Fred?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well Mimi, I guess that would be ME

Yesterday, Silver discovered that I had my inner tube, and this really nifty high tech universal tool, but absolutely NO LOW TECH TIRE LEVERS

Call me FRED

You should have just explained to her that you don't NEED tire levers- that you remove and replace your tire with your BARE HANDS while fixing a flat. (and then promptly go into the basement to practice actually DOING that so you won't be found out at a critical moment)

[smilingcat]

I thought it was always Fred and Wilma from the flintstones. not too bright was the idea or total obliviousness to their sourroundings/status.

Barney I heard too, side kick of Fred. Happy go lucky. Again lack of awareness.

well all I can say is if you are happy riding then that's good. enjoy. but if you are causing problems for others on the road well that's not so good.

And who cares how one is dressed or what they ride. Exceptions are the posers with bad attitude.

[silver]

You should have just explained to her that you don't NEED tire levers- that you remove and replace your tire with your BARE HANDS while fixing a flat. (and then promptly go into the basement to practice actually DOING that so you won't be found out at a critical moment)

Lisa, I think you know him well! But in this instance he wouldn't be able to do this....because I know that he doesn't have any idea HOW to change a tire

It does give me a little bit of smugness. Very soon I will not be able to keep up with him. I struggle even now. He has a lot of up potential and I don't have much. So I'll hang on to this.

[Gowest]

OK, so it appears we all have a little Fred in us. I remember my first group (friends) ride on my road bike and I had the reflectors and camelback - so I am a Fred as well. I will never forget my friend David for delicately pointing these things out to me.......mind you he has red round reflector dangling off the back of his seat that I call the hemrrhoid reflector......

Has anyone ever listened to the podcast called the "Fredcast"?? It is full of wonderful and funny cycling information. I thought for the longest time the guy doing the podcast was named Fred.....duh - then someone told me what a "Fred" was and I got the name of the podcast...........

This thread is really funny - we can all identify!!!!!