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Old 07-05-24 | 03:19 PM
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Bikes: Columbine, Lynskey GR300, Paramount Track Bike, Colnago Super (4), Santana Tandems (1995 & 2007), Gary Fisher Piranha (retired), Bianchi Track Bike, a couple of Honda mountain bikes

Originally Posted by MilhouseJ
I'm pretty sure that there are just as many of the folks you describe as there are folks like us. A gal I used to ride with flat-out (HA!) refuses to learn how to change a flat. Her go-to is "I'll just call Uber" and then loads the bike into her 4Runner to take it to the LBS. The time lost waiting for a ride, the cost of the ride itself, the price of servicing the bike at the LBS (Trek store), and the cost in gas for there-and-back is something that I just can't fathom being OK with spending/wasting.
I was in the LBS this week and a pretty young thing came in with a 2000 model year Gary Fisher mountain bike she got new. It was well ridden (but not abused) and she had no idea how to fix a flat or even pump up the tire.

Riding for 24 years and never fixed a flat or pumped up a tire. How does that happen?
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