I have had a few walks of shame.

The first one I remember was due to my derailleur being eaten by my spokes, I was rather perturbed since it was recently out of the shop for a look over after getting bumped into with a car. I walked a few minutes and luckily found a taxi and had him take me to work. My wife drove me home I think, or I hitched a ride and brought it home with the car the next day.

The second one was getting going grinding up a hill one dark rainy fall evening. My chain snapped. I called the wife who was in an inconvenient location due to traffic. I walked about forty minutes with not even a bus going by until she got to me.

I had to have her come get me one time due to a sidewall blowout. It blew halfway to work and I limped it with a crummy boot to work but I didn't trust it for a ride home.

I wrecked on my way to work and broke my right sti so I had a three speed. I got to work and adjusted the cable to give a decent single or three speed for the hill home. Drop the chain on the hill to the small chain ring and bam chain broke. I didn't think I had my chain tool since I thought my in-laws had borrowed it for their own trip. So I called for a pick-up and hoofed it until we met. I ended up having my chain tool with me as it turned out but I hadn't bothered to check.

I once was almost to work and I had a big slice in the tire. I was on a bridge and not comfortable changing the tube on the narrow path, the walk off put me super close to work so I opted to walk. It would have been faster and easier to do it roadside though.

The last one I needed an ambulance and I still have to get the bike back. But I'm walking around the house without crutches now.