Two type of cyclist I just dont understand.
03-15-24, 09:50 AM
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Instead of personal attacks just try to stay on the thread title.
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I've walked home with my bike on my shoulder more than just one or two times. And even refusing offers of help from other cyclists. It wasn't because I wasn't prepared for the emergency. I had a both a tube and a patch kit along with a inflator in my bag. I just didn't want to fix my flat on the side of the road those days and I'd already finished most of my ride.
I wonder how many others wrongly judged me as inadequately prepared for riding my bike as I walked those 3 or so miles to the house.
I wonder how many others wrongly judged me as inadequately prepared for riding my bike as I walked those 3 or so miles to the house.
03-15-24, 09:58 AM
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03-15-24, 10:09 AM
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You have problems with people doing their own thing? If these persons were many miles away from any source of help and out of contact with civilization of any sort, I might agree that they should take some other stuff for emergencies.
What I really have a problem with is people I see with no water bottles on their bike or person out in areas that must be twenty or more minutes away from anything on the hot days we have here.
But still, it's their decision. Get over it. Maybe you'll get a opportunity to be a hero and come to their rescue one day.
What I really have a problem with is people I see with no water bottles on their bike or person out in areas that must be twenty or more minutes away from anything on the hot days we have here.
But still, it's their decision. Get over it. Maybe you'll get a opportunity to be a hero and come to their rescue one day.
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I guess you're responding to my post. In which case, you missed an opportunity for a learning experience. To spell it out: the first requirement for a tech person faced with an unfamiliar repair situation is humility.
I've known plenty of mechanics and techs who were arrogant about their skills. I've known only a few whose arrogance was justified. All the best mechanics and techs I've known were anything but arrogant.
I've known plenty of mechanics and techs who were arrogant about their skills. I've known only a few whose arrogance was justified. All the best mechanics and techs I've known were anything but arrogant.
03-15-24, 10:12 AM
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I don't think it matters if the weight is in your jersey or your bike, it's still the same weight. But it is more comfortable to have them in a saddle pack than on my back, just my opinion. Also convenience of I never have to worry if I got what I need, it's in the pack all the time.
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An example of what you say is the people that say they can tell if a tire has proper pressure by feel. I always put a pump that has a pressure gage and top them off before each ride. Doing that means you might catch a tire that has a small puncture leak in in before you leave home.
rydabent, instead of starting threads about things that bother you about modern cycling culture, maybe consider starting threads in Foo with, say, anecdotes from your working life. I have a few myself from my jobs over the years, and I'd bet that you have quite a few, too. I think most people here would be respectful of such stories, and enjoy them. I'm sure I would.
For an example from my days of running bike stores:
The head mechanic in one of those stores ran into a problem trying to remove a pedal from a crank. Ordinary pedal, ordinary crank; just tightened on with a ridiculous amount of force. He came to me for ideas on how to proceed.
We looked around the shop for a tool that would both fit the pedal flats and offer extreme leverage. Nothing. Then I asked, "Where's that 8" self-tightening adjustable of yours?" He pulled it out and put it on the pedal. I stuck a 4-foot-long Park frame/fork straightening tool on it.
He slipped a long pipe over the other crank arm (that pedal had come off easily enough).
We braced ourselves. Think Sands of Iwo Jima.
Job done.
He figured I'd be able to help, not because I was a better mechanic, but because I'd once pointed out to him that, as a bike racer with pipe-cleaner arms, I was used to figuring out how to maximize what little strength I had while working on bikes.
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I had to stop doing this after all the complaints when I'd get him to fit in the underseat bag.
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The old man me often wonders how the 17 year old me rode all over creation without flat repair materials, tools or a water bottle. And a quarter for a pay phone would have done me no good on the rural county back roads I spent my summers on.
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I haven’t flatted on tour in 6.5 years. Last one was in September of ‘17.
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I went 15 years without flatting. However, it was the same 15 years I wasn't riding, so it's a lot less impressive than your experience.
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