Spare Keys - do you carry yours around?

Where our mutual friend had the key could not be found quick that's for certain. It wasn't until I got home that the implications dawned on me. I just wondered if the practice of carrying a spare was common. If it wasn't for the need of the alarm blipper I would consider sewing a spare into my jacket.

Personally, I find that phones are always available wherever I'm stopped.

Doesn't take too long to call someone to bring my spare key from the house out to the bike, should I need it.

Rather not take the risk.

i have breakdown if i loose my keys and my spares are always at someone Else's house.. for obvious reasons,

I only have one bunch of keys with everything on it, at least then i know where they are all the time..

In the can on a bit of string?

Originally Posted by Mogs

Where our mutual friend had the key could not be found quick that's for certain. It wasn't until I got home that the implications dawned on me. I just wondered if the practice of carrying a spare was common. If it wasn't for the need of the alarm blipper I would consider sewing a spare into my jacket.

Get it roon' yer neck...get some sort of non-poofy masculine necklace and attach it. That's what I'll do in future...but to my main set of keys. As I am friggin' terrible at losing things.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Grinch

In the can on a bit of string?

one of them magnetic key holders inside petrol tank?

Originally Posted by Luckypants

one of them magnetic key holders inside petrol tank?

Might be a problem with that one....

Originally Posted by Baph

Might be a problem with that one....

Maybe you could hide another spare key somewhere so you could open the tank and get that one out.......oh wait.

Originally Posted by Mogs

Where our mutual friend had the key could not be found quick that's for certain. It wasn't until I got home that the implications dawned on me. I just wondered if the practice of carrying a spare was common. If it wasn't for the need of the alarm blipper I would consider sewing a spare into my jacket.

I'd try to keep it somewhere seperate to where you leave your normal keys. Eg if your normally keep them in your jacket, put the spare elsewhere. That way, if you manage to lose your jacket (or some toerag has it away while you nip to the lav in a pub), you don't lose both keys.

Having it on the bike has another fringe benefit over carrying it on your person- the option to send a trustworthy party to pick up your bike. EG, say you're involved in a (non-biking) accident up at the Aberystwyth meet and your bike is left there as you get whisked away. You could tell me where the key was and ask me to get a lift back there later and take the bike home for you (okay, not me, but someone trustworthy )

My spare is at home as help getting the new key to me wouldn't be too much bother.