Does anyone wanna be my Dr Bike? I need to find someone who will come to my house to fix my trike occasionally, but it must include puncture repairs. Because I've just spent 2 hrs trying to pump my tyre up!! I think Dave may have identified s'thing, but I'll have to try in the morning.
ITV have phoned and they want to come and film me at Hillsborough on Thursday. But I don't know how I can be all enthusiastic, and happy about cycling, when it's so difficult for me. And society isn't ready for disabled cyclists, it's too controversial.
I'm very fed up.
Slime tyre goop - ask the guys at The Bike Tree...
ReplyDeleteAlso, fed up or not, you're NOT quitting now, else I'd have to hop on my bike & cycle all the way from Plymouth to Sheffield just to kick your butt!
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Seriously though, stick with it - you'll get through this.
Thank you folks. I didn't make it terribly clear, :) I would pay my Dr.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to bed now, because I feel a bit knackered.
Tomorrows another day.
i) Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. The speed we go the extra drag doesn't matter.
ReplyDeleteii) A bicycle maintenance book for Christmas.
iii) A small electric compressor pump.
iv) Look after your tools. Tyre levers are for putting tyres on and off rims. Blunt knives are for spreading butter and threatening the kids.
Ask one of the folk at the bike shop if they do home visits.
Some of society isn't entirely ready for able bodied cyclists. Sod 'em and keep plugging away. My dad couldn't get used to women having the vote but they've still got it :0)
Personal preference is to steer clear of slime, as once its in the tube you'll have a hell of a job fixing any puncture that beats the slime.
ReplyDeleteNext time Lidl has track pumps get one, or be a bit more lavish and get a decent one now, Learn how to fit the connector properly and keep those tyres pumped up with regular check. Try-out fitting the connector on the old tube and see where the air hisses out. My money is on a snake bite (2 holes) because a soft tyre has been squeezed rather than a flint or other pin-prick
It might even be worth looking at foam filler systems as there are some fairly good ones now on the market - fit this and no more punctures, until the tyres wear through and you need to change the casings.
Oh Billy - I'd like to return to the convocation vote - where graduates got a Universities MP as well as a constituency one... One man Two votes.....Dreadful business there'll be women Prime Ministers next!
A bike doctor is an excellent idea. Some people just aren't cut out for phaffing around with mechanical stuff, and your talents clearly lie elsewhere :o)
ReplyDeleteAwww, that's a nice way of saying things :D Have I had the pleasure of meeting you yet?
ReplyDelete@ DSMFAL - Several times :0)
ReplyDelete@ DH - I liked our woman PM. She did me no harm :0)
You've got a mobile bike mechanic in Sunny sheffield. I've emailed you the link.
ReplyDeleteOh was that Hilda Roberts PM a woman - must have missed that one;-D
ReplyDeleteBilly - its DSMFAFL!
Train-up F* and he can get a nice little local business fixing his mates bikes.
More like Richard my cleaner can :)
ReplyDeleteHey lazybones - where's Tuesday's blog!
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine Richard setting up outside and you keeping up a supply of tea and cakes! Totley Bikecafe!
DH said...
ReplyDeleteBilly - its DSMFAFL!
I thought that the second F was a bit rude :0)
Derek, I'm lost!! I guess the first F is my son? and the 2nd is Fuck??? Am I close?
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