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OPINION
Can't say I wasn't warned
Fri, Jan 30, 2009 22:44
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Last couple of long rides I got a punctures. After the last one I noticed a few small nicks in the tyre so bought a replacement. Its the rear so a bit of a faff to change so thought I would manage onemore ride.
Aimed to do 2+ hours this evening after work so made effort to get away on time. Just turning into the dark stretch with 10k and a few hills to go I felt something on rear wheel and tyre went down.
25 minutes messing about in the darkchanging torch batteries, dropping end of torch, little springy bit on QR, realising I had no spare tube, two goes at blocking hole, and hands getting colder. Eventually all sorted and when taking pump off the valveI broke of the top of the valve! Cue 10k walk home in the cold in cleats.
And it could so easily have been avoided....
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- mctrials23 1 sec ago
The drivers are also licensed so they obviously behave themselves as well.
- Rendel Harris 28 min 17 sec ago
A few years back I had a police officer stop me (they were looking for a recently stolen bike and I had one from the same manufacturer, although...
- chrisonabike 28 min 43 sec ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- wtjs 35 min 11 sec ago
YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE! WHAT FOR?!...
- mdavidford 1 hour 6 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 1 hour 31 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
- mdavidford 1 hour 39 min ago
Don't know what you mean. I thought my suggestion was entirely practical.
- mdavidford 1 hour 41 min ago
...and a square of faux sheepskin for the back of your saddle.
- Rapha Nadal 2 hours 13 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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Well at least it wasn't raining…
Was it?
raining. SO it could have been worse.
it could have been today