for cash up front before filling up before, just not to remove my helmet

leigh_boy · 1 Jul 2015 at 16:57

Clov!s said:
What? Don't talk BS, everyone had to do a CBT and 90% will be on L plates until they take a test, don't tar all riders with the same brush because you see the odd kid on a 125.

where i live that how it is... end of.
125's are slow noisy and are cheaply made and tend to feel like crap to ride hence attracting that kind

Sagalout · 1 Jul 2015 at 20:25

Kreeeee said:
Welcome to Europe.

I've never had any issue in Europe or the UK

Dogbreath · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:39

wazza300 said:
Hook it through your arm?

Its as bad as balancing it on your seat or tank

Not a bad idea if I had girl sized arms, but my forearm won't go through the visor slot, so the helmet would just dangle around my wrist and stop me using my arm for anything.

I don't see how it's as bad as balancing it on a seat or tank. One nudge and your helmet is history, but with it wedged onto the top of my head it's going nowhere unless I want it to.

Just to add this isn't something I regularly do, if the petrol pump is clean and has a flat surface I'll put my helmet on that, but if the need arises it's by far the best way to keep it clean and safe. I certainly wouldn't walk into the shop to pay with it perched on my head though.

agnes said:
Yep, one loose footing and you just dropped your £600 lid on the floor from a fair way up.

No more likely than losing your footing whilst walking with a helmet on, and that would do similar damage. Irrespective, I'm only filling the tank, so rather unlikely to be loosing my footing.

MowyTone said:
I've never heard of being required to remove your helmet before fulling up before!

It used to be a fairly common requirement, but many petrol stations seem to have relaxed the rules on this now.

RyanF · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:44

I'm being thick but what danger do you represent by having a helmet on?

Kreeeee · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:51

Lack of identification and resistance to force.