Unprepared cyclists

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[Miquel In De Rain]

Disgraceful.

 

[dawesome]

I never carry a pump, and if someone called me an idiot for that I'd call them a twatwaffle and box their ears.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

I carry a pump plus the kitchen sink.

 

[Peteaud]

Well surely as an Experienced cyclist you would have caught the escaping air, bagged it and then just popped it back in.

 

[middleagecyclist]

For me a minimum on anything over 2 miles is: pump, tube, levers, allen key, plastic gloves and a bunch of cable ties. Ridiculous all those cyclists with no pump. What's the world coming to?

 

[dawesome]

Before the last icy spell I read it's best to be prepared for long road journeys, take spades, tarpaulins, blankets etc. The weather didn't delay me, but I felt a bit self-conscious on the bus.

 

[MrJamie]

I occasionally have to check my little Lezyne pump hasnt been stolen off my bike as ive not used it in over a year and its the same colour as the frame

 

[Crackle]

Six cyclists not carrying a pump, disgraceful. Have they no thought for others.

 

[middleagecyclist]

Six cyclists not carrying a pump, disgraceful. Have they no thought for others.

Hang on. The sixth cyclist had a pump to help out Uncle Mort so it was only five cyclists. Unless *shock* you mean Uncle Mort was the first of the six?

 

[400bhp]

so, where was the op's pump?

I had a puncture on the commute home. It was on a long forest path which sees quite a lot of commuting cyclist traffic. But it was no problem, as a Serious Cyclist, I of course had a couple of spare tubes and the correct tools in the pannier and was able off whip the tyre, change the tube and reseat the tyre in not time.

But this is classic. You probably won't believe this, but I had to flag down SIX cyclists before I got one who had a pump so I could get the tyre reinflated and be off again. Idiots!

7 including you then.

 

[Crackle]

Hang on. The sixth cyclist had a pump to help out Uncle Mort so it was only five cyclists. Unless *shock* you mean Uncle Mort was the first of the six?

I think you'll find Uncle Mort has a pump.

Just not with him

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Oh tragedy

 

[middleagecyclist]

...Just not with him

Hee, hee!

 

[green1]

Well, it wasn't all my fault - my son had nicked off with the pump to get himself off to a night of drunken debauchery

I'm not going to ask what he was doing with it.