lightheir wrote:
DJFaithful wrote:
lightheir wrote:
This has been mentioned in the past before, but the single best deterrent now for potential and actual thuggery aimed at you while on your bike: CELL PHONE CAMERA.
Seriously, if someone drives by, and dangerously tosses an hard object at you that hits you in the head, even leaving you bleeding and stunned while on your bike, what do you do, draw your gun and fire on him? Whereas with the camera (esp video), you can not only capture the assailant's face and vehicle #, but even prevent situations from escalating regardless of how small or large the event is.
I'll take an on-the-bike or on-the-helmet running vidcam any day over a concealed pistol, unless I'm in Syria or some other war-torn country.
Is the camera permanently chained to your head? What stops the perp from taking your video equipment after he takes your bike and your wallet?
Ummm, you take the phone out BEFORE any of this badness happens. Pull that phone out the moment you get any inkling of badness coming your way, even if it's as trivial as someone driving a bit too close.
If the assailant is so fast and sneaky that he knocks you out before you can even turn your helmet-mounted camera to him or whip out your cell phone from your pocket, odds are pretty good you wouldn't have much chance pulling your pistol fast enough either.
If you're riding in areas that someone's so determined to kill you and steal your wallet while you're in lycra bike gear (because we carry thousands of dollars in our wallets on bike rides), you've got other issues.
Suppose he's wearing a wool mask? Suppose he just doesn't give a sh*T and doesn't mind or doesn't even put it together that you're playing Stephen Spielberg and robs your @ss anyway? Supposed he's on crack! : )
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DJFaithful: Jan 18, 16 15:36