http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Good samaritans en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:20:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7530#post-77348 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:54:26 +0000 Tom 77348@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and thanks to the driver who stopped and gave me and my bike a lift across the flooded section of road between Gifford and Stenton this afternoon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7530#post-77346 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:22:06 +0000 fatman69 77346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BikeFan</p> <p>I've done the old long grass trick nearly thirty years ago, I carry a spare tube and pump now!! Spare tube and pump are a lot lighter than a bale of straw.<br /> It works, just, and you need a lot of grass. If your a couple of miles from home it's quicker pushing the bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7530#post-77344 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:52:03 +0000 BikeFan 77344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be an urban myth but if you stuff the tyre with long grass, you should be able to limp home without damaging the wheel or your derriere.</p> <p>Caveat - never tried it myself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7530#post-77337 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:12:53 +0000 SRD 77337@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to the guy in the TBW shirt who works at the Tri centre who pumped up what we thought was a slow leak on Mr SRD's tyre nr Spylaw park, and the two guys who did likewise on the canal path not much later. </p> <p>We'll be repairing the puncture during the tennis! And taking a pump next time we go out! </p>