First of all...thanks are in order for our dear friend Alejandro! He saved the day on Tuesday when I got a flat tire about 5 miles out from the apartment. Andrea came into town to do a 30 miler on Tuesday. So we left about 8AM and rode through town then got out to Highway 47. Highway 47 is about 6 miles long and connects University to Highway 21. So once we got to 21 we turned back. The wind on the way back in was horrible. It was a real struggle, but good practice. Once we got back into town we started riding through the agriculture area of campus and that's when it happened. Pesssssssss. I look down. Yup I'm losing air fast. So we pull over on F&B Road and take a look. We have everything to fix a flat except a fresh tube (lesson learned!). So, we pumped it up as much as we could then rode for another mile maybe and got a little closer to campus. At that point I was almost on rims so we gave it up and called Alejandro. Within 5 minutes he was there with a bike rack to get us back to the apartment. So, the 30 miler ended about 5 miles early, but we still got a solid ride in! And surprisingly I'm not sore from it. I must be getting a little better at this cycling stuff.Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Lesson number one: always bring an extra tube!
First of all...thanks are in order for our dear friend Alejandro! He saved the day on Tuesday when I got a flat tire about 5 miles out from the apartment. Andrea came into town to do a 30 miler on Tuesday. So we left about 8AM and rode through town then got out to Highway 47. Highway 47 is about 6 miles long and connects University to Highway 21. So once we got to 21 we turned back. The wind on the way back in was horrible. It was a real struggle, but good practice. Once we got back into town we started riding through the agriculture area of campus and that's when it happened. Pesssssssss. I look down. Yup I'm losing air fast. So we pull over on F&B Road and take a look. We have everything to fix a flat except a fresh tube (lesson learned!). So, we pumped it up as much as we could then rode for another mile maybe and got a little closer to campus. At that point I was almost on rims so we gave it up and called Alejandro. Within 5 minutes he was there with a bike rack to get us back to the apartment. So, the 30 miler ended about 5 miles early, but we still got a solid ride in! And surprisingly I'm not sore from it. I must be getting a little better at this cycling stuff.
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