On call when riding.

[paddy]

Does anyone ride while they are on-call? I'm wanting to do the protest ride in the weekend but I am on call this week. I must therefore carry a pager. It's very unlikely that I would be called; however, some of our clients have very tight SLAs (as little as 10 minutes). I have remote access, so really the issue is just how to deal with the pager.

I considering how I could perhaps mount the pager in a clear waterproof box somewhere visible. I'm just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this in the past or if anyone has any good ideas.

P.

[Usarka]

If it vibrates stick it down your daks.

[paddy]

If it vibrates stick it down your daks.

A variation on that approach had crossed my mind. The problem I can foresee is thinking "was that it" every 50 metres and needing to stop all of the time.

[Mully]

If it vibrates stick it down your daks.

+1


Dunno otherwise.

[zahria]

If it vibrates stick it down your daks.

I ride when I'm on call, but my response time is a half hour.
I'll either have the phone in my tank bag ( I can hear it over the bike with the stock pipes on) or in my pocket so I can feel it vibrate.
On call every second week, and I gotta ride when I'm on call.

[KiwiGs]

I have a tank bag with a clear map pocket on the top.
When I am out and about I pop the old iphone in there....

[YellowDog]

I just have the phone on auto-answer with the Bluetooth thingy in my ear.

[zahria]

I just have the phone on auto-answer with the Bluetooth thingy in my ear.

Do they work ok on the bike?

[paddy]

I'm stuck with the pager so bluetooth is out. A tank bag with a clear top I hadn't thought of though. Now I have two ideas to play with. :-)

[one fast tl1ooo]

nope not me........................................

[Grasshopperus]

If you take turns being on-call with someone else can you ask them to cover for you? Maybe take 3 of their days on-call in exchange for covering 2 of yours.
Can you feel your pager when it's in your jacket or pants pocket? Test it out maybe.

I'm on call 2 weeks in every 8 and I've been riding with cellphone in pocket. I can feel it vibrate through my jacket.

[Virago]

I know what it's like, I've dealt with it for the last 20 years. At one stage I did two straight years on call - 24/7/365. Getting time on the bike can be a nightmare.

I've found that having pager and cellphone in the front breast-pocket of my jacket is perfectly audible.

The protest ride will be fairly low speed, you shouldn't have a problem.

Fingers crossed that you won't get called out, eh?

[DarkLord]

Can't you get them bluetooth kits for your phone that sit in your ear under your helmet and you can take calls through that? I'm sure there are some specifically designed for motorbikes?

[Crisis management]

Try clipping it to the inside of the jacket neck, you can hear & feel it activate and it can't be confused with anything else. You might need to make sure it can't fall off, I've always had a lanyard on mine and that worked.

[rainman]

Does anyone ride while they are on-call? I'm wanting to do the protest ride in the weekend but I am on call this week.

No option to swap the roster around for something as important as a protest ride? Damn, you must have an inflexible boss...

Don't do what an(other) ex-workmate of mine did - he velcro'ed his phone to the top of his tank. He was crossing the bridge (and on a call as I understand - headset) when he saw the edge lift up and the phone go bouncety smash down the road...

Not sure about the "stick it down your daks" advice - that's a shared pager. Maybe "stick it down your daks but don't tell the next guy on call"?