or....merging car + pot hole + no tube = jog home pushing bike.
decided to do a quick spin after work before dinner, figured i'd be out for 30-45 min just to see how the bike felt. about 15 minutes into it, i'm flying down the road at a good clip when a car pulls out (actually, it was a large SUV), and i'm faced w/ a large pothole in front of me...it's the kind where the road epidermis has been ripped off, like a 10 sq ft layer missing. didn't think to unweight the rear tire in time, and i hear instant HISSSSSS....cool! no pump, no tube, no phone! i go to some guy's house, call my wife on both land and mobile, and get no answer. leave a message and start my running portion of tonight's exercise.
hint: running in mtb shoes sucks. i run probably 30 min before the wife swings by, about a half mile from home.
note to self: get some spare tubes.
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decided to do a quick spin after work before dinner, figured i'd be out for 30-45 min just to see how the bike felt. about 15 minutes into it, i'm flying down the road at a good clip when a car pulls out (actually, it was a large SUV), and i'm faced w/ a large pothole in front of me...it's the kind where the road epidermis has been ripped off, like a 10 sq ft layer missing. didn't think to unweight the rear tire in time, and i hear instant HISSSSSS....cool! no pump, no tube, no phone! i go to some guy's house, call my wife on both land and mobile, and get no answer. leave a message and start my running portion of tonight's exercise.
hint: running in mtb shoes sucks. i run probably 30 min before the wife swings by, about a half mile from home.
note to self: get some spare tubes.
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: One mile walk to my inlaws house in road shoes. 
