A "princess" changes her own tires & tubes :D
My husband says I am high maintenance :confused: Ok, I admit that I can be :o and usually I ask him to do these kind of bike maintenance things. It's not that I can't do them, it's more of not *wanting* to do them. I'm sure some of you can understand that. Because of that I'd never changed a tire or tube and finally decided to bite the bullet last night and try it, figuring he could help me out if I got stuck. I realized it's totally not rocket science ;) The hardest part was making sure that the bead was seated properly, but I eventually got it. It's a messy job but I feel so empowered now, LOL. If I get a flat tire I'll be able to fix it on my own and not have to call in my "prince" to save me :rolleyes: :cool:
Sometimes its easier to BE helpless...
I have changed my own punctured tubes before, and I know how. But when u're surrounded by men and they all seem to be 'tsk tsk'ing your efforts sometimes I'd rather just be the princess and let them finish the job.
case in point.
some weeks ago, on a group ride, I had 2 flats. AT THE SAME TIME. We were... 5 mins from home, and this was after the post-ride drink at the coffeeshop etc.
Thus when i had the flats i was surrounded by.... 8 men, including one who is my dad (and does most of the changing tubes, inflating tyre pressure etc. My brother gets called when daddy is not around... ahhhahhaha) I didn't just leave it there, so I was trying to work on one wheel while my dad worked on the other (so that we'd be faster coz all the rest were just standing there waiting for us) But the guys kept hounding me, telling me what to do, how to do it, just hovering over me. I was so stressed out, i broke my tyre lever........ One of them tried to take over from me when stuffing the tube into the tyre, but he ran the tyre lever around so fast it pinched the tube, so we had to redo it.. (i shut my mouth and didn't say anything.) It was just highly stressful. coz some of them were just standing around and teasing me about how dirty my bike was etc.
in the end i just let everyone do the job and played the princess. at least it was something they could understand how to react to...:o
when i went home i cleaned my bike. hehe