Cheers again. Thought I might track you down on here.
b r I appreciate what you are saying. The bit I left out was that by the time parkesie helped me out, I had fixed the flat using a patch, but it was old and the glue didn’t seem too clever. I merely mentioned this and he was good enough to give me some patches just in case. For the record, he also offered a spare New tube, but I didn’t feel I could accept that. I was ready to walk back to the car as karma for not being 100% prepared.
I didn’t think I needed to include this detail as I didn’t think I’d end up having to defend myself on a thread with this title!
As it was, the patch held, and I finished a great ride and met a helpful person. I actually tagged along with another two riders for the remainder of the ride, and they were a good crack as well.
Cheers to all who were out in the area yesterday, walkers included, as everyone seemed to be just enjoying themselves in the great outdoors.