Moving around with your bike
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Moving around with your bike
Hey guys I was wondering how do you guys travel with your bike when your are not riding it, the other day I got a flat tire while I was cruising and I needed a ride back home, have you guys experienced something similar?
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Another Laughing Lots sock puppet?
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Once. And then I learned how to patch a tube and use a pump so that indignity would never happen to me again.
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I just keep riding the bike with the flat and power through it. Then I replace the rim each time.
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Only one time: I had the wrong CO2 cartridge and my one shot at McGyvering it was a fail. My wife bought me a Lezyne mini-pump after that.
If you're serious about "how", just take the wheels off and put it in the trunk.
If you're serious about "how", just take the wheels off and put it in the trunk.
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Carry spare tubes and tools to replace them when they flat.
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Nope, I just ride around the glass instead of riding through it.
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Pick up the bike and walk. On my current ride it's a maximum of 5 miles to walk worst case.
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For the few kinds of breakdown I can't fix on the road,
our city buses all have bike carriers. I call it the $1.25 wrecker service;-)
our city buses all have bike carriers. I call it the $1.25 wrecker service;-)
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I can take my bike on the subway, though I prefer not to, as it requires lifting it over a turnstile and carrying it up and down lots of stairs. The platforms and train cars can get crowded, and positioning the bike not to disturb anyone takes a lot of energy. But I can do it if I have to.
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Subway works, but it is indeed a pain. Once I called Uber, and put it in the trunk. The bike folds.
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I patch the tube. Always have a patch kit and mini-pump. I used to always carry a spare tube, but I don't bother for commutes anymore.
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When my rear derailleur exploded, I took apart the missing link, removed the remnants of the derailleur, rode with a loose chain to the transitway to load the bike onto the bike rack and bus home. 5km is ok loose chain, the 20km is a bit much.
So, bus.
So, bus.
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