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

[Michael Halliwell]

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

 

[Phil, Squid-in-Training]

Michael Halliwell wrote:
> 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

 

[Michael Halliwell]

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> Michael Halliwell wrote:
>
>>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