How do you tell the time?

[Whosthedaddy]

No not 'when the big hand reaches the top...'

I don't have a new fangled digital dash with all the mod cons and necessities

I am however conscious of that things which bugs us all...time. What methods or gadgets do you use to tell the time when out and about?

I don't wear a watch because a) It needs a new battery b) Its too chunky to go under my leathers, and c) I can't remember where it is so its the trusty mobile phone in the pocket. This is all well and good but a pain in the chuff to get out with gloves on and is impractical if on the move in traffic.

Apart from getting a shitty little thing that sticks to the dash with a sticky tab, anyone got any solutions?
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[Mr.Everready]

Used to use a £1 shop digital watch tied round the bars.
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[yambabe]

My bike wears a watch. Cheap one, think it cost a fiver, proper strap cos velcro can come apart at speed, fastens to my bars..........
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[stinkwheel]

My bike has a handy, backlit LCD clock just above the rev counter.

Otherwise it is the mobile phone. On my other bikes without a clock, I put my mobile in a plastic bag in the clear map pocket on my tank bag. I can see the time and I can see if anyone has called/sms messaged me.

I don't wear a watch because I spend every moring sticking my hand up cows backsides and I'd loose it.
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[tokarev]

I use the shadows of the cars to deduce the time.




...Nah, I don't tend to worry about the time. "I get there when I get there" is what I tell myself. But there is loads of clocks around London anyway, so normally give a quick glance as I ride passed it.

[Ichy]

I rarely care when I'm on the bike, I'm notoriously a bad time keeper.
If I really need to then I use the one my daughter got me for my keyring.

[ram_doom]

636 has a digital clock (very swish too, along with lap timer), and SZR has a couple of quid rubber strapped watch which does the job.
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[Tristan.]

I tend to ask cagers.

[killa]

Oxford used to do a small square one which looked ok.

https://www.intobikes.co.uk/products?detail=product&id=001629&sg=AND&search=clock

They have this one now
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[keyser soze]

what is this time you speak of? lol

[iooi]

99p watch velcored between spedo and tacho...

Trouble is now i'm always in a rush, where as before with no time piece i was not....
Still made it around the same time, just now it seems time goes faster when you have something to look at....
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[Whosthedaddy]

[druidsam]

i dont have a clock on the thundercat,and don't usually bother about the time when im on the bike,but a cheap watch on the handlebars sounds like a good idea.



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[Finglonga]

Cocktail stick in the key hole on the fillercap lock and use it as a sun dial.
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[Nb]

When im on the bike my dash has a digital clock. When im out and about i use my phone, which is always 10 mins fast cos i cannot stand being late.
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[craigs23]

I don't bother really, never found the need to tell the time whilst riding.

[kitty kat]

I have a digital clock on my bike, only use though if I am meeting someone at a particular time, otherwise I go out for a ride and get back when I reach home!!
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[Mister James]

Either my PDA with GPS Dash running, or my cheap £3 digital watch velcroed to either my bars or my tankbag.
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[Ariel Badger]

I ride an Ariel, I have a calender taped to the tank.
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[TheDonUK]

^ Lol.

Either my phone or a weird "ability" to guess the time give or take 2 minutes... Im rarely out by more than that. Proper strange i tell thee...

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[Jamie.]

You can get velcro clocks for push bikes which stick nicely on your dash somewhere from Halfords.

https://www.newbergonline.com/bike/forsale/1/clock.jpg

Looked similar to that.

[Jamie S]

https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/cgi-bin/dss2-cgi/ProdSel.pl?cat=7%20Accessory%20Specials|!!!EXTRA%20ACCESSORIES!!!|Mini%20clock

[Ariel Badger]

Never worn a watch in my life, one gets to sense the time. I go to work when it feels right and am consistantly five mins late.
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