Originally Posted by
cyclezealot
My group of cycling friends are tourer types. So you remind me of a run in we had with some tri types. This woman triathlete who fit perfectly into her lycra had a flat on the coastal Highway. She had no pump, tubes, tools. A high end bike and no tools. / Well , her tri friends kept on going, leaving her beside the road. That a surprise. We'd never abandon our tourer friends, I am sure? / So we stopped and helped her out. Of course we did all the work. / Left her telling her maybe she should ride with touring types. / Maybe her friends did not have tools either?
Every one of those bicyclists with flats, that I tried to help, was in an uban setting, and they all said that it was not much further to their home. If I was to come across such an incident as you described, I'd probably be a little more persistent on the help department if the bicyclist declined my offer on the first attempt, or at least get someone else to help them get home or to where they are going.