Originally Posted by
wunderkind
And lastly, I thought... being a noobie how can I help anyways.
No matter how noobish you are, there's always someone noobier...
But I thought to myself, if I am in his shoes, I'd welcome someone to help me out. As they say what goes around, comes around. So I stopped and offer assistance. My initial thinking was, perhaps his chain fell off or the rear tire sprung a leak. But further inspection, it turns out to be a broken pedal... or maybe even a faulty BB. The bike was quite old. I reckon he (told me he is new to biking) bought a bike from CL and didn't test it properly.
So I was no help in the end.
Oh well I tried.
Maybe I should've called the local BCAA Ride Assist.
Do you folks stop to offer assistance on your commute?
At least you stopped and tried to help. Made the guy feel less alone out there.
I always at least slow down and ask, "Are you good?" They usually respond that they're fine, but once in a rare while they need assistance. Sometimes I can even help.
