dannygirl Posted November 4, 2019 Share After a close call above Coetzenburg a few weekends ago where a rock-wielding tikkop tried to relieve me of my bike, I've been thinking about options for improving my personal safety when out alone on the bike. At this stage, the only viable option is directional pepperspray mounted on the handlebar - but this requires that I get fairly close to the perp. Any other ideas / suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 4, 2019 Share A lady commuter recently successfully used pepper spray to get away from 2 x scumbags on the cycle lane. https://twitter.com/CTCycleLanes/status/1185433782523961344 If you go this route, get the stream type and not a spray. It is not a guarantee, but it certainly is better than nothing ... keep it on your hydration pack shoulder strap/band for ease of access and so that it is always on your person. Skylark and arendoog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWhitehead Posted November 4, 2019 Share I have some CS Gas: https://www.dhgate.com/product/2-pcs-nato-cs-gas-110ml-tear-gas-pepper-spray/389962718.htmlhttps://www.aftermath.com/content/tear-gas-vs-pepper-spray/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted November 4, 2019 Share I velcro a stream type pepper spray to the top tube. Have practiced grabbing it and flicking the trigger to active and shooting and I hope never to be in a situation where I have to decide whether I'm going to use it. Skylark, Hairy and NickGM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 4, 2019 Share I velcro a stream type pepper spray to the top tube. Have practiced grabbing it and flicking the trigger to active and shooting and I hope never to be in a situation where I have to decide whether I'm going to use it.The only reason I am not very keen on this is if you get knocked off the bike and are then separated from the pepper spray Danger Dassie, bj horn, Chingy182 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted November 4, 2019 Share A small air horn is a good idea too... So spray the pepper spray then blast them with the air horn. Long Wheel Base and Kenty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 4, 2019 Share A small air horn is a good idea too... So spray the pepper spray then blast them with the air horn.or a blue tooth speaker playing Celine Dion ... that will teach them Jewbacca, MTBeer, Milkman and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted November 4, 2019 Share As Soap would say... 'I think knives are a good idea. Big, f**k-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. S**t 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.' Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Wannabe, CdT85 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Colton Posted November 4, 2019 Share or a blue tooth speaker playing Celine Dion ... that will teach them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK7 Posted November 4, 2019 Share or a blue tooth speaker playing Celine Dion ... that will teach them Seems excessive 428 others, Dusty, Milkman and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted November 4, 2019 Share As Soap would say... 'I think knives are a good idea. Big, f**k-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. S**t 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.'Or bring the Bren gun Kenty, CdT85 and Help.Me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted November 4, 2019 Share or a blue tooth speaker playing Celine Dion ... that will teach them We're trying to beat off attackers, not moleshttps://youtu.be/CKdKEcO26po splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted November 4, 2019 Share We're trying to beat off attackers, not moleshttps://youtu.be/CKdKEcO26poMan, she asked for defensive techniques, not seduction... Last thing I would want to do is beat off an attacker... mrbaker, Max Headroom, BigDL and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted November 4, 2019 Share And self harming too Seems excessive JK7 and dannygirl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted November 4, 2019 Share or a blue tooth speaker playing Celine Dion ... that will teach them This is just WRONG !!! There was a time when she was a sexy young lady .... and could have sworn it was not that long ago .... demmit, where did the years go .. BigDL, Kenty and AdamA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewMo Posted November 4, 2019 Share Am I the only person who carries while riding... Daily on me at all times and 99.9% of the time nobody has a clue. https://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-Pro-Lite-Tanto-Tri-Ad--51968https://eu.glock.com/en/products/pistols/g29-sf The joys of living in South Africa I guess. Kenty, Jackal355, Wayne pudding Mol and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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