Biking Superstitions

[Paul the 6th]

i ride along pressing cancel on my indicator every 30 seconds just in case... last thing you want is someone pulling out of a side street because you forgot to cancel

also, i think the left glove first/right hand last is so you can fasten your helmet (if you're right handed). I always wear earplugs (since I'm deaf at the best of times... PARDON?)

I always put my phone in my inner right pocket and wallet in inner left - who knows? If not carrying my wallet I always carry a bit of real money just incase I can't use debit card.

thats about it? not really superstitions

Originally Posted by Lissa

Do you have any?

I won't even consider the colour red. All three of my bike crashes have been on red bikes, and my one car crash was in a red car

I also would never get on the bike without Larry..........sad, but true

Anyone else as daft as I am?

I'm not superstitious but I did have fun with my last red car too. Got run in the back of 3 times, got reversed into once and got pulled out on just the once too, that's what eventually killed it. Oh, and it got nicked once and broken into twice. I don't miss that car funnily enough

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Bear

Dunno why, but every time I see an ambulance I kiss the back of my hand and tap the tank twice for luck. Think I started doing it while I was couriering.

There's a thing i've done since I was a child whenever I see an ambulance.

'Touch my collar, touch my knee, hope to God it's never me'

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by mister c

I have a weird one. I always put my right hand glove on first, not much, but always have to do it

Originally Posted by pmapp

Mines left glove first - always. More of a habit than a superstition.

Originally Posted by ozborn

That is weird!

Having said that, I do the same...but I always put on the left glove first!

Originally Posted by scooby2102

bit like me only its the left glove, always left boot 1st as well, dont know why I started this as I would class myself as definitely not superstitious

Right glove first, right boot first for me

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by MacT

I would never own a X plate car or bike...just have a bad feeling about it...dont even like X in the number plate atoll...

Years ago my father refused to buy a car because the three numbers in the plate were 666

They don't release any plates with those numbers now.

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Tildo

I'm not superstitious but I did have fun with my last red car too. Got run in the back of 3 times, got reversed into once and got pulled out on just the once too, that's what eventually killed it. Oh, and it got nicked once and broken into twice. I don't miss that car funnily enough

See..............red!!!

Bad colour!

Helmet before Gloves...

Originally Posted by neio79

i wont get on the bike with out telling my daughter i love her before i set off.

similar, but i tell maria i love her before going anywhere. Also, I feel odd getting on the bike from the exhaust side, its gotta be the sidestand side.

Wallet in right side, phone in left, keys on my inside pocket. Always.

And before I even think about picking up the petrol pump, i check i got cash in my wallet. Even if i know i got money there, i always check.

Matt

You bunch of weirdos!

What do you believe will happen otherwise?

i do the indicator thing and must ride with my lights on