When should you help out a fellow rider?

[King_Crispy]

Hats off to you for being the good Samaritan.

You will be rewarded somehow.

I love people like you on the trail, you're just like me, insomuch as being willing to help another less fortunate as your situation

[NixM]

so you stopped to help which is the noble thing to do ..well done

 

then you forgot to eat or drink and bonked

 

how did that become the fault of the guy you helped ?

 

the two don't rely compute do they ?

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They very much compute. While sorting out this mechanical 2 other guys also stopped to help. They pointed out that if there are marshals at the Nandos waterpoint and my partner is more than 2 min ahead we are going to be hit with a 3 hour time penalty. I cycled like a demented mountain goat on LSD when i realised 20 min had already passed. My only concern was sucking enough oxygen into my lungs to prevent me from having a myocardial infarction whilst trying to get back to my partner.

 

But like I said I am perfectly aware that no good dead goes unpunished.

[velomonatiCT]

They very much compute. While sorting out this mechanical 2 other guys also stopped to help. They pointed out that if there are marshals at the Nandos waterpoint and my partner is more than 2 min ahead we are going to be hit with a 3 hour time penalty. I cycled like a demented mountain goat on LSD when i realised 20 min had already passed. My only concern was sucking enough oxygen into my lungs to prevent me from having a myocardial infarction whilst trying to get back to my partner.

 

But like I said I am perfectly aware that no good dead goes unpunished.

if that's what you choose to take away from this experience then so be it

im sorry you have such a negative outlook on the world and you should really try never to do a nice thing for another human being as long as you live

[Mada3400]

cramp pills 

 

 

about less than 100 from the finish of an enduro i did today was where i spent 5 to 10 minutes fallen off my bike with both legs cramping badly (quad, hammie and calf on the same leg at the same time, never a good thing)...

 

so now you have my attention, what are these cramp pill's names, where do i get them and what does the box they come in look like so i dont get confused

[Pusher]

about less than 100 from the finish of an enduro i did today was where i spent 5 to 10 minutes fallen off my bike with both legs cramping badly (quad, hammie and calf on the same leg at the same time, never a good thing)...

 

so now you have my attention, what are these cramp pill's names, where do i get them and what does the box they come in look like so i dont get confused

USN cramp block

[Meentb]

You get USN cramp block. For me they don't work at all. Good old Rennies did it tho

[Pusher]

Came across a guy on day 3 with a broken chain but didn't carry a power link! Go figger!

[V12man]

about less than 100 from the finish of an enduro i did today was where i spent 5 to 10 minutes fallen off my bike with both legs cramping badly (quad, hammie and calf on the same leg at the same time, never a good thing)...

 

so now you have my attention, what are these cramp pill's names, where do i get them and what does the box they come in look like so i dont get confused

pm me an address - I will send you a full box.

[DominionZA]

Came across a guy on day 3 with a broken chain but didn't carry a power link! Go figger!

Glad you said this. Brought a couple a few months ago (because I got caught out 11km from home with a broken chain and had to wait for my wife to fetch me), but have still not put them in my camelbak.

Thanks for the reminder.

[intern]

I've helped lots of people (the last one was a chap doing a triathlon who had a blown tyre, right outside my front gate; I gave him a tube and a tyre, while I was changing it for him, he told me it was his first ever race and now he was so chuffed he could finish).

I never do so for the expectation of thanks and a drink, I do so because were I in such a position, I would want to be helped (and indeed have been).

[Mntboy]

Day 2 of Sani was going well we were riding comfortably getting ready for the long climb out of the valley. Next thing we come across a guy with a snapped derailleur hanger. I carry a small bike shop worth of spares including an emergency / universal derailleur hanger. So I stop and give it to the guy explain to him that instructions are on the packaging. He says thanks but he doesn't have an allen key! We ask were his partner is he says no his partner is riding ahead and has not seen him in a long time.

 

So I spend 20min helping him get some sort of usable gears. In the meantime I send my partner ahead as I am the stronger rider.

 

Now no good dead goes unpunished. The guy I have been helping does say thanks but doesn't even ask my name or take my race number in case he wanted to buy me a drink to say thanks. I then start racing to catch up to my partner i don't drink or eat enough and bonk badly on Nandos hill, .

 

Overall it just left a bad taste in my mouth and really ruined day 2 for me.

 

So in the future what should I do? Ignore everyone with a problem in a ride as they are likely to be unorganised, unprepared and ungrateful. Stop and offer any spares i have but not give up my time. Or do exactly the same and give spares and time in the hope that that person will pay it forward in the future?

To answer your question: always help if you can. Although in this case that's not the actual issue imho. The issue is the fact that you're upset at his ingratitude. It's as if you feel that you didn't do enough to help when you did plenty. If he didn't have the wherewithal to say thank you, it's his problem not yours. His level of ingratitude shouldn't be used as a measure of your kindness and generosity or as a stick to beat yourself senseless with. Don't take ownership of his ingratitude and allow it to overtake your kind heart.

[CogitoErgoSum]

if that's what you choose to take away from this experience then so be it

im sorry you have such a negative outlook on the world and you should really try never to do a nice thing for another human being as long as you live

Huh? Wow, were you the one that she helped? Seems so. How have you come to this conclusion? Guess it is most deffenitely an acquired skill to comprehend what you are reading...

 

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[CogitoErgoSum]

Great kudos to you for helping. I would have kept going past, I don't carry all spares. It will be paid forward to you when least expected.

[BarHugger]

Huh? Wow, were you the one that she helped? Seems so. How have you come to this conclusion? Guess it is most deffenitely an acquired skill to comprehend what you are reading...

 

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........overinflated ASSumption.........bent comprehension..........worn chip on the shoulder........seized ego.......snapped Rule#43.........+1

[blondeonabike]

Cable ties

Ductape

Chain lube

Piece of "blou draad"

Extra cleat bolts

Extra valve

Small patch of tube/rubber

Hand pump

Recovery gel

Antihistamine tablets

Bandage/plaster

Staaldruppels

Blitz Stick glue

Surgical latex gloves

WD40

Tampon (or three)

Leatherman multitool

 

.....and 3L fluid bladder.....and capacity to carry an extra 6kgs on your bike.

I have to ask....what the tampon is for?  The only thing I can think of is a size mini for a bleeding nose.   The thought of someone finishing a race with a tampon up his nose does make me giggle though......

[CAAD4]

Any large open wound?