Is there any point of stopping?

[Soup890]

I was cycling down the trail path and I came across a cyclist trying to repair a flat tyre. I said do you need help? He said something but I could not make it out so I rode on.

Was this wrong if me?

 

[screenman]

Completely and utterly wrong in the most possible way you can be. I even carry spares in the car in case I see a cyclist in trouble and have used them many times in the 30+ years I have been doing so.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

always ask always slow right down.

I also carry my repair kit as a pedestrian as well.

 

[marcusjb]

Well at least you asked - so he's either thinking "what a nice person asking if I needed help" or "what a &*%er., I said I needed help and they rode off"!

I generally always check whether people are okay and need help. Sadly, a lot of people won't admit that they do need help, but it's always good to check (I have had it on laps of Richmond Park where I have asked someone and they've said they're okay, and 20 minutes later I pass them again - I stopped and forced some help on a lad with a snapped chain who had then threaded it back through his rear mech incorrectly once - I got him on his way).

I'll admit having been in the same situation - it can be hard to hear sometimes, so I have assumed that they are okay, possibly incorrectly.

 

[Kookas]

Why didn't you just ask him what he said?

 

[anothersam]

Was this wrong if me?

I can't judge you, but it was an epic karmic miss, as he was saying I'm going to give part of my fortune to the first person who stops and patiently hears me out.

 

[Stu Plows]

Ghastly!

'Feed him to the pigs'

 

[uclown2002]

I was cycling down the trail path and I came across a cyclist trying to repair a flat tyre. I said do you need help? He said something but I could not make it out so I rode on.

Was this wrong if me?

I bet you would have stopped had it been a fit woman!

Yes, I've been reading the other thread; and yes I'm only joking.

 

[Soup890]

I bet you would have stopped had it been a fit woman!

Yes, I've been reading the other thread; and yes I'm only joking.

Lol, I was thinking "oh no not round two"

 

[HLaB]

I mostly ask if everything is alright but I must admit at the weekend I passed 3 blokes inserting a tube into a wheel and never interfered.

 

[Soup890]

I mostly ask if everything is alright but I must admit at the weekend I passed 3 blokes inserting a tube into a wheel and never interfered.

It took 3 blokes to insert a tube?

 

[HLaB]

It took 3 blokes to insert a tube?

Yip and I figured a fourth would just make it a joke ;-)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 2982310, member: 45"]No. I usually do the loser sign on my forehead, drop a moonie and ride off into the distance laughing.[/QUOTE]
Whilst the first two examples of your behaviour are admirable, and to be wholeheartedly encouraged whenever a loser with a broken bike is encountered on the road, I have to say something about the third example.

Folk who ride off into the distance laughing?


Nobbers.

 

[User6179]

It took 3 blokes to insert a tube?

Local council run cycle club I assume

 

[HB_Dude]

I'll always stop to offer help if needed , as has been offered to me in the past