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BTwin puncture repair kit - contents Mark Cavendish helps out London cyclist - by fixing puncture
Former road world champion Mark Cavendish has a couple of new fans in north east London today - after coming to the help of a cyclist who had punctured and fixing it for her.
The Dimension Data rider, fresh from winning last week's Tour of Qatar, performed the impromptu service at Tottenham Hale, according to a tweet this lunchtime by Zahrfa Damji.
Wow. Spotted @MarkCavendish helping a young female cyclist with a puncture in Tottenham Hale. What a lovely man! pic.twitter.com/6dvmodFfmE
— Zahra Damji (@zahradamji) February 14, 2016
The cyclist, Fran Cutts, who is training for a John O'Groats to Land's End ride for Sport Relief later this month, described Cavendish as "an absolute hero."
@zahradamji @MarkCavendish He's an absolute hero, was struggling with cold hands to get the tyre back on. Even offered me a lift, thank you!
— Fran Cutts (@FrancescaCutts) February 14, 2016
She admitted, though, that she hadn't realised at the time that it was Cavendish, whom she said was "just driving past with his wife and jumped out to the rescue!"
His wife, Peta, also joined in the conversation on Twitter.
You were doing better than I could have dreamed of... If have to have abandoned the bike. X https://t.co/NEJyhyRyse
— Peta Cavendish (@petatodd) February 14, 2016
The couple were only reunited this weekend after Cavendish spent five weeks away on the road, and she added:
Well my Valentine's Day is just swell so far...& my husband even fitted in a good deed for a damsel in distress!
— Peta Cavendish (@petatodd) February 14, 2016
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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But back to the "minus" side----it could be your ex-wife. Ba-boom!
Just to revive this: Cav was in a car, she was on a bike... but forget the Gender Gap issues, is there a "Genre Gap"? i.e How many MTB riders / dog walkers / pedestrians/horse riders passing by have offered to help when you've been mending a puncture by the road / cyclepath on your road bike?
My experience is road cyclists / pedestrians / dogwalkers / horse riders (around here, anyway) never offer to help or even acknowledge you, but MTBers generally will, especially out on trails etc.
Perhaps because (and I don't use it, so I'm guessing) Strava does not allow you to add a note saying something about "Average speed affected by a good deed on the road?"
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