Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 7, 2022 While wearing my Sunday clothes. I went straight from church over to my son’s house for a triple birthday party. The twin granddudes and the oldest granddaughter’s birthdays were close enough together that they have a combined party for them. The other three girls were all born in July so they will have one party for them in July. After we ate lunch and they opened their gifts and everyone had cake the kids went out to ride bikes. Cora came back in and said her brakes were broke. Somehow the back brake cable came all discombobulated. I hooked the cable back up and adjusted her brake for her. Then Cadence came in and said her tire was flat. I didn’t buy spare tubes for all the different size tires on the kids bikes when I bought them so I just got the patch kit that I’d put in their dad’s seat bag before I gave him the bike. Cadence (6 years old) helped me take the wheel off her bike and remove the tube. She asked lots of questions. She watched me inflate the tube to find the leak. Watched me patch the hole and re-inflate the tube to see if there were any other leaks and then she helped me inspect the tire for any sharp objects inside or outside the tire. Didn’t find any. We put the tube back in and inflated it and put the wheel back on and she thanked me and rode off to join the rest of the bike gang. She said I should show her dad how to repair a tire. I told her she can tell him how to do it now that She knows how. 1 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 7, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, Longjohn said: the back brake cable came all discombobulated tI sucks when that happens.. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jsharr ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Popular Post Share #3 Posted March 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: I sucks when that happens.. I am glad that he was able to recombobulate it. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 7, 2022 Your grandchildren are very fortunate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share #5 Posted March 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, smudge said: Your grandchildren are very fortunate. I am very fortunate to have such amazing grandkids. Visiting their house and watching the family in action really blesses my heart. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 7, 2022 10 hours ago, jsharrwick said: I am glad that he was able to recombobulate it. indeed, and that can be complicated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 7, 2022 13 hours ago, Longjohn said: her tire was flat What's weird is that in all my childhood riding bikes, I never got a flat tire (nor my sisters). We treated our bikes like crap, and they just kept going. I bet the tubes back then were 5x thicker. Sure, we'd need to add air occasionally, but never replacing tubes or the like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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