Very disappointed..........

[Drago]

I always offer to help, even daft roadies who think venturing forth without the means to fix a puncture is a legitimate method of saving weight.

 

[jefmcg]

I have a female friend who is now over 50 (and quite lovely) who was very beautiful as a young woman. She believes men should stop and fix her flat tyre. Apparently they do. I convinced her to carry a tube, though, as taking someone's time is one thing, but taking someone's only tube is another. Also, her champion might be on a mountain bike

 

[Mugshot]

I stopped to offer help to a fella with a puncture one day and ended up standing there for an hour while he told me about his divorce and his health problems and where he lived and etc, etc.....

 

[jefmcg]

I stopped to offer help to a fella with a puncture one day and ended up standing there for an hour while he told me about his divorce and his health problems and where he lived and etc, etc.....

I was once leaning against the padded area on the underground (it's like a half seat) and this guy boarded with a walking stick, and none of the f*ckers with a seat stood up for him. Of course, I gave him my half seat, and thus stood beside him. He "thanked" me by trying to convince me to let Jesus into my life.

Virtue is its own punishment, sometimes.

 

[mustang1]

I once stopped to help someone. They asked if I have any tools and I told him I did not. He cursed me and asked why I stopped.

Another time I stopped and the guy asked if I had any tools. This time I did. "Great!" he said. "Could you help to fix my puncture?" I told him I could not because I don't know how. He cursed me so I rode off.

The third time, I had tools and I learned how to fix a puncture. I stopped for a great looking lady who needed help. I asked if she would go on a date with me if I fixed her puncture and she told me to get lost.

So now, I just don't stop. Screw karma.

 

[tyred]

I stopped to offer help to a fella with a puncture one day and ended up standing there for an hour while he told me about his divorce and his health problems and where he lived and etc, etc.....

You probably did him a far greater service than a minor cycle repair job.

 

[MiK1138]

I sometimes ask but to be honest I'm a danger to my own bike, you really don't want me messing with yours.

What he said, other than offer a spare tube or a set of Tyre Levers, i am worse than useless

 

[Crackle]

I must admit to not sparing a thought to people roadside. I don't come across them often but I guess I just assume that most have got what they need to sort it out, otherwise wtf are they doing. And if it's beyond repairable, me stopping is not going to be of much help. There are exceptions where things look obvious but punctures don't puncture my help thoughts, I think I'd be unnaturally surly if asked to help mend a puncture.

The last time I helped out was a family with a rather odd problem. They thought they had a puncture but couldn't find it. Neither could I. When I pumped up the tube out of the tyre it remained up. As soon as you put it in the tyre it went down. The only thing I could think of was the valve but I was on my mtn bike and they were on a road bike and didn't have far to walk back to the car, so after a long scratch of the head, they tootled off.

 

[mustang1]

I stare at flat tires and will the puncture to go away. Sometimes I use my superman laser eyes to seal the hole. It worked once.

 

[Crackle]

I stare at flat tires and will the puncture to go away. Sometimes I use my superman laser eyes to seal the hole. It worked once.

OK I'm gonna pick on you but how can you not know how to fix a punture? It's not like you're not going to get one. Virtually anything else I can empathise with but you've got to learn to fix punctures, it's an absolute must, surely?

 

[Haitch]

I have a female friend who is now over 50 (and quite lovely) who was very beautiful as a young woman. She believes men should stop and fix her flat tyre.

In a blizzard on the Simplon Pass in Italy, the army were waving all the cars over to get them to fit snow chains. A young woman got out of the car in front of me, arched her back, lit a cigarette and gazed at the soldiers. Her chains were fitted before she finished her fag. Not a word was spoken.

 

[mustang1]

OK I'm gonna pick on you but how can you not know how to fix a punture? It's not like you're not going to get one. Virtually anything else I can empathise with but you've got to learn to fix punctures, it's an absolute must, surely?

No not really, why? I thought it's normal for cyclists to stop for me.

 

[ray-s]

Last person I stopped to help ( his pump wouldn't seal on the valve ) turned out to be my boss. He didn't look very happy when I said "if I had known it was you I wouldn't have stopped" lol.

 

[Phil Fouracre]

Never quite understand these sorts of posts. Where does the all in it together, and looking out for each other come from? It's a bit like being upset because another cyclist doesn't acknowledge you! Why should they! It's lumping all people who happen to be on two wheels together, as if they have something in common. Do you say hello to everyone you pass in the street? Or, wave to every oncoming car driver you see when driving?
Don't get me wrong, I will always stop if I think I can be of any help whether they are walking, cycling or driving - but, solely because I believe that is what I should do. I've stopped for broken down cars and bikes, and a pedestrian falling flat on their face in the road!

 

[Lonestar]

In a way what Phil said.I never expected help for a minor thing like a p*nct*re but when I had my minor accident with the moped (resulting in a spill) two years ago and the van last year people were fast enough to help...even though I didn't expect it and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised.However much I dislike London I should remember that people do help when they think it's really important.