First Ride in a While
Its been a while since Sharkey and I have got out on the bike, but after a big chrissy lunch I knew it had to be soon.
This one turned out a bit more eventful than the trip to Jells Park we planned.
We had organised to meet at Knox, as its on a track that leads to Jells Park and its about 3 ks from each of our houses. I was running a bit late and noticed my tyres were a bit down but not enough to cause harm so I decided to get to Knox then pump the tires there.
Got to Knox in good time, met Sharkey in our usual place and pulled over to pump up the tyres.. Then hisssssssss.
It seems that either riding on the flattish tyres of wear and tare had torn a whole in the valve and so now I had one completely flat front tyre. In my infinate wisdom I didn't bring any cash so we decided to see if I could leave my bike at the bike store then run/ride home get some cash, get a new tube and head off.
But the great staff at Goldcross (?) replaced the tube and let me come back later to pay for it.
So after a 37.68km ride (including the planned trip to Jells Park) I have a new tube for the front and tyre for the back.. and yes I did also purchase a spare to keep on the bike.
bike on.