DDH, alot of bike shops offer basic maintenance classes. It is useful to be minimally self sufficient on rides. It's also safer.
Check out your LBS to see if they offer a class. If you have an REI near you, they normally do offer such classes.
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07-25-2006, 06:00 AM #1
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07-25-2006, 06:05 AM #2
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Oh Tulip, you are so sweet. No worries, my hubby knows it all and I mentioned to him last night that he needs to teach me so I am not one of those irresponsible riders. I would hate for anyone to think ill of me. Quite honestly, I just never even thought about it until I saw this post, because of the fact that DH has always done everything for me.
That was fine I guess when we always rode together, but I'm not sure that is going to happen very often now.
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07-25-2006, 06:07 AM #3
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Private lessons are even better!
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07-25-2006, 07:45 AM #4
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Changing a tire
I'm not really very mechanical and never will be, BUT Ladies, please learn to change your tires. That is one thing you don't want to leave to chance or wait for your husband, or friends to do. It really is NOT that hard. Most bike shops will show you how.
Then go home on a cold winter's night (or a hot humid night) in your living room and both tires on your bike at least twice. This includes taking them off the bike and putting them back on the bike!
It is not safe to ride around by yourself without your supplies to change a tire and then be sitting on the side of the road stranded having to rely on a stranger to change your tires!
PLEASE, learn to change a tire!
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07-25-2006, 10:20 AM #5
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Thanks for the input. I would never leave anyone stranded. But I was curious...since I had a mini pump AND a cartridge should I loan him the mini pump or give him a cartridge.
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07-25-2006, 10:29 AM #6
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What's important, helping the guy or following some unknown code? He asked for a cartridge... and therefore, if you say "here's a pump," maybe he thinks "oh, she's too cheap!" ... pshaw. First off, he probably doesn't (given the choice, he went for the pump) and second... if you need help, it's cheesy to get that picky about your helper. "Oh, excuse me, not a mini-pump - don't you have a road morph?"
Besides, there's that whole weird thing about the CO2 leaking out of the tires faster.
And what if somebody else had a flat tire three blocks down the road?
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