Well, it is about time (my luck has run out)

Michael Halliwell said:

Well, I knew it was only a matter of time before I found some way to
get a pinch flat during my little jaunts around town. I've been
lucky in riding and not managed to get one on the trail...in spite of
all the single track, multi-use trails and so forth, it was a bloody
freakin' curb that got me.

Never fails, you come around a bit of a bend in a segment of blacktop
aiming for the next segment of gravel trail and you're not going fast
enough to single-hop the curb at the exit...and wham, rear tire meets
curb and you know right from the feeling of the hit that the tube is
toast...

At least I didn't do something really stupid, like doing a face plant
off of the bounce (that woulda hurt...I'd have been pulling gravel
chips outta my teeth for a week)...but sheesh, talk about feeling
stoopid! Nice slice job though!

Ah well, I'm gonna put my flames out with a little liquid refreshment
and maybe I'll get the embarrassed flush off my face before I head out
tomorrow. On the plus side, at least I got the tube changed and
completed my circuit before the weather got nasty.

Cheers,

Psycho Mike

Check that your rim isn't flatspotted, too.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Phil said:

Michael Halliwell said:

Well, I knew it was only a matter of time before I found some way to
get a pinch flat during my little jaunts around town. I've been
lucky in riding and not managed to get one on the trail...in spite of
all the single track, multi-use trails and so forth, it was a bloody
freakin' curb that got me.

Never fails, you come around a bit of a bend in a segment of blacktop
aiming for the next segment of gravel trail and you're not going fast
enough to single-hop the curb at the exit...and wham, rear tire meets
curb and you know right from the feeling of the hit that the tube is
toast...

At least I didn't do something really stupid, like doing a face plant
off of the bounce (that woulda hurt...I'd have been pulling gravel
chips outta my teeth for a week)...but sheesh, talk about feeling
stoopid! Nice slice job though!

Ah well, I'm gonna put my flames out with a little liquid refreshment
and maybe I'll get the embarrassed flush off my face before I head out
tomorrow. On the plus side, at least I got the tube changed and
completed my circuit before the weather got nasty.

Cheers,

Psycho Mike

Check that your rim isn't flatspotted, too.

Yeah, once I pulled all the rubber off, that's one of the first things I
checked in the light I had remaining. I looks fine and surprisingly the
wheel still spins true too. I'm not overly fond of the way the tire is
sitting....I think I have a bead not quite right...I'll pull it apart in
the morning to give it a once over in some better light and get
everything back kosher.

Enjoy the laff...I know I will when I'm a little less red in the face
because of it.

Psycho Mike