Helping out a fellow commuter

[redjedi]

If I saw someone stop and put on some Marigolds I think I'd abandon my bike and run for it

But when you came back to collect it, it would be sparkling clean

 

[ianrauk]

+1 for carrying rubber gloves.

rubber gloves!

Practical but im sure it would probably scare some people off being that efficient

 

[karlos_the_jackal]

I'm coming round to the idea of rubber gloves

 

[purplepolly]

I'm coming round to the idea of rubber gloves

I never cycle without them, never know when they're going to be needed

 

[Twanger]

I tried rubber gloves, shredded them changing a tube and went back to keeping a J cloth under the saddle for lifting the oilier bits of the bike out of the way.

It's a conversation piece as well. At the lights...

Bloke on a generic road bike: You've got a J cloth under your saddle.
Me: (because I think that observant observations merit reply) Yes.
Bloke: Why?
Me: For holding the chain when I take the rear wheel off.
Bloke: Oh.
Me: You can also wipe down your bike with it after rain and suchlike.
Bloke: Oh.

Social life as a cycle commuter in London is full. Very rich.

 

[purplepolly]

went back to keeping a J cloth under the saddle for lifting the oilier bits of the bike out of the way.

It's a conversation piece as well. .

that time spent waiting until the lights change must fly by

however, a j cloth isn't a bad idea, one to add to the pannier maybe.

 

[Twanger]

that time spent waiting until the lights change must fly by

Oh, yes. Actually, I think a lot of people who RLJ do so to avoid such rivetting exchanges.

 

[fossyant]

I've helped out a fair few colleagues with bikes.......

Straitened a properly bent (i.e. busted) rear wheel as best I could for a lad on a fixed, kept him going for a few months until his dad's 'box of spares' produced some new wheels.... Sorted same lad umpteen times for various tools...helped fix punctures.

Another colleague...grinding noises on her tourer....chain guard slightly knocked into chain... fixed...blooming oily though...

Advised another colleague with his Madone 5.2 - the bonty wheels kept going out of true......

 

[karlos_the_jackal]

well i help out in the morning and then on commute home bike basically falls apart, crank set makes noise when putting power on, (has been doing for about a week or so) bottom bracket taken apart and regreased by LBS 2 weeks ago. then rear wheel starting making knocking noise, then in last mile front derauiler failed to move up to large ring!

so now looking for rubber gloves, j cloth and tools

or new bike