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Wyn Davies

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The clue is in @welsh dragon's user name.

There's a similar clue in your user name, so you might be neighbours.

But not, it appears, friends.
you have lost me
 
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An "all the gear no idea" merchant then. Obviously not someone who's been riding bikes since they were a small kid and had to learn to sort problems like punctures out themselves. I never cease to be amazed by the ineptitude and lack of common sense in some so-called grown-ups.
The OP in this thread takes it to another level. Like some others, I don't tend to carry puncture repair kits if I'm only going a couple of miles down the road. I take my chances and accept the walk of shame if the Fairy comes calling. But if I'm going somewhere that will take me over an hour to walk back from, then I take a pump and a patch kit. To not have any means of fixing a puncture on a 50 mile ride is utterly moronic, and frankly the OP deserved to have to walk it to learn their lesson. Expecting one's other half, or a friend, to drive 50 miles to collect some muppet with no common sense from a situation of their own making, which was entirely foreseeable, is highly inconsiderate.
If all you can write is rude insults then don't bother it's pathetic.
 

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If all you can write is rude insults then don't bother it's pathetic.
@SkipdiverJohn was not referring to you and makes a good point, the two cyclists I referred I suspect equally had no idea on how to fix a puncture. In comparison on another ride I was quickly surrounded by cyclists offering assistance literally as soon as opened up a minitool, that was merely a loose camera mount.
 

vickster

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@SkipdiverJohn was not referring to you and makes a good point, the two cyclists I referred I suspect equally had no idea on how to fix a puncture. In comparison on another ride I was quickly surrounded by cyclists offering assistance literally as soon as opened up a minitool, that was merely a loose camera mount.
Ummm I’m not so sure he wasn’t :unsure:
 
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@SkipdiverJohn was not referring to you and makes a good point, the two cyclists I referred I suspect equally had no idea on how to fix a puncture. In comparison on another ride I was quickly surrounded by cyclists offering assistance literally as soon as opened up a minitool, that was merely a loose camera mount.
I had the puncture on the rear wheel of a ebike it's more
@SkipdiverJohn was not referring to you and makes a good point, the two cyclists I referred I suspect equally had no idea on how to fix a puncture. In comparison on another ride I was quickly surrounded by cyclists offering assistance literally as soon as opened up a minitool, that was merely a loose camera mount.
The puncture on the rear wheel of a ebike is a bit more complex than a ordinary bike I had Halfords put slime in the tyres and they garantee to repair any small punctures free for too years I know bought a too ended tube that you can put in without removing the wheel and am thinking about fitting a Tannus Amour in the rear last ebike I did over 5000miles without a puncture just slime in the tyres.
 

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Being prepared for a puncture, is just something you have to accept with riding bicycles. Personally i cant be bothered to patch a tube out on the road and just carry a spare tube. I repair the punctured tube at home. I also use tyres with decent pp, so punctures are few & far between anyway.
 
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