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[Closed] Micro rant if I may.

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You on the very nice bike.
Before you get the team kit.
Before you get the Garmin.
Before you don't impress with your Strava antics.
Get a bloody inertube, even better get a pump as well and learn how to sort a puncture.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 1:53 pm
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and seriously dude; get tubeless.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:01 pm
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Not enough spelling or grammatical errors.

Not enough evasion of the swear filter.

Your rule applies to 90% of your audience.

Must try harder.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:02 pm
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Taught my 4yo daughter how to fix punctures yesterday. She found the hole before I could.

She's not on Strava yet, so I'm glad I'm doing things in the right order.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:08 pm
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Yeah, new cyclists are all shite ๐Ÿ™„


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:13 pm
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I feel a rant should be less reasonable.


 
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I'd lend them a repair kit and pump then take the piss remorselessly as they struggle to repair it, sharp intakes of breath followed by "you don't want to do it like that!!" and laugh as they get out of breath trying to pump it with my useless micro pump.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:14 pm
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if you haven't the bottle to say it to his face, leave him alone on the internet

If you said it to his face, leave [b]us[/b] alone on the internet


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:35 pm
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I carry in my back pocket what is affectionately known as the 'club pump' plus three tubes and I pride myself on the five minutes from stop to off again.
Today was the first time I haven't stepped in, as I'm jolly sick and tired of what amounts to giving someone a fiver every time they puncture.

'Oh I didn't bring one out with me today' No mate you never have one, but you never forget your Oakleys or gels do you?


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:39 pm
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if you haven't the bottle to say it to his face, leave him alone on the internet

If you said it to his face, leave us alone on the internet

No.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 2:40 pm
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if you haven't the bottle to say it to his face, leave him alone on the internet
If you said it to his face, leave us alone on the internet

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Posted : 16/09/2012 2:54 pm
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You with the micro rant - find a new hobby.

Seriously dude, It seems that almost every time you post it's a rant, or a moan, whether due to your own performance or something that someone else has done. I'll repeat what someone else asked in another thread of yours - do you actually enjoy cycling?


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 3:01 pm
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Its a reasonable point madness to cycle any proper distance without a tube and pump and we must have all baled someone out at some point
FWIW my pump once broke and someone, I stopped, baled me out


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 3:08 pm
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do you actually enjoy cycling?

Of course, and it is a moan. But actually I know it's because a few folk that turn out with me sometimes, actually don't want to carry anything. They know someone will pander to them.

This is a bit like those times you go away for a special day of riding, one that you've all been looking forward to. And there's always someone that decides that the morning of the ride is the best time to fit cables, fix punctures, straighten a buckled wheel etc.


 
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Leave him alone-
He's old.
And he's a git.
(You're very welcome btw,anytime I can be of assistance ๐Ÿ˜‰ ).


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 3:59 pm
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OG's got a point tbh.

Next time it happens - the rest of you shoudl all pretend you don't have a pump or tube either and say cheerio.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 4:20 pm
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It wasn't your son-in-law was it?


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 4:21 pm
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It wasn't your son-in-law was it?

LOL no, that would mean him getting out of his pyjamas.


 
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It wasn't your son-in-law was it?
LOL no, that would mean him getting out of his pyjamas.

I'm not your son-in-law am I..?


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 5:10 pm
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'Oh I didn't bring one out with me today' No mate you never have one, but you never forget your Oakleys or gels do you?

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Posted : 16/09/2012 5:15 pm
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oldgit+1

like kids, wipe their noses for them every time and they'll never learn.

Nothing like a long walk home to reinforce a bit of learning.


 
Posted : 16/09/2012 5:37 pm