Getting a flat tire is one of the most annoying things for a cyclist. It is usually paid by the rain, you take a big hill, and you hit a nail. Or are you late for work, dashing through an intersection and wham, you hit a pothole and the tire exploded.
Fortunately, there is a new service, similar to AA, for bicycles. The Environmental Transport Association, may be placed on the roadside for a small annual fee back on the bike. But what ifThey stuck miles from anywhere, no need to cover the ETA or mobile phone with you ...
Stopping a car
In this day and age, with our excitable media, you might take a little 'concerned about any vehicle to stop will be awarded. But the reality is that if you are really stuck, and started a little 'concerned, without stopping a car is the worst idea. You must be very polite but, as I remember they are a bit 'worried about the setting youtoo. Once a kind soul will not stop to ask to use their mobile phones to help or ask them to call a ride to the nearest town. If you're lucky, they may also be able to take the bike, but do not rely on them.
Captain Hindsight
What you should do is to maintain a well-stocked repair kit so that you repair your own sting. A kit may also very well provided for when replacing a tube is really destroyed. More hybrid or even a few motorcyclescheap road bike will come with a free repair kit. Usually you can ask the seller to show you how to use it even if you bought from Argos.
Start
The last resort is truly the most daunting. In both cases you can take your bike chained somewhere and we hope that you know where or push it with you to remember. However, this may be so discouraged the wheels. Of course, if you have a very light bike you could probably wear them on the shoulder. Theonly hope is that you can carry a load of spending.
Let that happen. Buy a repair kit, make sure it is the kind of thing, do not let your family, home, without - such as bicycle helmets for children, families can not go without this machine!