Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I don't get the cell phone generation, however. Riding along in the cold and you get a flat. Your choices are to fix it, walk home (or to a bus stop) or call someone. If you fix it, you may get a little cold but usually your are active and can keep a bit of heat going. Walking keeps the heat flowing too. Waiting for someone to come a pick you up means standing around in wet clothes in less clothing than you should be wearing for standing around in. I think I'd pack the tires with grass before I waited for a ride
Who says you have to wait? I had a sidewall blowout a few months ago, and for some goofy reason I can't remember, I didn't have a spare tube in my bag that day. I was about 5 miles from home. I called for a pickup from my wife, then started walking (in fact I was already walking when on the phone). I covered a mile before she showed up. If she wasn't around, I would have gotten there about an hour later.