ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
And you would use that cheapo bulletproof phone that you carry when out riding, wouldn't you!
It's okay, I've 'phoned the wife.
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youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
..... or a domestique
How long before we get a tirade about a thread mentioning "wife" and "domestique" as being sexist?
r04DiE
300km a week through London on a road bike.
It's a toy - I wouldn't trust it. Sorry.
Globalti
Legendary Member
And you would use that cheapo bulletproof phone that you carry when out riding, wouldn't you!
No, I gave up on the £2.99 phone because the buttons were unmarked and I could never work the damned thing! So now I'm on another el-cheapo phone somebody gave me but GtiJ being a teenager, he always has his fancy iPhone with him so I don't even bother carrying mine when he's with me.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
I have been picked up once so far when I had a double pinch puncture and only one tube when it was so cold the glue wouldn't work.(lesson learned).I have walked 8 miles home as my commute has no busses etc and shift work means no one about on country lanes.
outlash
also available in orange
- Location
- ice station zebra
Well, you've got a choice of two lines that may occasionally pop in and out of tunnels. One which was closed for a portion of the day yesterday because of a car being hit by a train on a level crossing, or the other where they cancel trains whenever they see fit. Still, at least when you are actually able to get on a train, you can stand up without having to stoop.
I don't see the point in going through a survival routine if you don't have to. If an emergency lift is available and you need it then use it. I do most of my riding alone in rural locations and carry a limited amount of repair kit. I can think of three times I've called for a lift in 5 years and around 15,000 miles.
1. Three punctures on the same ride. I got two in the same spot, replaced both tubes and 20 miles later got a third.
2. Broken spoke. Wheels with a low spoke count, rim catching the brakes I was concerned that I would damage it by continuing.
3. Standing up on a steep climb. Hanger broke and RD wrapped itself round the spokes. Spoke damage, gouge to frame and chain stay.
All of these were in sparsely populated areas over 10 miles from home. My wife will come, may grump about it a bit, but knows I'll drop what I'm doing to assist any of my family that need it.
By the same token I've phoned the RAC / AA around 7 times in 1,000,000 miles of driving.
1. Three punctures on the same ride. I got two in the same spot, replaced both tubes and 20 miles later got a third.
2. Broken spoke. Wheels with a low spoke count, rim catching the brakes I was concerned that I would damage it by continuing.
3. Standing up on a steep climb. Hanger broke and RD wrapped itself round the spokes. Spoke damage, gouge to frame and chain stay.
All of these were in sparsely populated areas over 10 miles from home. My wife will come, may grump about it a bit, but knows I'll drop what I'm doing to assist any of my family that need it.
By the same token I've phoned the RAC / AA around 7 times in 1,000,000 miles of driving.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Rear wheel punctures on my Brompton put me into lift territory.
Dealt with the first by taking a taxi to a nearby bike shop, the second involved a mile or so push back to my car.
A snapped pedal shaft on another bike when I was miles from home could have been another 'phone a friend' moment.
I was just able to pedal the bike a couple of miles to a bike shop.
Good thing it was flat, I don't think I could have managed hills with one foot pushing on the stump of the snapped shaft.
The moral of both these stories - for me - is always carry some cash, preferably with a credit card as back-up.
Dealt with the first by taking a taxi to a nearby bike shop, the second involved a mile or so push back to my car.
A snapped pedal shaft on another bike when I was miles from home could have been another 'phone a friend' moment.
I was just able to pedal the bike a couple of miles to a bike shop.
Good thing it was flat, I don't think I could have managed hills with one foot pushing on the stump of the snapped shaft.
The moral of both these stories - for me - is always carry some cash, preferably with a credit card as back-up.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
I did once wheel the bike to my LBS when I got a flat on a day that was so cold I was shivering. And had to phone a friend when the rear hanger snapped off, but by lucky coincidence I had just been past her house and was going uphill at the time so freeewheeled most of the way back to hers.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I don't have a partner to call. A couple of friends have told me to call them if I ever needed help but I wouldn't do that.
I rode home nearly 5 miles one-legged after snapping a crank.
Another time I broke my saddle clamp and rode back standing up.
When a jockey wheel bolt fell out and disappeared, I converted my bike to a singlespeed at the roadside and rode home, spinning like crazy.
My back wheel broke a spoke on a forum ride to Blackpool and became almost unrideable. I had to take the rear brake and mudguard off and then rode it 12 miles to Blackpool station to catch a train back.
I have blacked out on rides but still ridden home when I came round. If I had to call for help it would be for a taxi or an ambulance! Funnily enough, I ended up lying at the roadside (having suffered what turned out to be my second pulmonary embolism) and decided to do the sensible thing and dial 999 but found that I had no phone signal! After 20 minutes I started to feel better so I got back on my bike and rode home.
I rode home nearly 5 miles one-legged after snapping a crank.
Another time I broke my saddle clamp and rode back standing up.
When a jockey wheel bolt fell out and disappeared, I converted my bike to a singlespeed at the roadside and rode home, spinning like crazy.
My back wheel broke a spoke on a forum ride to Blackpool and became almost unrideable. I had to take the rear brake and mudguard off and then rode it 12 miles to Blackpool station to catch a train back.
I have blacked out on rides but still ridden home when I came round. If I had to call for help it would be for a taxi or an ambulance! Funnily enough, I ended up lying at the roadside (having suffered what turned out to be my second pulmonary embolism) and decided to do the sensible thing and dial 999 but found that I had no phone signal! After 20 minutes I started to feel better so I got back on my bike and rode home.
