What will you NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT?

[Jones]

I need to learn how to change a tire - fix a flat, etc... (this must be where my anxiety is coming from...).
To be honest , I don't know the first thing about changing a tire.
Denise

Denise223
When I first started to ride I sat at my computer let all the air out of my back tire and used this article
http://www.teamestrogen.com/articles/asa_levers.asp to learn to fix my flat.
It was very empowering and I have gone on to teach my dh and a guy friend how to fix their flats. You can totally learn to do this. It did take me about an hour the first time, now about 10 mins. Good Luck. Jones.

[Lise]

I did watch Mary Poppins. Many times. I believe it helped to shape my personality. (shape..warp...so very similar ) Still want to jump through a chalk drawing.

Ahem. Yes. Learn how to change your tire. Good suggestions on how have been made. It's a great feeling of personal freedom.

I carry the usual, helmet, sunglasses, two bottle of beverage, snack (bar, sport beans), tube changing supplies, teensy weensey fold up tool that I love. It has two screwdriver heads and four allen wrench heads, yet folds up to about 2". Lip balm, sunscreen stick, zip lock with baby wipes. Cell phone and $20 minimum. Today I want to pick up some individual packets of Chamois butt'r to throw in there, too.

[Bicyclette]

I loved Mary Poppins! What a woman!!!

Anyway - I never leave without the usual - helmet, sunglasses, cell phone, money, spare tube, tire levers, patch kit, food, beverage, ID, sweatband, gum ( must have gum) and I also have the "teensy weensy fold up tool"

When I first got my bike I started thinking about riding alone without knowing how to change my tire - so I pulled the front wheel off one afternoon and spent the rest of the day learning how to change the tire - and wouldn't you know it - I punctured the tube doing that and then REALLY had to change the tire