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Wear the right gear.

A while back I had my daughter on the back and she was dressed as best as I could for a 9 yo.
I thought well I wont dress up so well...if we go we'll go together and also I wont be doing anything stupid.

We were only going into the city.
I had runners on.

Coming up to a set of lights nice and slow, go to put my foot down....one of the runner shoelaces gets caught in the rear brake lever and I can't get my foot down!
Panic push harder and it undoes the lace and I get my foot down in time.
A stupid simple mistake like wearing runners could have had us both on the road and a lot of damage to the bike.

Wear the right gear.
Even if you are going up to the milk bar. (Have they still got milk bars?? lol)

have to agree mate, i always wear my boots and jacket as a minimum even just going for a short trip.it's just not worth the risk.