Hope you all find this useful, specially newbees but is a good readto anyone looking for new gear.

also some advise on what to do in case of an accident etc....

Read on.......


Bike Safety Gear info


Hope it helps,,,,

Very good

TC - if you have the time can you let us know what is wrong in this article. Reading it through it seemed pretty much ok to me (I couldnt comment on the helmet standards though) which I guess reflects my lack of (recent at any rate) experience.

Can you make your own guide or point out the inaccuracies. I read it and took everything I read to be true/correct. I am not taking the piss I seriously would like to know. Thanks

There's a couple of articles that TC wrote a while ago on the front page. They're well worth reading,if you haven't already.

One versus two piece leathers.

Buying leather

Buying a new helmet..

From a trained first aid point of view that accident section is not really incorrect, it is just jumbled and I don't think reading it will help prepare you for what to do. And I wouldn't point to the BBC as a source of data on first aid. That little site they have is not bad, but I would always direct people to get first aid info from St Johns, Red Cross or the source they turn to, the European resuscitation council.

The procedure they describe is ordered and logical, (DRHAB)

Danger (do not place yourself in danger or increase the danger to others)
Response (establish if the casualty responds to stimulus)
[Help (If he doesn't, shout for assistance)]
Airway (Check the airway is not obstructed or constricted)
Breathing (Establish the casualty is breathing)

If they are not breathing then immediate paramedic assistance is required, whether or not you know CPR.

Proper first aid training (wot I got) takes at least a week and is quite involved. Even then I would only say I am trained to keep someone alive for a few minutes while a paramedic gets there, without injuring them too badly in the process. Accident management is a matter of calming the situation down and trying to keep the scene as safe as possible for you and others.

I suppose the article is very similar to the quick coverage given to the topics in the CBT. As far as making people aware of the dangers and issues it is probably of value, but not much beyond that.

One of the most useful things we found out on our course, something I am surprised is not communicated more ... if you need to ring the emergency services on a mobile phone DO NOT dial 999. 999 is not guaranteed to get you to a local call centre, you could end up talking to someone hundreds of miles away. Dial 112, that will connect you to the nearest call centre.

Can save valuable minutes in describing where you are and their deciding who to send. If you're in an accident on a busy road you really don't want to be having to tell someone the other side of the country whether you are near Alton, Hants or Alton, Staffs and describing which side of some roundabout you are to someone who has never seen the A31.