Why oh why did I not have a pump

el_presidente
el_presidente Posts: 1,963
edited July 2007 in Commuting chat
When I stopped to help the utterly gorgeous blonde lady with almost equally gorgeous carbon Condor who had punctured by the London Business School on Wed night.

Sorry I had to leave you to try to walk home in your cleats. Though to be honest I exepct every cyclist was going to stop to help you
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  • domtyler
    domtyler Posts: 2,648
    edited March 2011
    el_presidente wrote:
    When I stopped to help the utterly gorgeous blonde lady with almost equally gorgeous carbon Condor who had punctured by the London Business School on Wed night.

    Sorry I had to leave you to try to walk home in your cleats. Though to be honest I exepct every cyclist was going to stop to help you

    You fool, in a situation like that you LEND HER YOUR OWN BIKE after having exchanged phone numbers and addresses. You will regret this 'til the day you die. I order you to carve a notch in your bed post and then fill it back in with wood filler as a reminder of the day you messed up big time!
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    domtyler wrote:
    el_presidente wrote:
    When I stopped to help the utterly gorgeous blonde lady with almost equally gorgeous carbon Condor who had punctured by the London Business School on Wed night.

    Sorry I had to leave you to try to walk home in your cleats. Though to be honest I exepct every cyclist was going to stop to help you

    You fool, in a situation like that you LEND HER YOUR OWN BIKE after having exchanged phone numbers and addresses. You will regret this 'til the day you die. I order you to carve a notch in your bed post and then fill it back in with wood filler as a reminder of the day you messed up big time!

    Actually Dom that did cross my mind! :)

    but a) I had SPD, she had Look and b) I don't think she would have wanted to swap her carbon Condor (est value £2k) for my knackered old Spesh Hardrock singlespeed commute hack (est value £50) !!
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  • joebe
    joebe Posts: 333
    edited July 2007
    Did you not offer to shave your head and shred you clothes and then stuff her tyres with said material? :oops:
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    joebe wrote:
    Did you not offer to shave your head and shred you clothes and then stuff her tyres with said material? :oops:

    It was a bit embarrassing really. We had almost immediately established that a) she had a puncture and b) I couldn't fix it. Cue me desperately racking my brains to think of a solution or at least a way to extend the encounter, while she eyed me quizzically, presumably thinking "why is this fool still here?"
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  • Drfabulous0
    Drfabulous0 Posts: 1,539
    You could have lent her your wheel. But then you are fool to not have the equipment to fix a punture.
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Drfabulous0 wrote:
    You could have lent her your wheel. But then you are fool to not have the equipment to fix a punture.

    wouldn't have fitted her frame

    I don't carry puncture equipment, my commute is only 6 miles so in the event of a puncture I walk (if near enough to either end) or get a cab. However in light of these events I am seriously reconsidering my policy. I expect she is too
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  • twowheeledwriter
    twowheeledwriter Posts: 129
    QUOTE Why oh why did I not have a pump QUOTE

    She wouldn't let you? :shock: Fnarr, fnarr.
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  • padders
    padders Posts: 77
    Did you have a pump later? :shock:
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Erm, Replace inner tube, and re-in-flate max 5 mins - if bikes were compatible I would have stopped, but if you are stupid enough to go out without the kit then hah..hah on you. !

    No seriously, I've not punctured for months, but did at the same point twice in three rides, - first time didn't have time to avoid the long pot hole, second time hit it trying to find it again ! doh - :oops:

    Both times I had two tubes and a kit plus pump, and I'm a roadie. First time, a chap offered to help (wow...............) but I thanked him and said I had everything with me - and thanked him again ...................as a hardened roadie, you don't get many nice folk coming along ! Second time, the tube let go a couple of miles on from the same puncture spot , so the nice chap wasn't about ! Damn ! THERE IS HOPE !
  • formerlyknownasbonj
    formerlyknownasbonj Posts: 483
    el_presidente wrote:
    Drfabulous0 wrote:
    You could have lent her your wheel. But then you are fool to not have the equipment to fix a punture.

    wouldn't have fitted her frame

    I don't carry puncture equipment, my commute is only 6 miles so in the event of a puncture I walk (if near enough to either end) or get a cab. However in light of these events I am seriously reconsidering my policy. I expect she is too
    you don't take puncture equipment by choice, on a 6 mile ride?
    I once mended a puncture outside tesco's and it's only half a mile away from home.
    The fact is it's just as easy to change a tube by the roadside as it is at home.

    You should have sanctimoniously told her off for not having a pump herself, before explaining why it's alright for you as you never get punctures.
  • joebe
    joebe Posts: 333
    I've had good Khama all week as I gave my only tube to some poor sod with a puncture in the pouring rain 8)
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