Know that old fella has blown the beans(and trust me, he can) I must lay claim to being the all time fastest flat tyre fixer ever.
We camped at the famous Lions Den on the Bloomfield track on our way south from Cooktown. An inconsiderate party of (for want of a better word) ‘louts’ set up camp nearby and without any concern for others played loud music and yelled till after 4 in the morning. By this time I gave up the notion of getting any sleep, (45 minutes all night) so we packed up and left at 6am but not before riding through said louts camp site, revving our engines and yelling at them to wake up and kicking their swags as we rode through.
Now, being a firm believer in discression being the better part of valour(read yellow streak,2 of us, too many of them) we bolted on down the Bloomfield. With one eye on the mirror we had made 30 k when going around a corner my back wheel jammed against the swing arm. Even old fella would have been impressed with the way I slid around said corner.
A piece of wire bought a rapid holt to our getaway, I considered throwing the bike over the embankment and running for it , but when I looked down the road there was no trail of dust. Figuring we were a bit ahead of them if they were pursing us I practically threw a new tube in and took off to resume our escape. So yes, I can fix flats damn fast!
DennisJM.
