So, like, can you help me pump up my tyres, baby?

"Damn you bike! I hate you so much today!"

haha! am i the only one that noticed that?

Yeah I offer *ANY *cyclist who is stopped with a technical use of tools/tube whatever, unless they look like they're in the thick of changing it and patently have what they need, this is just the most stupid thing ever.

Recently, I stopped to help a woman who's chain had come off her SS ('slack chain tut tut', I said of course) and a friend off this fourm came rolling down the road on my route, stopped and insinuated I was trying to score. As if. I only dig chicks with tourers. Heh. ;)

good to hear, i would do the same provided i had the tube/patches/tools spare. i got stuck with a puncture in rush hour last week without anything and nowhere near my house (yes, thick i know). most bike shops were also closed. so many nodders/commuters passed me but NONE stopped or even batted an eyelid. i wasn't at all shocked or disappointed, just a bit like oh, hmm what do i do now. haha.

there's a lot of this "I'd better not help, the other person might take offence / think or feel something inappropriate is going on".

Not singling you out TSK, as it's an English trait and most of us do it. HTFU and risk the slap / court case. You never know, he / she might actually appreciate your help.

+1 fred, i notice this kind of thing more and more every day and its so depressing.

talking of helping random strangeners, I was riding home along clerkenwell, and saw some dude with a nice old 10 speed walking his bike, I assumed he had a puncture, but on slowing down to offer a pump up, I saw his rear derailleur jammed into the spokes, preventing the wheel from turning at all. Without a adjustable spanner (I usually only carry a hex) I managed to get his wheel unstuck by hand but with chain hanging down with the derailleur still attached, he could now coast, so I towed him (he grabbing the webbing straps of my bag) home to Bethnal Green - we must have been a weird sight.

thats brilliant. much kodus/rep/respect to you sir.

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