Can't believe it, another flat tyre! Set off from work on Friday with an hours worth of day light left so I decided to go the long way home....Mmmmmmm....bad choice! Half way home, coming down a steep hill, suddenly the back end went. Luckily managed to break and stop on the bike but only just! WHAT ABOUT MY NEW INVESTMENT IN SLIME FILLED INNER TUBES I ASKED MYSELF....USELESS!!
Still some day light so I whipped off the flat and got out my spare tube....Arghh!....even the un-opened, slime filled, new tube had sprung a leak, gunge everywhere....how did that happen?....what a waste of time.
Next thing was to try the puncture repair kit....no good....could not dry off the slime enough to make the patch stick. it was now dark and I am on a lane with no street lights, in fact the nearest house was a mile away, so only one thing for it....ring Jackie to fetch me....HELP!
Everything sorted on Saturday, bought a new tyre that is supposed to be puncture resistant....well that was what the salesman told me! Also bought my first set of replacement break pads....worn the other ones down breaking on the hill when my tyre burst!
To try out the new tyre and breaks, I biked to Forest Pines and back. 25 miles and averaged just under 14 mph. New milestone reached, now clocked up a total of 1500 miles on the bike.
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