How long does it take you to fix a flat?

[melissam]

melissam...you and I sound like kindred spirits in the tire department. But at least we can do it, right?

Yeah, we should ride together some time! If one of us gets a flat, we can transform the experience into a lovely picnic lunch.

Practice makes perfect. The good news is that I hadn't had much practice in the flat changing the department because I hadn't had any flats. (Oh great, I've just cursed myself to having lots of practice. I'd better pack some extra tubes for tomorrow's 200k...)

[Veronica]

I'd better pack some extra tubes for tomorrow's 200k...)

You're gonna need that big bag you've been resisting. Don't forget the rain gear too.

Veronica

[indigoiis]

It depends on how long it takes me to wonder what I'm gonna do.

I mean, honestly. Five miles from the house? Should I call home? Should I change it? Should I walk?

I'm laaaazy.

But once, when I was vrry far from home and no one was home anyway, it didn't take long at all. No one was watching. Maybe 10-15 minutes.

I think proximity to my very skilled husband makes me like one of those stupid women we all love to hate. I mean, I'm not a total airhead but I dunno... and it's not like he encourages this, either. I just get inept or something, when he's around. I wonder if that is like, somethng left over from the caveman days?

[OakLeaf]

Five miles??? Walk your bike in cycling shoes???

Nope. I wouldn't have to think about that one for half a second

I remembered the flat I just described wasn't my last one after all, it was just the last one I fixed on the road. The last one was a quarter mile or less from my car, and that distance I did walk.

[TrekTheKaty]

I bought a wilderness whistle for emergencies. My husband calls it the "come change my flat whistle." Honestly, I begged him to teach me, but he's too impatient.

[Grog]

Honestly, I begged him to teach me, but he's too impatient.

Teach yourself then!

It will be an hour well invested. There is an excellent video on youtube.

[malkin]

I'm so slow I would never even want to time it.

Even slower if I'm still shaking from the BLAM! of an exploding tube, and the surprise that I actually stopped and unclipped without crashing or falling over in the street.