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Mikefule
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Couple of weeks ago, out on the new fixed wheel bicycle, about 5 or 6
miles from home, tonking around the big rowing lake at the Water Sports
Centre and psssst! Guess what? A puncture. I'd gone out ill prepared
- no repair kit, no money, no pump, no mobile, so I had a long walk to
my Dad's house, listened to his bowls stories for a bit and cadged a
lift home.
Last Saturday, out on the fixie again, this time with pump and patches.
The weather was nice, and I rode further than expected, taking the
fixed wheel 700c x 23 mm road bike along the river bank. The really
bad decision was the short cut along the unmade farm track, and Psssst!
Guess what? A puncture.
The new patches I'd bought are cr*p. By the time I realised the repair
hadn't worked, psssst! Guess what? I noticed the other tyre was flat
too. Two punctures! No wallet, no money, and 20 miles from home.
Fortunately I had my mobile, and the third person I rang was able to
rescue me.
Out today on the Bacon Slicer: the 700c x 23 mm uni. 7.5 miles, 50
minutes, no dismounts, and a dog runs across in front of me and I have
to step off. Swearing, I step straight back on and I carry on until 1
hour 55 minutes and about 17 miles covered. I pull up next to my car.
I change my shirt, then pick up the uni... psssst! Guess what? I must
have punctured it in the last few metres of the ride.
I recognise this is a poor advertisement for the merits of 700c X 23mm
tyres for cross country use...
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Mikefule
I once had a bad experience with a bigot. Now I hate them all - even
the ones I haven't met.
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miles from home, tonking around the big rowing lake at the Water Sports
Centre and psssst! Guess what? A puncture. I'd gone out ill prepared
- no repair kit, no money, no pump, no mobile, so I had a long walk to
my Dad's house, listened to his bowls stories for a bit and cadged a
lift home.
Last Saturday, out on the fixie again, this time with pump and patches.
The weather was nice, and I rode further than expected, taking the
fixed wheel 700c x 23 mm road bike along the river bank. The really
bad decision was the short cut along the unmade farm track, and Psssst!
Guess what? A puncture.
The new patches I'd bought are cr*p. By the time I realised the repair
hadn't worked, psssst! Guess what? I noticed the other tyre was flat
too. Two punctures! No wallet, no money, and 20 miles from home.
Fortunately I had my mobile, and the third person I rang was able to
rescue me.
Out today on the Bacon Slicer: the 700c x 23 mm uni. 7.5 miles, 50
minutes, no dismounts, and a dog runs across in front of me and I have
to step off. Swearing, I step straight back on and I carry on until 1
hour 55 minutes and about 17 miles covered. I pull up next to my car.
I change my shirt, then pick up the uni... psssst! Guess what? I must
have punctured it in the last few metres of the ride.
I recognise this is a poor advertisement for the merits of 700c X 23mm
tyres for cross country use...
--
Mikefule
I once had a bad experience with a bigot. Now I hate them all - even
the ones I haven't met.
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