It's true that doing a puncture can be a bit of a faff. But it's not so bad with modern hub's Plus with the advent of decent, puncture resistant tyre's, you shouldn't have to fix one too often
I know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going
Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:33:27 AMI know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going he sticks on his MP3 mate and off he goes, pot holes drains nothing stands in his way, and the pop its sad that at 41 he cant fix a puncture and he rides to work every day, ive shown him a million times , i give up
Quote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:33:27 AMI know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going he sticks on his MP3 mate and off he goes, pot holes drains nothing stands in his way, and the pop its sad that at 41 he cant fix a puncture and he rides to work every day, ive shown him a million times , i give up Buy him some tyre lever's and a 'how to' guide for his birthday then mate Fair play to him for cycling to work everyday though
Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:52:19 AMQuote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:33:27 AMI know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going he sticks on his MP3 mate and off he goes, pot holes drains nothing stands in his way, and the pop its sad that at 41 he cant fix a puncture and he rides to work every day, ive shown him a million times , i give up Buy him some tyre lever's and a 'how to' guide for his birthday then mate Fair play to him for cycling to work everyday though yeah im glad he does mate and its the same as me as i cycle everywhere, but he wont learn how to fix the blooming things , when they go wrong he just buys another one its madness,
Quote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 10:00:57 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:52:19 AMQuote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:33:27 AMI know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going he sticks on his MP3 mate and off he goes, pot holes drains nothing stands in his way, and the pop its sad that at 41 he cant fix a puncture and he rides to work every day, ive shown him a million times , i give up Buy him some tyre lever's and a 'how to' guide for his birthday then mate Fair play to him for cycling to work everyday though yeah im glad he does mate and its the same as me as i cycle everywhere, but he wont learn how to fix the blooming things , when they go wrong he just buys another one its madness, That does sort of fly in the face of making the most out of the biggest feature of bikes ie there cheapness
Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 10:03:17 AMQuote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 10:00:57 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:52:19 AMQuote from: zed6309 on March 04, 2010, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on March 04, 2010, 09:33:27 AMI know people like that I'm always amazed they don't have more accidents, as there clearly not looking where there going he sticks on his MP3 mate and off he goes, pot holes drains nothing stands in his way, and the pop its sad that at 41 he cant fix a puncture and he rides to work every day, ive shown him a million times , i give up Buy him some tyre lever's and a 'how to' guide for his birthday then mate Fair play to him for cycling to work everyday though yeah im glad he does mate and its the same as me as i cycle everywhere, but he wont learn how to fix the blooming things , when they go wrong he just buys another one its madness, That does sort of fly in the face of making the most out of the biggest feature of bikes ie there cheapness yep and the funny thing is is my brother is as tight as a#s#oles he has that bike scheme at his work and uses it ,
That smugness goes out the window when it rains though ey.
Yeah all the ladies love a drenched, sweaty and stinky bloke covered in plastic.
And much, much better in traffic too
I'm looking at a Dahon folding bike with a hub system , eight gears should be plenty for round town stuff .Chris