see someone with a flat? no worries... just keep riding.

[Tamyka Bell]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:38:33 +1000
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My problem is the spares bag itself. Too many trips home for
> > that one when I take my fast bike for a spin.
>
> So you have one bag per bike. Gives you a chance to buy the latest
> new fancy aero wedgy whatsit!

Can't afford it...

> Or else you have a bum bag that you clip to your helmet when you take
> them both off.

Ew.

> Zebee
> - who had the problem with motorcycle toolkits until she was able to
> get enough of the nice quality small tools for all bikes.

Yeah, that's the plan (with bikes), just need the money...

T

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:57:18 +1000
Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>>
>> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:38:33 +1000
>> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > My problem is the spares bag itself. Too many trips home for
>> > that one when I take my fast bike for a spin.
>>
>> So you have one bag per bike. Gives you a chance to buy the latest
>> new fancy aero wedgy whatsit!
>
> Can't afford it...
>

Oh come on, eating slows you down!

And think of all those ethopian distance runners training barefoot,
has to be something in it.

Zebee

 

[SteveA]

Ya gotta do the right thing.

I was in the car on Friday night coming home from work (not on the bike as it was one of the rare days I needed the car during the day at work). I was close to home and saw a cyclist in lycra pulled over attending to a flat. So I pulled over and asked if he could use a track pump/tube etc as I was literally a few hundred metres from home and could be back in next to no time.

I shot home, collected the pump and I was back in about 5 minutes. One very happy lycra lad. And I was happy to have helped out.

Only problem is that now he will probably expect to have a 'team car' with a pump and spares there every time he flats.

SteveA

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:57:18 +1000
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> >>
> >> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:38:33 +1000
> >> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > My problem is the spares bag itself. Too many trips home for
> >> > that one when I take my fast bike for a spin.
> >>
> >> So you have one bag per bike. Gives you a chance to buy the latest
> >> new fancy aero wedgy whatsit!
> >
> > Can't afford it...
> >
>
> Oh come on, eating slows you down!
>
> And think of all those ethopian distance runners training barefoot,
> has to be something in it.
>
> Zebee

They're 10km to marathon runners! Also, losing that much
weight would be very expensive, I'd have to buy new clothes.

Besides, it's not the shoes that cost me too much, it's the
travel! I'd consider running to my races, but I'm not sure
I'd get there on time...

T

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:50:26 +1000
Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Besides, it's not the shoes that cost me too much, it's the
> travel! I'd consider running to my races, but I'm not sure
> I'd get there on time...

So you ride the bicycle to them.

Simple!

Zebee

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:50:26 +1000
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Besides, it's not the shoes that cost me too much, it's the
> > travel! I'd consider running to my races, but I'm not sure
> > I'd get there on time...
>
> So you ride the bicycle to them.

Tested over distance of up to 100 miles: I prefer running.

Tam

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:26:29 +1000
Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>>
>> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:50:26 +1000
>> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Besides, it's not the shoes that cost me too much, it's the
>> > travel! I'd consider running to my races, but I'm not sure
>> > I'd get there on time...
>>
>> So you ride the bicycle to them.
>
> Tested over distance of up to 100 miles: I prefer running.

*grin* you need a highracer recumbent you do! Nice Bacchetta Aero.
Lie back and pedal in comfort!

Zebee

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:26:29 +1000
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> >>
> >> In aus.bicycle on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:50:26 +1000
> >> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Besides, it's not the shoes that cost me too much, it's the
> >> > travel! I'd consider running to my races, but I'm not sure
> >> > I'd get there on time...
> >>
> >> So you ride the bicycle to them.
> >
> > Tested over distance of up to 100 miles: I prefer running.
>
> *grin* you need a highracer recumbent you do! Nice Bacchetta Aero.
> Lie back and pedal in comfort!
>
> Zebee

Know anyone who will donate?

T

 

[BT Humble]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> - who had the problem with motorcycle toolkits until she was able to
> get enough of the nice quality small tools for all bikes.

I've always been of the opinion that cheap tools is better than no
tools, especially when you're stuck somewhere around Woop Woop.


