What's Your Worst "Loss" While Riding?
Two years ago my arm warmers fell out of my jersey pocket while I was climbing the west slope of Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. I looked for them on the way down but had no luck. Still had a few days left on that tour, so it kind of sucked not having them. One theory of mine is that they fell out while I was hanging around at the summit and blew away in the strong breeze.
In '11 I lost a front rack bolt and spacer while riding a rough, unpaved, hilly road in Montana. Didn't notice it until the end of the day's ride. I had a spare bolt but not a spare spacer, so the rack sat sort of funny.