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i couldn't get to sleep last night after getting the news that we'd be moving to pratt in july, so i woke up a little later than usual and didn't get on the road until just after 5:30 this morning. i rode out to the conway springs road, turned around and headed back.
everything was going along great when, all of a sudden, i hear this pffft and then a series fo pfffts in a rhythmic pattern that matched the rotation of my front tire. blowout! grrrrr! i was close enough to home that i decided to limp in rather than change a tire in the dark.
i pulled my bike into the garage, popped the quick release and took a look. there was a hole clear through the tire itself, so i had to throw out the tire, patch the tube and put on a spare tire i had laying around so that i could ride again after breakfast.
the six miles after breakfast were much more uneventful, but i don't trust the spare i put on for very many miles. i need to get something ordered or call my bike shop friend in great bend and have him bring something with him on monday. i don't want to do a century on a questionable ring. (20.45 miles @ 14.5mph)
1 comment:
Don't throw out the tire ...put some super glue in the hole and use it as a backup
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