It's okay, I've 'phoned the wife.

[rugby bloke]

Phone the wife once - but that was for a lift to A&E after an unplanned dismount. As I was needing stitches in my lip there was a quite a lot of claret being split. When I walked into A&E a guy with a packet of tissues took one look at me and said - "Have these, you need them more than me." Started feeling better straight away.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

my mates take the pish at the tools and gubbins I carry. They pipe down, for a bit, when said stuff comes in handy to fix their, or anothers, bike.

I only phone home when I, or the conditions, are broken, not when the bike is bust.

Though there was that air ambulance in the alps that time....

 

[iandg]

Cycling since 1973 and don't remember ever having to contact anyone to be picked up.

It's going to happen this weekend now, isn't it?

 

[The Mighty News]

It could be pub where there is a smoking shelter where you can have a pint and carry out a repair.

This sounds the best option to me

 

[iandg]

Cycling since 1973 and don't remember ever having to contact anyone to be picked up.

It's going to happen this weekend now, isn't it?

Aah forgot - picked up three times from hospital following commuter accidents but never following a mechanical. The accident to hospital bit was in an ambulance on one occasion, I walked on another (I was about 500yds away and heading to work) and on the other occasion the accident happened on the hospital grounds where I worked, I came round in A&E that time.

 

[smutchin]

Single here so have to rely on my limited knowledge and ability to tinker.

Paging @Fnaar

 

[smutchin]

I have called for help a few times - eg once when I got caught in a blizzard at the top of Kirkstone Pass.

If it's a mechanical, I generally try to fix it and carry on if possible - once my rear mech disintegrated so I just shortened the chain to bypass it and rode home singlespeed. More recently, I wrecked my rear mech by shifting it into the wheel but as I was much closer to home and it was freezing cold and wet, I felt it was better to call for a lift and get back in the warm and dry asap. Wasn't close enough to home that I fancied walking it in cleats though.

 

[Sara_H]

GF has just told me. If I didn't tell her I'd had an accident she'd kill me.

I once turned up to collect OH and bike from roadside after a crash. Ambulance man seemed a bit shocked when my first question was "Is your bike alright?".

 

[youngoldbloke]

Being that sort of person, whenever I see a fellow cyclist apparently in trouble, I always stop and offer assistance. What I find interesting is that when it's a lycra'd up bloke on a road bike, my offer of assistance is invariably politely declined with a statement to the effect of '..It's okay, I've 'phoned the wife / partner / girlfriend / the other 'arf and she's picking me up..'
Now there are those of us who either don't have the benefit of a wife / partner / girlfriend / other 'arf, or they don't drive or there isn't a car available.
So WE have to deal with whatever the situation is - !

Observations please - !

What I find interesting is what you are implying. I assume you don't ride a road bike, or wear lycra, or clothing that many of us regard as suitable for cycling? I think what you're wearing has F-all to do with it

 

[r04DiE]

What I find interesting is what you are implying. I assume you don't ride a road bike, or wear lycra, or clothing that many of us regard as suitable for cycling? I think what you're wearing has F-all to do with it

FIGHT!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

What I find interesting is what you are implying. I assume you don't ride a road bike, or wear lycra, or clothing that many of us regard as suitable for cycling? I think what you're wearing has F-all to do with it

Weekend full kit bankers always* refuse the help of merino clad plus two wearers like me. But I assume the team car comes along eventually**.

*Sample size of 6 or 7 survey undertaken in 2013 & 2014

**though one was still cooling his heels at the same spot well over an hour after he refused assistance when I came back along the same road.

 

[mythste]

I phoned me mum once. But only because I was cycling to see her, and in the process had fallen into a canal, and with 5 miles left to go until her house, found myself with 2 punctures.

It's a miracle I carried on cyclin gat all after that day! still sends a shiver down my spine

 

[Markymark]

I've got your number....


...so next time I get a puncture guess who I'm calling? How quick can you get up to Cambridgeshire?

Which tube line is it on?

 

[johnnyb47]

After reading this brilliant post it made me realise I should take some emergency items with me whilst out on a ride. As I'm getting more adventurous and travelling further afield and that I have no one to rely on if I had a problem I've opened the wallet today and bought a small seat post bag , inner tube , tyre levers and a small pump from Wiko,s. Total cost £ 12.29. It's not bad quality either and a no brainer. I really didn't fancy pushing the bike home 20 miles lol :-)

 

[iandg]

After reading this brilliant post it made me realise I should take some emergency items with me whilst out on a ride. As I'm getting more adventurous and travelling further afield and that I have no one to rely on if I had a problem I've opened the wallet today and bought a small seat post bag , inner tube , tyre levers and a small pump from Wiko,s. Total cost £ 12.29. It's not bad quality either and a no brainer. I really didn't fancy pushing the bike home 20 miles lol :-)

A mobile phone's all you need