Attempting to Help

I did a nice ride today after work...a relatively quick 40 km. About 15 km into my ride I saw a guy on the side of road looking at his bike. Trying to do the "cyclist" thing, I slowed down and asked if he was okay to which he responded "no". Great I thought, this guy now thinks/hopes I can help him and I don't know anything about bikes!

I get over to his side and he says he has a flat, but has no pump, no spare tube and no cell phone. He doesn't know if he tube has a leak or what. I'm not much help as I also don't carry a pump so we can't test the tube for a leak. I offer him my cell phone but he can't remember anyone's numbers! I think it's wise if you ride without a phone to at least know some people's numbers by heart in the event of a bike malfunction or emergency! The easier option is to just carry a phone:)

He decides that he's going to check some of the houses near by to see if anyone has a pump. He thanked me for trying to help and off I went on my ride. On my way back I ended up passing him again unfortunately...he hadn't been able to find a pump and he wasn't able to contact anyone so he was walking his bike home. Thankfully he had a great attitude about the whole situation!!

Sarah