HELP! I took my brothers bike and got a flat and need to change it before he gets ba
08-25-09, 09:42 PM
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Fess up boy!
08-25-09, 09:50 PM
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If your brother is like many of us, I'm pretty sure he won't want you fixing a flat on his bike, since you have no experience wrenching. It sounds like you're the type of person that might accidentally make things worse.
As others have said, come clean with your brother and promise him you won't eff with his stuff anymore without permission.
As others have said, come clean with your brother and promise him you won't eff with his stuff anymore without permission.
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08-25-09, 09:58 PM
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If the bike is gone, so is the flat and the evidence of you riding it. Give it to me.
08-25-09, 10:19 PM
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I want to know if your brother is a member of BF.
I can just see a thread..."Unexplained Flat on my Trek Madone - and my wheels are are out of alignemnt..."
I can just see a thread..."Unexplained Flat on my Trek Madone - and my wheels are are out of alignemnt..."
08-25-09, 10:19 PM
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So I came clean to my brother when he got home. I was sweating my balls off when I was telling him. He was a little pissed at first but got over it.
He actually showed me how to change the tube out but told me that if I ever take the bike out without him knowing he'll kill me.
So I didn't get an a$$ whooping but I did learn a good lesson. Honesty is the best and I even learned a thing or two about bikes.
Thanks to everyone for your advice. Until next time everyone... I hope my next thread is a positive one!
-Mikey
He actually showed me how to change the tube out but told me that if I ever take the bike out without him knowing he'll kill me.
So I didn't get an a$$ whooping but I did learn a good lesson. Honesty is the best and I even learned a thing or two about bikes.
Thanks to everyone for your advice. Until next time everyone... I hope my next thread is a positive one!
-Mikey
08-25-09, 10:20 PM
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Obviously the best thing to do is fess up. Don't listen to the jokers... You already admitted to not knowing squat about bikes and changing a tire is one of those fundamentals... You should've just left it alone until he came back. Now you could've scratched the paint or even worse mess with the derailluers and such... What if he starts riding after work (like most of us do) and the rear wheel falls off due to a loose QR skewer (fundamental newb mistake)? I wouldn't want anyone touching my bike unless they were experienced.
EDIT: you got lucky...
EDIT: you got lucky...
08-25-09, 10:20 PM
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Way to go, dude!
08-25-09, 10:23 PM
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So your brother is 28 and has the money to spend on a 5.1 Madone but still lives with mommy and daddy?
08-26-09, 12:24 AM
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08-26-09, 02:51 AM
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So was it a tubular tire, or a clincher?
08-26-09, 04:10 AM
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08-26-09, 05:27 AM
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08-26-09, 08:05 AM
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but good story. you made the right choice. i'd be pissssseeddddd if someone tried to cover something up on ANY of my bikes... let alone a bike of that caliber.
08-26-09, 08:19 AM
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Nonetheless, who can deny the indisputable value of the flowchart.
I't been around for years . . . it works for almost any crisis and it could have worked for the OP. Hey, slow leaks sometimes don't show up til the next day, so just act like you know nothing.
It's great!
I't been around for years . . . it works for almost any crisis and it could have worked for the OP. Hey, slow leaks sometimes don't show up til the next day, so just act like you know nothing.
It's great!
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08-26-09, 08:58 AM
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would have been heelarious if your brother was a regular BF poster and realized that this thread was about his bike.
08-26-09, 09:11 AM
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exactly. it means you had money, and now you've got a madone instead. 
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08-26-09, 10:02 AM
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I just saw this (don't frequent this forum much, anymore).
Just because you didn't LIKE the mechanics' answers ... doesn't mean they were bad answers.
It just means that ... you didn't like them.
I'm really getting a very clear picture of your "character," here, and ... it isn't very flattering!
Good luck to ya', Mate!
08-26-09, 10:28 AM
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Brother should be proud that you did a 30 mile ride "around the block" like it was nothing. Good job on coming clean.
08-26-09, 12:31 PM
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