CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man! http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man! en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:45:46 +0000 Rabid Hamster on "Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6832#post-72627 Tue, 29 May 2012 14:15:43 +0000 Rabid Hamster 72627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fixed one on the 20" Big Apples night before POP28, and then picked up 2 more pinholes in rapid succession on 2 tubes on the day on the right Wappiti Oleo! Thnx to LaidBack and his spares wagon was able to hot foot it back to LB magasin for a spot of char and Jane's crusty flapjacks! Luckily didn't bump into any other Fokkers on the flight back to the 'drome afterwards, so landed on a full set of rubber without pranging! Tally ho, live to fight another day! </p> Wilmington's Cow on "Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6832#post-72568 Tue, 29 May 2012 09:29:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I was praying that wouldn't happen (as well as hoping the tyre would come off the rim easily - it did, and went back on without lever intervention). </p> wingpig on "Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6832#post-72565 Tue, 29 May 2012 09:26:21 +0000 wingpig 72565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The last time I stopped to help someone with a puncture I caught one myself within half an hour of setting off. </p> Wilmington's Cow on "Building Karma aka It's Bicycle Repair Man!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6832#post-72562 Tue, 29 May 2012 09:15:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lady pushing her bike through St Leonard's, "Everything alright?" I enquire. Yes I do have a puncture repair kit, and yes she has presta valves so my pump will work. She normally runs, but was doing a wee tour of the city before disappearing to the States to teach kayaking for three months. And got a puncture a couple of miles from where she was meeting someone at 8 (it was 5 past).</p> <p>Someone else had already enquired but had no puncture repair kit. It turned into a lesson on how to sort a puncture.</p> <p>Nothing bad is now allowed to happen today. </p>