Good Samaritan falls flat on his face

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited August 2012 in Commuting chat
Yeah and I was the Good Samaritan.

A mile into the ride home last night, I saw a guy waiting at bus stop with a flat back tyre.

"A rescue!" I think. I had a spare tube and was quite happy to give him it (cyclist in need and all that), so I turn 'round and ask if he needs a hand as I had a spare tube

He looked very sheepish and quietly said "I do but it's a 650c wheel" (I may have misheard him as I swear he said 600, but presumed he did say 650)

Who the hell uses a 650c wheel???? :shock:

It turns out he'd bought the bike of a mate a couple of weeks ago and this was his first ride out. He was waiting for the bus hoping they'd let him on to get him near enough home so he could walk the rest of the way.

So, I offered sympathy and good luck. Called him a weirdo :wink: and left (the bus was just in sight)

(happier end to the story - when the bus came past I could see him and the bike on it)
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    You need to get into the habit of carrying a spare tube AND a couple of patches.

    With smaller wheels this could have been a beautiful lady stranded - and then you'd have been kicking yourself for letting her down. :wink:
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    You need to get into the habit of carrying a spare tube AND a couple of patches.

    With smaller wheels this could have been a beautiful lady stranded - and then you'd have been kicking yourself for letting her down. :wink:

    If she'd been that nice I'd would have offered her a croggy!
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    If she'd been that nice I'd would have offered her a croggy!

    A what?

    Sounds painful.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    rubertoe wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    If she'd been that nice I'd would have offered her a croggy!

    A what?

    Sounds painful.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/croggy
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    rubertoe wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    If she'd been that nice I'd would have offered her a croggy!

    A what?

    Sounds painful.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/croggy

    Bl**dy dialect.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Surely as a get-you-home (or get-a-date) temporary fix a 700c tube could fit a smaller wheel?

    Anyhoo. Croggy = default term where I come from and in common use from about the age of 8 or so when we all started biking to school & to the rec for footballing purposes. The lack of knowledge of linguistic basics on here is worrying.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    it was called a "backie" when I was growing up
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    gbsahne wrote:
    it was called a "backie" when I was growing up

    This is what I know it as.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    We used both 'round my place but croggy was the main term.

    I think for the future I will now be carrying some patches with me and hope that the cape makes me look like a super hero....
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    gbsahne wrote:
    it was called a "backie" when I was growing up
    Backie is a ridiculous word though. Croggy isn't. Not at all. :)
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Croggy round my way to - Leicester-ish.
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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Backie around here. And I would have hope to have been offered one if it was me you found stranded with a hole in my 650c tube :wink:

    Ofc it would need to have been the 5th hole in my 650c tube as knowing I have stupidly small wheels I carry a spare tube and patches.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    takey - or backie around this neck of the woods
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    suzyb wrote:
    Backie around here. And I would have hope to have been offered one if it was me you found stranded with a hole in my 650c tube :wink:
    Gracefully steps aside...

    Go on Kieran. An open invitation for you to sweep BR's favourite resident filly off her feet. :wink:
  • Squarepants
    Squarepants Posts: 1,019
    wtf is a 650c / 700 tube; they're black, round, contain wind and are 26" where im from :|

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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    "Croggy" common place in N Yorks too when I were a lad.
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  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    We used to have a bike each.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    TommyEss wrote:
    Croggy round my way to - Leicester-ish.
    Neat. Inckleh? Or Co-ville? Melton was too posh to share bikes.

    [Hinckley or Coalville, for the non-natives]
  • jonomc4
    jonomc4 Posts: 891
    Being all posh like, the croggy equivalent for me was "riding pillion"
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    CiB wrote:
    TommyEss wrote:
    Croggy round my way to - Leicester-ish.
    Neat. Inckleh? Or Co-ville? Melton was too posh to share bikes.

    [Hinckley or Coalville, for the non-natives]

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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    You need to get into the habit of carrying a spare tube AND a couple of patches.

    With smaller wheels this could have been a beautiful lady stranded - and then you'd have been kicking yourself for letting her down. :wink:

    He should have had spare tubes for 20" wheels, 24", 26" 650C , 750C and 27" wheels in a variety of widths.

    Additionally, a bike stand, a wheel truing jig and a workshop of tools, just in case.

    Don't all reasonable cyclists carry this?
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    On a similar thread ages ago Fursty Ferret wrote:
    Pump
    2 X CO2 cartridges
    Spare inner
    Self adhesive patches (in case I get second puncture and have to use first inner again)
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    TommyEss wrote:
    CiB wrote:
    TommyEss wrote:
    Croggy round my way to - Leicester-ish.
    Neat. Inckleh? Or Co-ville? Melton was too posh to share bikes.

    [Hinckley or Coalville, for the non-natives]

    Luffbra!

    I always call it LoogerBooger :D

    (just up the A6 from there)
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I always call it LoogerBooger :D

    (just up the A6 from there)
    Technically it's LoogerBarooger. Luffbra was closest though.
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    CiB wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I always call it LoogerBooger :D

    (just up the A6 from there)
    Technically it's LoogerBarooger. Luffbra was closest though.

    another ex loogabarooga here :D
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    CiB wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I always call it LoogerBooger :D

    (just up the A6 from there)
    Technically it's LoogerBarooger. Luffbra was closest though.

    Loogerbarooger is the Antipodean pronunciation - Luffbra is how the locals like it!

    "Yer goin Luffbra me-duck?"

    "Aye, probly!"
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    TommyEss wrote:
    Loogerbarooger is the Antipodean pronunciation - Luffbra is how the locals like it!

    "Yer goin Luffbra me-duck?"

    "Aye, probly!"
    "Yer goin Luffbra me-duck?"

    "Nah. Gunna watch Citeh then off upp tahn"

    "Wot? Neaton*? Careful."

    "Nah just Inckleh for a bit."

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  • mattcroad
    mattcroad Posts: 189
    "Jump on and I'll give you a double"

    Thats what we called it growing up in NZ, you can have that one too Vermin...
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    spen666 wrote:
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    You need to get into the habit of carrying a spare tube AND a couple of patches.

    With smaller wheels this could have been a beautiful lady stranded - and then you'd have been kicking yourself for letting her down. :wink:

    He should have had spare tubes for 20" wheels, 24", 26" 650C , 750C and 27" wheels in a variety of widths.

    As Spen says, you can't carry too much rubber :wink:
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  • TommyEss
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