Carrying Emergency Contact Info ...

Always carry your vital personal data and emergency contact information with you at all times. Think of you were to be alone on the road and hit by a car and were unconscious what information you would want someone to have. I personally photocopied my passport, drivers license, health insurance card and then wrote on it my local address, phone number, my parents address and phone number and an additional phone contact in Belgium. Then photocopied that page a number of times. I kept a copy of this with me at all times on the bike in a plastic bag, gave a copy to my team director and also one to my room mate. This way if things went wrong, people knew who to contact and what information to give.