• I had a pinch flat as I was coming down hill off-road on an old MTB, sounded like a gunshot and echoed through the valleys I was in. I duly sat down and switched out the tubes when another MTBer came down and pulled a skid next to me. I thought he might offer consolation or aid but instead he asked to move because, and I shit you not, he and his mates where about to ride down where I was 'being rad'. Now I wasn't on a trail or anything, just a hillside below a load of quarries and the like. Literally an entire fucking hill to be 'rad' on. So I did what any rational person would and took fucking ages, not moving a fucking inch. It was the slowest tube change in the entire of human history. The pump up was like it was on super slo-mo film.

    [Edit] New page fail. Not a commute story, just a relevant one to what @hippy said

  • Haha sounds just like what I'd do, though there'd probably be a "get fucked" thrown in for good measure, especially if I've flatted. I'm never happy flatting. I mean, unless it was on a blind corner or something and he was looking out for your safety?

  • Nope, wide open slope basically, with a few things you could jump off but there was plenty of room for them. I remember exactly what he said now, 'mate you need to move because we are about to come through here being rad'. Then he rode off before I could tell him where to stick it, so opted for the passive-aggressive approach. Lots of stretching, taking in the view and drinking slowly from a bidon.

    [Edit] Oh yeah, the relevant part to the conversation was struggling to control it as the front flatted immediately as I came fast downhill. Just managed to avoid a major crash when this prick showed up. He must have at least heard and possibly saw me.

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