BTH

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on 20 Sep 2006 18:24:15 -0700
BT Humble <[email protected]> wrote:
> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>> - who had the problem with motorcycle toolkits until she was able to
>> get enough of the nice quality small tools for all bikes.
>
> I've always been of the opinion that cheap tools is better than no
> tools, especially when you're stuck somewhere around Woop Woop.

It's easier on a bicycle than finding enough sockets, spanners, and
screwdrivers to do the full service by the roadside that any
self-respecting Guzzisti should be equipped to do.

On the pushie the tools are "couple of allen keys, couple of tyre
levers (or spoons...) and duct tape for when you run out of patches"

Zebee

 

[Plodder]

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> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> > - who had the problem with motorcycle toolkits until she was able to
> > get enough of the nice quality small tools for all bikes.
>
> I've always been of the opinion that cheap tools is better than no
> tools, especially when you're stuck somewhere around Woop Woop.
>
>
> BTH

Nah - cheap tools mean you rely on them to get you out of Woop Woop. Then
the plasticine socket bends and you're still stuck. Buy good tools you can
rely on.

me

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:07:06 +0800
Plodder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Nah - cheap tools mean you rely on them to get you out of Woop Woop. Then
> the plasticine socket bends and you're still stuck. Buy good tools you can
> rely on.

Or a bike you can fix with a pair of fencing pliers and a shifter.

MInd you, the lack of good old number nine fencing wire for the
liberating in the wilds of Summer Hill meant it was a long walk home
when the bent broke its chain.

Zebee
- who hasn't had to use those on the Guzzi, but the Kawasaki had the
benefit of them not once but twice!

 

[Donga]

asterope wrote:
> BIG THUMBS DOWN to all those mean rude cyclists who passed me in
> paddington this morning and didnt stop to ask if i needed help.
>
> the one day i didnt have a spare, i get a flat... at least 5 cyclists
> passed me while i was trying to locate the problem... some slowed down
> and had a good geezer, others just flew straight by.
>
> nice one... theres 3 rapists out and about attacking women in the
> paddington area... the least they could have done was asked if i needed
> a hand/patch/tube... or maybe its the done thing now to ignore girls on
> the sidewalk in full cycling garb looking for punctures and just hope
> they will be ok on the walk home.
>
> GRRRRRRRRRR and curses for those a**holes... but its not going to stop
> me offering a hand to a cyclist in need in the future. Theres etiquette
> to be upheld and its good karma to help out one of your own.

Asterope, you'll be pleased to know that on my ride in to meet the
bunch this morning, I passed a cyclist who was helping change a flat
tyre for a young woman ... wait for it ... in a car! It was quite funny
- she was standing about looking completely useless. I told the rider
he was very noble and he rolled his eyes so hard he nearly fell over!

BTW, do you and Duracell Bunny know about the women's ride that leaves
La Dolce Vita at 6.15 on Sundays? Over a dozen of them this morning,
all nattering away.

Donga

 

[asterope]

Asterope, you'll be pleased to know that on my ride in to meet the
bunch this morning, I passed a cyclist who was helping change a flat
tyre for a young woman ... wait for it ... in a car! It was quite funny
- she was standing about looking completely useless. I told the rider
he was very noble and he rolled his eyes so hard he nearly fell over!

BTW, do you and Duracell Bunny know about the women's ride that leaves
La Dolce Vita at 6.15 on Sundays? Over a dozen of them this morning,
all nattering away.

Donga

good stuff!! a flat is a flat is a flat, so if you are in the know then its good form to help out i think i would do the same thing, but likely get laughed at. (when you own a classic vw, changing tyres is only one of the peices in your repertoire!)

no, i didnt know about the womens ride on sunday morning but i think i will be checking it out in the next few weeks... would have been nice to have someone to ride with this morning do you know what route they take and how far they go usually?

 

[Donga]

asterope wrote:

> no, i didnt know about the womens ride on sunday morning but i think i
> will be checking it out in the next few weeks... would have been nice
> to have someone to ride with this morning do you know what route
> they take and how far they go usually?

I think they do the River Ride, 32 km, possibly with extra variant
loops - followed of course by coffee at LDV.