I have a little story to tell. I was going home from work, I had put on all my gear as I always do, swung my leg over the bike and then rode off into the sunset. Except I got a whole two feet before coming to a grinding halt then falling off of my bike.
What happened? The dozy idiot that I am, forgot to remove the disc lock off of the wheel before I rode off. I had put it at the top of the calliper which meant it had to go round over 3/4s of the revolution before hitting the other side of the calliper! Given the size of the wheel and tyre about 2 feet of travel. Luckily there was only two people around who saw it (didn't stop it spreading like wildfire the next day!) and one of them graciously helped me pick up the bike again.
Had a good laugh at myself, decided to now put the lock just under the calliper so I can only move less then an inch before stopping.
Lesson learned and a very nice member of GB Bikers has offered to send me one of those reminder cables (big thanks to Mr Mandy!).
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