Originally Posted by neil0502
While I take the OP's point, I'm with you on this one. I bought my wife a road bike a few years back, but she has absolutely no interest in working on it. Though she promises she
can save her own @$$ in the event of a flat, I strongly suspect she'd actually call me for help.
But I'm more than okay with that. I like maintaining the fleet, and it doesn't bother me one bit that she's not interested in working on her Cannondale.
...maybe it's just San Diego women...
No, it's alot of women. My wife is the same way. She knows how to put the chain on, when it falls off. However, she will walk back a half a mile to the house to have me do it, because she doesn't want to get her fingers dirty.
Actually, no. She will start screaming at the top of her lungs first, to see if I hear her and come running to the aid of her highness.
If I don't hear her, then she'll grudgingly walk back, and commence blaming me for the chain coming off, since I didn't properly tune the bike before she left.
(This actually happened)