3 flat tires in a row??

"Roger Zoul" wrote: Well, at least he had enough sense not to charge $16!
And I'd have enough
sense not to hire him again a few miles down the road.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why would he rush down the road and scatter new tacks? If you're on a
centrury, he knows there are lots more bikes coming, and he gets to use the
same handful of tacks over and over. You're probably not the first sucker
(strike that) willing customer he's had in the last few hours.

"Leo Lichtman" wrote


"Roger Zoul" wrote: Well, at least he had enough sense not to charge
$16! And I'd have enough
sense not to hire him again a few miles down the road.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why would he rush down the road and scatter new tacks? If you're on a
centrury, he knows there are lots more bikes coming, and he gets to use
the same handful of tacks over and over. You're probably not the first
sucker (strike that) willing customer he's had in the last few hours.

I forgot to mention that I'm usually bringing up the rear!

At least in the hills.

"Roger Zoul" wrote: I forgot to mention that I'm usually bringing up the
rear! (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Part of that may be because a kid fixing your flat for $5 is probably slower
than you.

On Apr 16, 1:42 pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:
"TBerk" (clip) The most I ever had was two in one day (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think two friends of mine may have set the world's record in that regard.
One of the rode on the shoulder and went through a patch of puncture vines,
betting possibly 50 or more leaks in each tire, all at once. The other
fellow said, "where did you do that?" and went over to check it out. A
minute later he had 50 or 60 thorns in each of his tires. The job fell to
me to ride back and get the car. It kind of ruined our day.

While on one of those cross country by bus w/ Dad because he doesn't
ride airplanes to visit relatives along the way type trips I had a
chance to ride my cousin's ten speed in the local neighborhood near
Denver, CO.

I swear I left a trail of bread crumbs to find my way back but riding
though the park came up with two flat tires. (The kid in from out of
town don't know to avoid riding the paths with the thorns),

Top it all off I stopped by the police station, didn't get any help (I
was lost) and looked at a map on the wall to get back to base camp.

I walked that damn bike for over two hours looking for the landmarks I
had seen on the way out, some Green Slime in the tires would have been
a great thing in Thorn Country.

TBerk

wrote:
catzz66 wrote:
wrote:

Also carry money or plastic.

Not a bad idea. I always carry my cell phone but not much else.

Also a very good idea, which I adhere to. But here in the wild West
you can't always get coverage, so I still carry all that other stuff, plus
a bus token.

I really should do that (carry a bus token of some variety). I carry a
cell phone and have enough tools to fix almost anything short of a
broken frame/crank/stem, but I still have had to resort to Shanks mare
before. Thankfully always close to home or my work.

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Dijkstra probably hates me
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