As my iPhone 6S grows older and less current (haha) I find that it discharges ever faster with each new OS release, which I personally feel is dishonorable on Apple's part.

WAY BACK in early '80's I built up a BASSET RACING 45 speed cruiser. Triple front, SA 5spd internal rear with triple cog. Awesome high and low gears.

Half-kilted is even worse; you really don't want to draft someone wearing half a kilt.

It sucks that they had to walk their bike, but on the bright side at least they're not a ******bag.

You should be carrying more than one spare tube.

Some people don't like changing flat tires on the side of the road. He likely didn't "learn" anything, I don't carry stuff to fix flats on my bike and have walked home many times. If I fix a tire on the side of the road and it flats again it upsets me, but I usually dont mind walking a few miles

He should be doing what he wants.

Many years ago I was up on Mount Pinos on a weekday. I flatted, unusual on the mtb, but my spare tube was bad or something. There was nobody around . I tried the old BS thing about stuffing weeds in there, and its BS. Ended up riding down on the rim. Encountered a lady walking her Llama and asked if she had any tubes, she didn't. Anyway, I could have walked out but it was faster to ride the rim.

Also did have to walk home when the frame broke on my old K2 but it was only a couple miles.

After forgetting my wallet and going to work low on gas I planned to borrow a few bucks before I left the job but I forgot. I figured I could make it the 30 miles home. I was wrong. I had to walk 7 miles and it sucked.

I crashed on the bike path at Marina Del Rey in 1988 and destroyed the front wheel, along with my shoulder. A guy was walking with his family and went and got his car and drove me to my car in Santa Monica. Nice man. I had a concussion and almost threw up driving back to the valley.

“And a jacket! Do you have a warm jacket? Your father and I were worried sick!”

I broke a chain once two miles from the house. I don't know what they would have done for me, but a man and woman walking on the MUP asked if I needed help. Come to think of it, I didn't have anything on that bike to fix a flat with either. So even if they had a chain tool and a quick link, I didn't deserve their offer of help.

Maybe he didn't want to miss out on all the good dumpsters along the way. :beer:

That's the kind of irresponsibility that rydabent is talking about! Why weren't you carrying a spare bike frame?

Mark the calendar: on this date, I agreed with Larry.

Should have carried some JB Weld.

I ride with a full TIG welding setup. You never know when you'll need it.

I just bike around the block..about 100 times a day..this way, I don't have far to walk if I break down

I watch towing and recovery videos on YT. This one dude has a welder on his truck. He drives way back in Moab and welds cars back together. It's surprising what he can do.

I had a flat in the middle of nowhere once. I tried to repair it but couldn't find the leak. So I put it back together and walked my bike to the subway station and rode it to the nearest bike shop where I purchased a new tube and installed it.

It was a long walk to the subway station.

Lots of boutique parts

Thats my point though none of my bikes look expensive yet they reached the $5k threshold

Couldn't resist, huh?


The Big Apple/Big Gravel conspiracy.

I could see the potential.

I got a charge out of it.

Carrying a spare bike would be lighter and lots of riders do it!:thumb:

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Just a tube? After all that travelling, you could have purchased an entire new bike! That's one sure-fire way to deal with a flat tire.

I carry 2 tubes. The first one is the strike tube. The second one is the spare. I do better when I don't have to use the second tube.