RoadID--get one.
05-12-09, 07:35 AM
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I confess I didn't read this entire thread, and something like the road ID is surely a good idea, but is there a reason you aren't carrying your wallets? I put mine along with my cell in a sandwich bag and tuck it into my middle pocket. Still leaves me plenty of pocket space for food, iPod, even an extra water bottle for those extra long rides. That way I have it all right there, plus a credit card for those non-life-threatening crises.
If you don't like the plastic baggie, they have these: https://thejimi.com/
Just throwing it out there.
BL
If you don't like the plastic baggie, they have these: https://thejimi.com/
Just throwing it out there.
BL
05-12-09, 08:27 AM
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noob question, but someone mentioned an allergy to codeine which got me thinking... how do you know what meds you're allergic to? I don't know of anything I'm allergic to, but then I haven't had much in the way of prescription meds before. In the past I've always just said "no medical issues/allergies."
05-12-09, 08:28 AM
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Thanks for all the good info. I ordered my RoadID last week, after reading this thread. You can use THIS link/code to save $1, if you do the same.
Relocating is enough of a pain without adding in laser surgery to update your tattoo.
Relocating is enough of a pain without adding in laser surgery to update your tattoo.
06-04-09, 06:27 AM
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This has been on my must-get list for a while. So long as I've been riding with groups who know my contact information, I've not worried. But heading out for the summer with lots of solo riding, I need a way to communicate if I am not able to.
Here is my question: I am moving and don't know where I will end up just yet. For those with the interactive band, what do you have as the second line?
Thanks
Here is my question: I am moving and don't know where I will end up just yet. For those with the interactive band, what do you have as the second line?
Thanks
06-04-09, 09:17 AM
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Just got a Road ID and my wife sayed that it was a GREAT idea. That's a new one. I usually get, "YOU DID WHAT?" :-)
06-04-09, 10:25 AM
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Don't differing rhesus factors caused agglutination?
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06-04-09, 01:35 PM
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NO NO A THOUSAND TIMES NO.
Keep the SSN off of public stuff. Take it from a lawyer who does work on ID theft issues.
(This advice is 3000. Please advise wherre to send Bill)
Keep the SSN off of public stuff. Take it from a lawyer who does work on ID theft issues.
(This advice is 3000. Please advise wherre to send Bill)
06-04-09, 01:41 PM
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Just ordered mine.
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Bring the pain.
Bring the pain.
06-04-09, 01:48 PM
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an attorney would know better than to exclude a disclaimer from what would appear to be legal advice.
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06-04-09, 02:09 PM
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mine arrives this week. That plus Google Latitude and the wife is much more relaxed about me being on the bike for 3+ hours....
06-04-09, 02:28 PM
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As for interactive vs. not, if you're completely healthy and have zero medical info, and have family who can be contacted at 1-2 phone numbers all the time, the non-interactive is probably fine. My interactive, though, has my (short) list of meds, home and work address, and 3 phone numbers for my wife. That wouldn't fit on the regular version. I don't think identity theft is an issue because someone would have to get your PIN from the underside of the tag and call it in. Even so, SSN can be protected. I'll keep my interactive.
Of course I do have a product idea that ties this onto the tag. That way no fumbling to type things in.
And yes, if you develop this product I want 25% license fee for the first 1mil sold. Thanks
06-04-09, 08:17 PM
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Read this today at work and was convinced riding with nothing but a cell phone hanging under the seat was probably not the best idea. Of course they are out of the color/size I want until July 15th. So, I ordered a tag from boomerang instead and will try to remember to get one of these next month as well.
06-04-09, 08:30 PM
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Just got mine in the mail 2 days ago. My wife acted a little scared about it; it just solidified the fact that really bad things can happen while you're riding.
She know it's something good to purchase though. Plus i was able to fit text saying that i'm allergic to penicillin and that i'm asthmatic.
Edit: I got the ankle type.
She know it's something good to purchase though. Plus i was able to fit text saying that i'm allergic to penicillin and that i'm asthmatic.
Edit: I got the ankle type.
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06-04-09, 10:35 PM
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i ordered my wife and i one we take turns riding while one of us watches the kids so it's mostly solo rides for us so it's comforting to know that she's got one on.
I made sure i put on the last 2 lines our blood type and any known allergies to medicines (none for us)
I made sure i put on the last 2 lines our blood type and any known allergies to medicines (none for us)
06-04-09, 11:04 PM
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I did'nt read this whole thread 
but whats the best infromation to put on the roadid? Obviously your name, add, emergency contact but what else. I'm a healthy person and take no meds so what else is useful?
but whats the best infromation to put on the roadid? Obviously your name, add, emergency contact but what else. I'm a healthy person and take no meds so what else is useful?
06-04-09, 11:08 PM
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I've got one. One side has my info, the other has a bible verse a good doctor sent me in a time of need, Thanks, DrPete.
06-04-09, 11:23 PM
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to the guy who asked about rh factors: I'm pretty sure the "negative" part of "o-negative" means "rh-negative". rh is an issue when you're given blood that is + and you are -.
06-15-09, 06:48 AM
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Great thread. Wonderful to see medical professionals offering fantastic, real world advice. Power of the Internet.
I will be getting some form of RoadID/boomerang wrist tags very soon.
I have a weekend 40-miler that takes me out to the country. I ride alone. Sometimes, as I'm inching up a steep hill, I look to my right and see an abandoned tractor in a field, the rising sun glinting off rusted red metal. The only sound I hear is my tires grabbing at the road with each pedal stroke. Sometimes I'll think: "I haven't spoken a word in 20 miles," and I'll talk just for the sake of hearing my voice out in the middle of nowhere.
Then I hear a car engine revving up the hill and I immediately start focusing on my position in the roadway and I wonder if this driver is paying attention.
I wish I didn't have to wonder about drivers and whether they are paying attention. Something like RoadID eases the mind a bit.
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I will be getting some form of RoadID/boomerang wrist tags very soon.
I have a weekend 40-miler that takes me out to the country. I ride alone. Sometimes, as I'm inching up a steep hill, I look to my right and see an abandoned tractor in a field, the rising sun glinting off rusted red metal. The only sound I hear is my tires grabbing at the road with each pedal stroke. Sometimes I'll think: "I haven't spoken a word in 20 miles," and I'll talk just for the sake of hearing my voice out in the middle of nowhere.
Then I hear a car engine revving up the hill and I immediately start focusing on my position in the roadway and I wonder if this driver is paying attention.
I wish I didn't have to wonder about drivers and whether they are paying attention. Something like RoadID eases the mind a bit.
cheers
06-15-09, 09:43 AM
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Been wearing the ankle version for about 2 years now. G/f gave it to me since I ride solo almost all the time. She's a runner and she wears one too. Great product... never even though of putting blood type on it, I wish I had.
06-15-09, 11:58 AM
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Just ordered the interactive version, great idea (I've had the other one for awhile).
I worked in a Level 1 trauma ICU for 10 years and saw way too many unidentified patients.
I worked in a Level 1 trauma ICU for 10 years and saw way too many unidentified patients.
06-15-09, 12:00 PM
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Don't worry that you don't have your blood type. If you need blood emergently in the ED, you're getting O-. And I can't imagine any hospital would give you typed blood based off a ID bracelet. They're going to t&c you anyways.