Thorn199 Posted June 13, 2012 Share At Clarens this year, a top female rider got her chain properly stuck. Apparently no-one was able to extract it using brute force (yes, she was good looking and had plenty guys stop to give assistance). I stopped to help (I needed the stop to deal with cramps, and was near the back of the field anyway). My solution was to break the chain (she had no idea what a chain breaker is) and was about rejoin the links (with the jammed bits cut out) when the organisers arrived to pick her up in a bakkie. Goes to show that there are plenty riders out there, who don't know the basics, and who have no idea how to "maak 'n plan" when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKvoodoo Posted June 13, 2012 Share Oooh, have I mentioned that I once was lucky enough to catch a beautiful damsel that went over her handlebars. Truly a case of being in the right place at the right split second. It got me a hug and it saved her some scratches and bruises. Fair exchange methinks. Why don't you girls offer better rewards for fixing punctures? Classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted June 13, 2012 Share Very important....When you use it, do not grip it like a joy stick(or whatever you grip in that manner)! It WILL freeze to your hand and burn like hell(will maybe take some skin). Hold it with a cloth or something... Or get the bombs that come with a cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted June 13, 2012 Share Very important....When you use it, do not grip it like a joy stick(or whatever you grip in that manner)! It WILL freeze to your hand and burn like hell(will maybe take some skin). Hold it with a cloth or something...YES! never remove your gloves when using a bomb...it goes to like -212312342 in an instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted June 13, 2012 Share YES! never remove your gloves when using a bomb...it goes to like -212312342 in an instant. Never heard of Absolute Zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flymango Posted June 13, 2012 Share Reminds me a classic I encountered the other day. Came a across a guy who was even larger than me (ok - considerably larger) whose chain had broken. Stopped to help him as he proclaimed his multi-tool didn't have a chain break, but that he did have a chain link. So as I take my multi tool out, he seriously tells me that he has the exact same one at home, but that he didn't take it along for this ride as he was trying to save some weight!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted June 13, 2012 Share mmmm just got me thinking, tips for "bombing" a tyre: 1.Never remove gloves when using a bomb2.Get the bigger bombs...not the roadie mini ones3.Make sure the adapter's valve is closed before screwing the bomb in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flymango Posted June 13, 2012 Share At Clarens this year, a top female rider got her chain properly stuck. Apparently no-one was able to extract it using brute force (yes, she was good looking and had plenty guys stop to give assistance). I stopped to help (I needed the stop to deal with cramps, and was near the back of the field anyway). My solution was to break the chain (she had no idea what a chain breaker is) and was about rejoin the links (with the jammed bits cut out) when the organisers arrived to pick her up in a bakkie. Goes to show that there are plenty riders out there, who don't know the basics, and who have no idea how to "maak 'n plan" when needed. Thank you for one of the better laughs I've had in a long time ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted June 13, 2012 Share Never heard of Absolute Zero?I bunked Science that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted June 13, 2012 Share mmmm just got me thinking, tips for "bombing" a tyre: 1.Never remove gloves when using a bomb2.Get the bigger bombs...not the roadie mini ones3.Make sure the adapter's valve is closed before screwing the bomb in4. Don't buy the spring-type inflators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder Woman Posted June 13, 2012 Share Please will YOU forward this to my wife ... email address to follow. Sure flymango flymango 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Cogs Posted June 13, 2012 Share Sheeesh... without you guys I would be tyreless... chainless... womanless... and handless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn199 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Thank you for one of the better laughs I've had in a long time ... Thats my story and I'm sticking to it flymango 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andro Posted June 13, 2012 Share some even nutless.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubehunter Posted June 13, 2012 Share Sheeesh... without you guys I would be tyreless... chainless... womanless... and handless Soon you may however be tubeless......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted June 13, 2012 Share Soon you may however be tubeless.........Which is the best "less" to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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