Last August when I went down in gravel and really jaggedly cut up my elbow
(9 spaced out stitches), all I had to temporarily bandage it was a neoprene
seat cover held in place with an Irish strap! Ya gotta love those Irish
straps.
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I have a small kit I carry on all of my bikes. Some antiseptic wipes, a
couple of band-aids, an adhesive patch, some aspirin, and a mini swiss
army knife with tweezers. I've has some pretty big gouges from bushes on
dirt rides. Most of the time I don't even notice it until I get home and
there
Great assortment of first aid kits at REI; different sizes, brands and
costs.
On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:40:05 AM UTC-7, Minh wrote:
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> So i have to admit that i'm generally a no-plans, take it as you go
> rider. But this past weekend i was caught out on the trail and had a bad
> spill that
A week or so ago, I was out for a jaunt on the local greenbelt, enroute
home... most of the people on the path, I'd seen earlier on my way out, and
was passing 'em all in reverse-order.Came upon a mother and her two
kids who were at the end of one of the longer bridge-spans along the path.
As I mentioned in a previous thread, I carry a very minimal kit, and use
everything "in" it for others things. Here's what I carry/use (which
presumes more woodland, backroad riding)
-- blood clotting agent/disinfectant: pine needle dust or freshly smoked
pipe ash. Combine with spit, place on w