Unhelpful people.

[SteveF]

Good on you @screenman

 

[welsh dragon]

So tonight I decide not to go for a swim training with the tri club after work after work, which has only happened twice on a Wednesday in the last year or so. So straight home it was on a route I would never normally be on on a Wednesday, when 5 miles from home I come across a chap pushing a fully loaded bike, so as you would I stopped and asked if I could help, two snapped spokes on the drive side meant a wheel that was not the shape it should be.

Tried to pull and push and tweek the spokes brought very little difference, so I asked the guy where he was heading, Lincoln says he, that is 15 miles away says I. Now knowing I am 5 miles from home in a single seater Passat estate ( due to the amount of tools I carry) I suggested he stopped and rested whilst I shot back unloaded and came back for him, he seemed grateful for this.

Phoned the wife and told her what I was doing, back home unloaded, she had a flask, sandwiches, crisps, etc. ready for met to take back to the cyclist. Back to where I left him and loaded bike into the car and took him to Lincoln station for him to get a train back to Uxbridge, and man was he pleased with the grub and tea and of course the lift.

So why after him pushing his bike fully loaded with a large rucksack on his back for over 6 miles, say 2 hours+ was I the first person to stop and offer any assistance, damn the selfish people who drove or rode straight past without offering help.

My rewards, a fantastic warm glow inside of knowing I could help somebody that needed just that.

Why did I not go swimming? who knows, maybe it was my cyclist mate whose funeral was yesterday sent me that way.

So please and I am sure you all will, if you see somebody that may need help, offer. Do not be like the thousands who drove past this guy today.

Well done. What an excellent story. Its so nice to know that there are still people like you around. People who are willing to help others in need. These days too many people would just go past and ignore a person in trouble.

 

[L Q]

Nice one Screenman , not at all surprised these days, I had a puncture in Lincoln the other week and not one person stopped to help yet if I see someone pulled up repairing a bike I always offer some assistance, its the sign of the times and more and more people are just a number these days.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

So cynical for one so young.

But it's a well known serial killer ruse, load a touring bike up with luggage, snap a couple of spokes on purpose, push it 6 miles with a knife hidden in your rain cape. Happens all the time, I either read about it in the Daily Mail, or it was an episode of Dexter. Positive...

Why didn't the bloke just call someone for a lift, or if he had nobody to ring then a taxi instead of push his bike for 2 hours?

Having been in that position (more punctures/valve issues than I was equipped for) you can get in to a self sufficiency mind set that you need to be broken out of. If I'd have had pressing engagements I'd probably not have pushed the bike 7 miles to where the car was parked and arrived in a foul & grumpy mood hating the world. But weighing up the options at the time I didn't want to involve anyone else needlessly and I didn't want to add a big financial outlay (taxi's aren't insignificant money) to what was already a bad day. Providing you have a destination in mind and are suitably stubborn, you can walk it. Getting someone to just offer to fix the problem once you're in the depth's of 'this is the only option left' is always nice though.

 

[Silver Fox]

But it's a well known serial killer ruse, load a touring bike up with luggage, snap a couple of spokes on purpose, push it 6 miles with a knife hidden in your rain cape. Happens all the time, I either read about it in the Daily Mail, or it was an episode of Dexter. Positive...

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Haha, good one. But there's really no need to worry, bad things only happen to other people.