Originally Posted by
mack_turtle
stop right there! that's wonderful that your wife bailed you out, but the first thing you should have done was get off your bike and patch or replace the tube. check the tire for sharp objects and big holes, install the tube, inflate, and ride on. if all of us relied on bailouts to get us home, we would quickly annoy everyone we know who has access to a car while we are riding.
what was stopping you from fixing it on your own?
I have to agree. My wife would love to bail me out if I ever needed it, but she is blind. Not that we own a car anyway. Really, it should be something truly gnarly like a frame failure that makes a cyclist reach for the phone. A flat? We need some kind of formal censure protocol for this incident. What next will people shamelessly reaveal that they have done here? Take the bike to the LBS to get the flat fixed... ?? I'm afraid I know the answer to that <smh>.