I've had men pause (in bikes or in cars) to ask if I'm okay when I've stopped at the top of a hill to rest, or if I stop to take photos. I can't say that I've had a female do it, but I do see less females out cycling in general.

Anytime I've had a flat - I've always had the tools to fix it, and while noone's stopped to help, I don't actually need it. Anytime I've had a flat car tire on the highway, guys have stopped to help - which I usually say, it's okay I've got it, and then I let them change it when they insist.

I usually at least pause to offer help if I see someone in bike distress.

I did end up walking home 7 miles after my chain broke once (I didn't have a spare pin, and wasn't confident that I could jury rig it when it was dark and I was in the middle of nowhere) without anyone stopping to help - I think a minivan was about to, but I think she noticed I was on my cell phone.

I did decide to walk that 7 miles home on the highway in the dark (direct flat route home instead of via rural hilly farmland), so I can't really expect someone to have seen me and realized I needed help.


I crashed once and had fairly bad (okay, my first case so for me it was bad) road rash, had warped my wheel, and sent my friend to bike back & get a car because I really wasn't equipped to true the wheel and we were only 2 miles or so from home... I decided to start walking back instead of just sitting on the side of the road, and had helpful motorcyclists shouting at me "why don't you ride that thing?"