OVERDRIVE Posted February 13, 2021 Share Guys when you can see someone has a flat on a route, and you’re driving a van stop and help. Unlikely they can give you Covid19 if they at the back of your van. Found a gent trying to walk it across Malibongwe because nobody wanted to help. Doesn’t matter that he didn’t have tools or a replacement. Stop, help, move on. Muttley, Comrade J and Zebra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Spin Posted February 13, 2021 Share My van says “FREE CANDY” on the side. Nobody wants to get in and I can’t figure out why. Pure Savage, TheoG and ChrisF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko35s Posted February 13, 2021 Share My van says “FREE CANDY” on the side. Nobody wants to get in and I can’t figure out why.Who is Candy and what was she arrested for? River Rat, Haydncorke, Muttley and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted February 13, 2021 Share Who is Candy and what was she arrested for? Chirp of the day. FootballingCyclist, OVERDRIVE, Redrush and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted February 13, 2021 Share I can't see this ending well. If you need to stop then do so. Crime is significant in this country. Could be someone with a catty trying to nick your wheels. If he had no spares then I can't help. Also I don't have a van. Oh yes and I live in Cape Town. Finally I don't want covid. Any version. Especially the 19 one. Fine balancing act .... helping others without endangering you and your family ..... December we drove past a two cyclists. One was removing the wheel, and we noted the other rider was a lady ..... We circled the block, parked and I walked up to them .... It was actually sad to see the fear in their body language .... until I offered to help. Sad that this is the reality we live in. And still, we do evaluate the situation, and often do stop to offer help. Schnavel, TheoG, OVERDRIVE and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 13, 2021 Share Here in cape town there are white bakkies and polos that offer to take you bike! FootballingCyclist and Ispeed_V 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted February 13, 2021 Share My van says “FREE CANDY” on the side. Nobody wants to get in and I can’t figure out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted February 13, 2021 Share Fine balancing act .... helping others without endangering you and your family ..... December we drove past a two cyclists. One was removing the wheel, and we noted the other rider was a lady ..... We circled the block, parked and I walked up to them .... It was actually sad to see the fear in their body language .... until I offered to help. Sad that this is the reality we live in. And still, we do evaluate the situation, and often do stop to offer help. Nice one! Man was pushing the bike, just couldn't let him pull it all the way to Broadacres. He jumped in the back, we got to Mellow Velo, life was good. arendoog, ChrisF, Eddy Gordo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted February 13, 2021 Share I can't see this ending well. If you need to stop then do so. Crime is significant in this country. Could be someone with a catty trying to nick your wheels. If he had no spares then I can't help. Also I don't have a van. Oh yes and I live in Cape Town. Finally I don't want covid. Any version. Especially the 19 one. I hear you...but surely we can assess case by case? Middle of a large fourway stop, pushing a bike, helmet off surely cant pose a threat to me from the back of the van... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted February 13, 2021 Share Here in cape town there are white bakkies and polos that offer to take you bike! Actually, on that. On stolen bikes there's a lot of bike jackings, that's scary. Keep safe down there lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Spin Posted February 13, 2021 Share All jokes aside. I pray your post wakes something up in fellow riders to stop and help. I’ll climb atop a horse that’s high and proudly proclaim that my hands and my tools are always available on the trail to fellow riders. More and more however i see riders with their own spares and tools. In that case a little conversation goes a long way to lighten the mood. OVERDRIVE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 13, 2021 Share I actually do try and help riders struggling with punctures or mechanicals. Even on trails, just to get them going down towards the car park. On the road I will slow down, but usually they are a large group. ChrisF, OVERDRIVE and arendoog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted February 13, 2021 Share I've been helped twice, once in Bedfordview when i had a puncture, ran out of tubes, and had to face a walk from Jeppe Qandam to symhurst.. Brilliat guy with his kids stopped and got me home. Then, in Somerset west, heading out for an afternoon ride, new bike, didnt realise the sealant had dried up in the tyre, got a puncture, and also couldn't get home. Was walking to the mall to catch an Uber and an awesome guy stopped, fitted my mtb into his small car, and got me home. Ive returned the favour twice, too... Karma is real. ChrisF, arendoog, OVERDRIVE and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted February 13, 2021 Share Some time ago I stopped to help a guy fixing a flat heading up to Llandudlo, as I had a track pump in the car. Turned out he was the stranger I had run (and walked) the last 40km of a Comrades with many years earlier. Haven't seen him since ChrisF, Pure Savage and TheoG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Pym Posted February 14, 2021 Share A couple of December’s ago, we hired some bikes for our visiting family, the hired bike for my Nephew was a POS, as the valve stem hole would chaffe through the tube, first deflated in Melkos, replaced tube, second on the way back, could not repair because of it position and no more tubes. Started the walk home, nephew on my wife’s bike riding back and forth, brother in law riding home to fetch the car, wife and I walking with the POS hired bike. Really cool youngster and his mom, saw us, made a u-turn, loaded the bikes in the bakkie along with us and took us back home to Dolphin Beach - He was a cyclist himself. Really cool being helped at times like that. ChrisF, peetwindhoek and OVERDRIVE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted February 14, 2021 Share Love some of the responses here. That’s what we about, not getting ourselves get caught up by the savages who want to destroy the land. Pusher, nickc and ChrisF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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