Do you share your C02 with other bikers?
05-08-07, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by curiouskid55
I have given catridges, tubes, loaned tools, phones, repaired flats, adjusted cables, made broken spoke wheels ridable, hung with lost riders until the rest of their group showed up, all for strangers with no mention of compensation. Hopefully it makes up for me being a complete ass the rest of the time.
05-08-07, 09:04 PM
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it depends, if i'm riding by myself and see someone that needs help, or if it's a group ride with a group of people that have enough to go around...
a week ago, one of my friends got a flat during a group ride, and the tube in his bag ended up having a bent valve, so i offered to give him the only tube in my bag. i knew that if i got a flat later in the ride, that someone else riding with us would have offered me a tube, so i didn't bother me to offer him one. when we were done with the ride, he walked over to me and gave me a new tube that he got from his car and said thanks, but that wasn't necessary. i would have done it all over again, and i didn't ask for the tube, but it was appreciated...
as far as a stranger goes, i doubt i would offer them something, only because i wouldn't be able to call someone for help if i broke down and needed something i gave them earlier. the way i look at is this, is it really that difficult be prepared, even if it is the bare minimum...
a week ago, one of my friends got a flat during a group ride, and the tube in his bag ended up having a bent valve, so i offered to give him the only tube in my bag. i knew that if i got a flat later in the ride, that someone else riding with us would have offered me a tube, so i didn't bother me to offer him one. when we were done with the ride, he walked over to me and gave me a new tube that he got from his car and said thanks, but that wasn't necessary. i would have done it all over again, and i didn't ask for the tube, but it was appreciated...
as far as a stranger goes, i doubt i would offer them something, only because i wouldn't be able to call someone for help if i broke down and needed something i gave them earlier. the way i look at is this, is it really that difficult be prepared, even if it is the bare minimum...
