Reminder:

[Tim Kelley]

There are many fair weather riders that are back in the saddle now who might not have put air in their tires or lubed their chains. If you see someone rolling on low tires, that would be an awesome opportunity to channel your inner dirt and strike up a helpful conversation and bring them into our fold.

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[consularrider]

I offered someone some air last week (in front of my house no less) and he acted offended.

[UnknownCyclist]

I generally just say “Excellent application of Rule 5” to generally puzzled looks. Then I just ride on by.

[ShawnoftheDread]

Passed a guy this morning who was intent on finishing the walk to his destination rather than accept my offer of assistance with his flat.

[eminva]

@consularrider 81275 wrote:

I offered someone some air last week (in front of my house no less) and he acted offended.

Was he going up the hill or down? If the former, that might not have been offense, but the early warning signs of cardiac arrest.

Liz

[rcannon100]

The poseur with the flat tire on the Custis Hill two nights ago was my son, who had worn through his tire using my trainer ~ but who has refused, like any good teenager, to learn how to fix a flat.

Ah how I miss the sub-freezing temperatures.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@rcannon100 81300 wrote:

The poseur with the flat tire on the Custis Hill two nights ago was my son, who had worn through his tire using my trainer ~ but who has refused, like any good teenager, to learn how to fix a flat.

Ah how I miss the sub-freezing temperatures.

I would have been extremely embarrassed as a teen if I couldn’t have fixed a flat. What if a girl saw? Or worse, another guy?

[jrenaut]

@ShawnoftheDread 81307 wrote:

I would have been extremely embarrassed as a teen if I couldn’t have fixed a flat. What if a girl saw? Or worse, another guy?

Also, this is incredibly short-sighted. A few months back I came to the aid of an attractive woman struggling with a flat tire. If I had been single (and probably better looking), I would have had the perfect opportunity to suggest a date.

[Tim Kelley]

@rcannon100 81300 wrote:

The poseur with the flat tire on the Custis Hill two nights ago was my son, who had worn through his tire using my trainer ~ but who has refused, like any good teenager, to learn how to fix a flat.

Ah how I miss the sub-freezing temperatures.

Why are you using a good tire for trainer riding? Isn’t that what old worn out tires are for?

[Steve O]

@jrenaut 81308 wrote:

Also, this is incredibly short-sighted. A few months back I came to the aid of an attractive woman struggling with a flat tire. If I had been single (and probably better looking), I would have had the perfect opportunity to suggest a date.

You could have suggested FCC. Not exactly a date, but no one would object to some eye candy I don’t believe.

[DismalScientist]

@Steve O 81318 wrote:

You could have suggested FCC. Not exactly a date, but no one would object to some eye candy I don’t believe.

Wait a minute… I thought that you thought that you were the only eye candy we would ever need…:p

[jrenaut]

@Steve O 81318 wrote:

You could have suggested FCC. Not exactly a date, but no one would object to some eye candy I don’t believe.

She was just visiting for something or other. Triathlon?

[baiskeli]

@ShawnoftheDread 81307 wrote:

I would have been extremely embarrassed as a teen if I couldn’t have fixed a flat. What if a girl saw? Or worse, another guy?

“I’m so vigorously strong that I wore this tire out to the point that it’s unfixable.”

There, that was easy.

– Former Teenage Boy

[Steve O]

@DismalScientist 81320 wrote:

Wait a minute… I thought that you thought that you were the only eye candy we would ever need…:p

Unless there’s a mirror around, I still need something to look at.

[sjclaeys]

The air is filled with the scream of unlubed chains as they are forever pulled across the largest chainring and the smallest cog at 45 rpm.

[brendan]

@sjclaeys 81380 wrote:

The air is filled with the scream of unlubed chains as they are forever pulled across the largest chainring and the smallest cog at 45 rpm.

Also, my b-screw is totally misadjusted.

Or wait, we weren’t talking about me?

B

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