Bicycle roadside assistance
 

I was wishing someone would come up with this. Now someone has:
http://www.betterworldclub.com/bicyc...assistance.cfm

I lol with a smile as I checked out the page. I think it's Great!

"Flat Tire"

If your bicycle is rendered immobile as the result of a flat tire, we will not deliver you new equipment. We can, however, dispatch a service provider with commonly available tools upon request.


bummer.

Interesting. Kinda like a AAA, except for bikes.

meh. unless its a ride back home its not much good

snapped chains, broken spokes, bent wheels, accidents thats what ends your day, not flats

Where does the mileage start from. Is it where they leave from or where they pick you up. Lots of times I am a lot farther than 5 miles from home when I break down.

[QUOTE=Phil85207;13822666]Where does the mileage start from. Is it where they leave from or where they pick you up.

I'm guessing the "total of 30 miles per year" is miles carrying you. Since you have no idea who is picking you up or where they are leaving from, it really doesn't make much sense to include the "getting to you" miles.

It includes a $30 LAB membership in the $39 annual fee. So, if you want to join LAB, this is only an extra $9.

There's a 30 mile annual limit.

$39 + $12 (one time) sign up fee for a 30 mile taxi ride that you might not necessarily use

Am I the only one left who'd be embarrassed to call somebody to fix a flat tire for me? Have you people no pride?
OK, I'm a dinosaur. But I'd walk 10 miles before I'd phone these guys. I can't think of anything short of frame collapse that I couldn't fix well enough for, say, a five-mile ride home with a mini-tool and the spare spokes taped to my chainstay.

seriously. is it really worth $39 a year to not learn how to fix a flat?

The Call of Shame is a lot cheaper.

This is pathetic. That said, it should go over well with the crowd here.

If you can't be relatively self-sufficient on a bike, maybe it's not the sport for you. It ain't brain surgery to fix 99% of on-the-road issues.

Well I didn't read the schpeil well enough. Flats I can fix. What we need is a bike mechanic in a van. Sometimes I don't go on a ride because there's no one available to come rescue me if my bike is disables 50 miles out.

Interesting concept...

You are kidding, right?

the more i think about it the more it makes sense.

the more i think about it the less it makes sense.

It might be useful if you're in danger of pringle'ing your rims... like bad roads or mountain biking. If they guarantee service on obscure mountain bike trails it might sell more?

Welcome to the world modern non-mechanically inclined useless American people. If people would just learn to fix crap themselves they wouldn't need such BS as this. I've been riding for over 40 years and never once have I scratched my head and though, gee wouldn't it be nice to a bicycle roadside service plan. I guess that's what we get today from a generation of grown up infants. If anyone thinks they need this roadside service plan while riding a bike they need to seriously consider a different sport!! Or perhaps just ride indoors on a trainer, and never venture outside.

I ride all the time over 50 miles out from home. I carry tools and other stuff just in case something happens, but I don't fret over not riding far from home because I might have a mechanical problem because I can fix most things that could go wrong, and the things I can't fix rarely if ever break anyways. To those of you scared about that then learn some other basic commom problem type of repairs. A good mini tool and a small folding pair of pliers will fix most things. I wouldn't even be scared about riding a Walmart bike 50 miles out as long as I have my seat bag with me, and most of us have far better bikes than those Walmart jobs which means repairs are far and few between anyways.

And how would a service like that get to a person on some remote mountain trail? Their not going to be able to mostly due to it being impossible to find you, or too much of a hike to get to you; just like to don't come to rescue stuck 4x4's out on some trail. So bend a rim off road your're still walking.

Exactly.

Most reviews and posts are done in their own viewpoint, that of an experienced rider. But some people are mechanically challenged. They wouldn't dare buy something from Ikea.

It might be useful for casual riders (who don't go very far). It probably isn't that useful for people who ride 50+ miles from home.

Call your spouse, or your parent, or your offspring, or your best chum. If all that fails, call a friggin' taxi.

Unless they're willing to spend a fortune hiring enough manpower to get a quick response, it would probably take at least several hours for help to arrive, during which time you could walk home or figure out how to completely disassemble and rebuild your bike. It's just not that hard. If it is, maybe there's an LBS nearby that teaches a class.