STRADA Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Hi All, Was wondering how someone can ride a race, without been able to change a tube during race. I was doing a race a couple of weeks ago, Bela-Bela, just after halfway a young lady standing on the side with a puncture. No One stopped, I stopped and lost a couple of minutes. Maybe I am wrong, but I think changing a tube is a basic knowlege that is needed if riding alone as she was. Regards,
Wet Ears Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Agreed, absolute tool like behaviour - and pretty selfish too.
Wet Ears Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 was she hawt?If she was hawt however that is somewhat acceptable.
Lamber Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Not at all. HaaahAaahaaa! :clap: Jokes on you L.T.G 1
Robrider Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Not at all. LOL. Bet if she was, someone would have stopped...
sometime Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Same as guys standing on the side of the trail with a broken chain staring at their shiny top of the range never used chainbreaker and link and hoping that they'll have some mechanical epiphany. Get an old chain from your LBS, buy a couple of links and practise breaking and re-linking a chain. At some point on a MTB you're going to break a chain or some part of your drive train that will entail breaking the chain to make a get-you-home repair. Ed-Zulu 1
STRADA Posted June 12, 2012 Author Posted June 12, 2012 Just dangerous what with all the theft these days mugings and so on, a person cant take chances. Just teach yourself, so much info available these days. Go to LBS and ask them to show how it is done. Just what I think. Regards, H
TheV Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 I would stop under almost all circumstances, except maybe if she was on a 29er, Spez or Cannondale, in which case I'd make some sort of sny, sexist or inappropriate comment while passing.... Wayne68, G-Unit and RockCoach 3
STRADA Posted June 12, 2012 Author Posted June 12, 2012 HaaahAaahaaa! :clap: Jokes on you Yip I agree, I'm a dumba**
Tubehunter Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 LOL. Bet if she was, someone would have stopped... Bwhahaha. So true....
camerons Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 This is going to be me when I head on for my first race on my new Tubbys. No idea how to change the tyres what so ever.
Shebeen Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Same as guys standing on the side of the trail with a broken chain staring at their shiny top of the range never used chainbreaker and link and hoping that they'll have some mechanical epiphany. Get an old chain from your LBS, buy a couple of links and practise breaking and re-linking a chain. At some point on a MTB you're going to break a chain or some part of your drive train that will entail breaking the chain to make a get-you-home repair.There was a team short of a chainbreaker on the epic prologue this year. Poor mc had to call for help for a good five minutes, until someone found one for them. The consensus amongst us peanut gallery spectators was that these people were definitely first class schpongles.
Danger Dassie Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Maybe it was scam, check if she arrived at the event in a white Pajero. Call JB for backup, he's fond of applying the odd PK Wayne68, Nancy Drew and Andro 3
kosmonooit Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Just dish out advice to go tubeless as you pass. rouxtjie 1
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