If you can't change a puncture, don't fecking ride a bike!

i don't really know how to change the tires on my car and it cost a lot more than my bike and tbh probably about as hard/easy.

at the end of the day who really cares it's a bike, it's not fucking eighties hardcore, you don't need to get precious about it.

The tools to change the tyres and balance the wheels on a car are not readily available to the average car driver, size and cost are prohibitive, tyre levers and new tubes and a puncture repair kit are not.

Leave it Andy, he's not worth it...

i admit that even after riding bike for about 25 years, i have know idea how you would go about changing a puncture. mending a puncture, or indeed changing a tube. yes easy peas. but changing a puncture, wooooowee, im stumped.

oh and yea, bloody bonty tyres. park levers are the best i used. still, the tyres are shit though, or maybe its just mine.

I reckon there's a nice little chunk of this forum's populace that think they know how to change a tube but in reality.. would fail.

I've witnessed it first hand with (names withheld to protect the innocent).

Things like the 'I snapped my valve off' thread and Ed's tyre fitting thread.. they indicate to me.. a hidden, oft denied current of fail that bubbles to the surface only on occasion. A fail that needs to be stamped out, lest bikeradar's commuter section find out and start an anti-hipster campaign.

The time to act is now people! Learn your shizzle!

The tools to change the tyres and balance the wheels on a car are not readily available to the average car driver, size and cost are prohibitive, tyre levers and new tubes and a puncture repair kit are not.

what? the tools to change a tire are in the back of the car?

The last two times I've been in Condor the person in front of me has been bringing their bike in to get a puncture fixed.

WTF?! How can people stand paying a bike shop each time they get a puncture? How hard is it? They can rarely fit it in that day so they have to come back the next day. No wonder bike shop staff get pissed off.

I'm just pissed off because the big lunchtime queue is full of people trying to get punctures repaired ;)

Am I being unreasonable? Should I just be glad they're cycling? Probably.

It is because most people lack basic problem solving skills.

How do I do this.... look it up... with google and tinternet it is far easier these days.

change tyre not wheel. ^^ whoops, two up.

i reckon there's a nice little chunk of this forum's populace that think they know how to change a tube but in reality.. Would fail.

I've witnessed it first hand with (names withheld to protect the innocent).

Things like the 'i snapped my valve off' thread and ed's tyre fitting thread.. They indicate to me.. A hidden, oft denied current of fail that bubbles to the surface only on occasion. A fail that needs to be stamped out, lest bikeradar's commuter section find out and start an anti-hipster campaign.

The time to act is now people! Learn your shizzle!

fucking aye!

'tinternet'
retches

I kinda know how to change the tyres on a car even though i dont drive, more than I do on a bike, but I have observed few bike tyres punctures being fixed, so i think I know how its done

After witnessing the changing of a car tyre.... they are the same tools but a bit beefier.

After witnessing the changing of a car tyre.... they are the same tools but a bit beefier.

I've seen a bike tyre being soaked in water to find out where the air is hissing from, then putting the puncture fix kit thingy on it (I still gotta learn how to remember!) and them leaving it to dry, and pump it up again)

'tinternet'
retches

HAHHAHA, you fell for the bait, all to predictable.

EDIT: I did accidently delete the space and the "he" when spelling "the internet" but couldn't be arsed to change it...

what? the tools to change a tire are in the back of the car?

Shakes head.

puncture?

pfft.... like i wanna get my hands dirty. I pay three fillipino boys to build me a new wheel and deliver it to me in 15 seconds.

it's the same principal. type blows out on car you replace with shit in the back, get a puncture on your bike you replace it with shit in your kit. still makes sense to me..

HAHHAHA, you fell for the bait, all to predictable.

'too'

How do I do this.... look it up... with google and tinternet it is far easier these days.

Most 'tards can't even manage that. Do a tag search for "use the fucking search" to see how many threads have received the love..

This thread had so much promise... Tsk...
Goes back to listening to obscure Beach Boys out-takes

@hippy

And they deserve it, I usually search for solutions until I am banging my head against a wall before I ask someone else.

it's the same principal. tyre blows out on car you replace with shit in the back, get a puncture on your bike you replace it with shit in your kit. still makes sense to me..

Yes, but how many cyclists carry a spare wheel with tyre tube already fitted?

head still shaking.

'too'

Sorry Platini, I only got a C in English. I was more into Maths. I do try though.

what? the tools to change a tire are in the back of the car?

Good luck trying to change your tyres and re-balance your wheels using whatever is in the back of a normal hatchback.

I've seen a bike tyre being soaked in water to find out where the air is hissing from, then putting the puncture fix kit thingy on it (I still gotta learn how to remember!) and them leaving it to dry, and pump it up again)

That'll be the inner tube not the tyre. Spare tubes all the way.

I can' t patch a fucking inner tube to save my life.

Inner tube!
Fail on my part. Ive seen him do it, but it didnt last very long, hehe evil laugh

See now the truth starts coming out.. who else is fail on the basic skills?

Who else says to themselves "I'll just buy another tube, I haven't got time to fix this" when what they really mean is "I'm a bed wetter and can't patch tubes"?

Go on.. it's time to repent!