by offering them a spare tube/puncture repair kit. Or, as has happened once before, change their tube fr them.
By asking.
How was your cycle commute?
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by offering them a spare tube/puncture repair kit. Or, as has happened once before, change their tube fr them.
By asking.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I'd feel embarrassed if someone did that.
You'd feel embarrassed if someone spoke to you?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If I had to let someone else change my inner tube without payment.
Anyway, looks like I'm walking to work and back sans bike for the next couple of weeks as I can't get the fucking tyre off the fucking wheel
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
At the risk of embarrassing you, I'd be happy to help you mend it. Not sure how close you are to Brixton though.
you wouldn't *have* to, tbf. If I saw you walking along and asked if you needed a hand, you'd be entitled to make up a story about only being five minutes from home/tell me to fuck off.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
It's good cyclist karma, lots of people do it and would be happy to 'pass it on' without expecting payment. Have you got tyre levers? Can we talk you through getting it off? Some tyres are just horrible bastards but there's some wee tricks that can help.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
haven't got tyre levers. don't think i can get them off without them
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
have you got some dessert spoons with a sort of flattish end on the handle? Like this
(sorry for massive pic)
You can use them as tyre levers, if you're careful. Let all the air out of the tyre, start at the side of the wheel opposite the valve and stick a spoon handle under the tyre bead with the open bowl of the spoon facing you then push it down. Then do another one about a spoke's distance further along the bead. You might need to put the two spoons in at once and push them both down at once rather than one after another if it's a tight tyre. Repeat as necessary. Hope that makes sense?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
thank you, but i was told not to use anything metal by the guy in the bike shop. i am not a very careful or skilful person. i am going to borrow some levers at the weekend and have a go though.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
It is a slightly risky job, fair enough. Hope you can get it off!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
well i really should learn to do it, but i have to admit it's a big neurosis of mine, fixing things or doing anything with my hands. i can't even tie my shoelaces effectively and have always got bruises and abrasions on my hands and feet from knocking into things, so every time i hold a tool, even a tyre lever, i get anxious i'm going to hurt myself and fuck up. and i often do.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Pgd
Well-Known Member
Tried using the N-S superhighway across the river then turning right down the slip road onto the E-W this morning. I do like Blackfriars Bridge -- you really notice the slight extra height compared with Waterloo, it just feels more "top of the world"-y... rolling down the slip road is great fun... I even don't mind the MASSIVE bumps along the E-W, it adds a different sort of riding challenge, hurdles rather than flat sprint if you will (watching out for reds & peds of course).
BUT. I'm realising that sadly the E-W is pretty much useless to me, as a south Londoner heading for the Holborn/Bloomsbury area. The only ways off it west of Blackfriars are (1) a hard-right turn (after a long wait at the lights) into Temple Place, up Arundel St and a wall-of-death spin around the Aldwych gyratory; or (2) a similar right-turn into Savoy St, at the top of which you can only turn left into the Strand (unless you dismount).
BUT. I'm realising that sadly the E-W is pretty much useless to me, as a south Londoner heading for the Holborn/Bloomsbury area. The only ways off it west of Blackfriars are (1) a hard-right turn (after a long wait at the lights) into Temple Place, up Arundel St and a wall-of-death spin around the Aldwych gyratory; or (2) a similar right-turn into Savoy St, at the top of which you can only turn left into the Strand (unless you dismount).
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I know but i spent my last fiver on an inner tube
BigTom
Well-Known Member
Pm me your address, I'll post you some tyre levers from work when I'm back next week if you still need them.
Pgd
Well-Known Member
Oh yeah, the N-S is a nice alternative to Waterloo, that's all good. It's the E-W I was talking about there, along Embankment. The N-S goes through Farringdon, lots of offices etc., but the E-W between Tower Hill and Westminster doesn't really go through anywhere in particular, and it's hard to get off it to go anywhere else.
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
After a successful return to cycle commuting on Monday I'm going to give it another go tomorrow. A bit worried that I might miss appointment at doctors in the evening if anything goes wrong but to be honest, with south East trains its a toss up which is less reliable - my aging body or the bloody railway!!!
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Hamstring (I think) is buggered, probably too much hill sprinting this week. If it was possible to limp on a bicycle that's what I was doing this morning, on the small ring the whole way and using my other leg to do most of the work on the climbs. Still preferable to 1hr10 (on a good day) doing the journey on First Bus. I was fine until I bent down to put my socks & shoes on after showering.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Why? My hay fever usually means the opposite
Flies.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
thanks, i followed this advice.
job done, but i have no skin left on my thumbs.
but 
(as in ow)Virtual Blue
ready
Not riding my fast bike but my winter one (cos I don't trust this weather).
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
I never made it onto the bike again last week, but I have done today. This time took the straightforward route I know from years past - down A20 to Lee, Lewisham, New Cross and along Old Kent road to Elephant, then Waterloo, across Westminster Bridge and into work at St James Park.
I forgot to start the app on my phone so ride goes unrecorded. I feel marginally fitter than a week ago. Will be trying the same thing in reverse tonight.
I forgot to start the app on my phone so ride goes unrecorded. I feel marginally fitter than a week ago. Will be trying the same thing in reverse tonight.
