Originally Posted by never
NoF3ar, go for it. It'll be a great opportunity to ride with someone who has more riding experience and who knows, you guys might even get along in person!
yeah, i think so too. that would be a very very good attitude.
about the helping on the trails thing, well where i ride i rarely see people because the trails are not trails perse just old riverbeds etc i find here and there, the actual trails are about an hour or so worth of a drive away from me. but well i do see people now and then. and i am, or atleast i like to believe that i am, generally a pretty okay guy, and have helped strangers on indian trains and in other situations before, so im sure if i saw somebody in trouble id stop to see if i could help. but, well, on a purely hypothetical situation, if i saw somebody on a trail that needed a tool or help with fixing a bike, or water or money or something, thats a different thing, but man if i am carrying one tube only, and this guy needs an extra tube from me, i dunno, i would be loathe to give it, to be honest. i mean i probably would but only because im a stupid sucker like that, but i wouldnt enjoy doing that service, i can tell you that.
i mean, i do expect people to go out on their bikes ready for normal things such as a busted tire or a little brake service, chain trouble etc. twice on a ride i have had to change the entire tube because once i had too many punctures at once to be able to fix in a jiffy, i think four holes or something. another time i was just buffing the tube with sandpaper and the goddamn tube just tore off. no kidding. like a clean cut, as if cut by a knife. i was using some light weight kenda tubes or something. never again man.
anyway, thats my rant. its nice to be able to help people, but riders should be responsible enough to carry equipment with them that a very normal everyday riding situation could demand.