Aha! The WTF ride! I had one on Tuesday evening. I was late getting out the door after 4 pm, sunset at 530, cloudy day, uneven and sand-patch strewn dirt roads. Managed 3.41M northbound before I was stopped at a huge sandpit where a gully washer or arroyo buster had flooded the (now merely damp) streambed with drifts of sand that even the City's backhoe had not fully cleared. Detoured a bit, got a fast flat on the rear. Stopped, took out my usually very adequate Lezyne Alloy Drive and pumped frantically to keep up with the leak, sealant spewing from the hole. Got it to ~30 psi, frantically tried to remove the thread-on hose, which bound (binded), leaving all the air to leak out from the puncture. Pumped again, managed to get hose off before the pressure dropped too much, spun the wheel rapidly, hearing the "hiss--hiss-hiss" of the leaking hole getting fainter as the pressure dropped. Repeated this 3 more times; then changed the tube.
By that time it was almost 5 pm and time to head home. New rear tube had slight leaks, requiring me to stop three times on the brief return to pump (the Stan's finally did its thing). Total of 6.91 miles in 54:22 for a new record. But better than no ride, and the tires seem to be holding air now. On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Don Compton <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you ever have a ride that started so screwed up that you're wondering > wtf I am doing here. Well, my wife and I went on our club ride, but the > start location's gate was closed. OK no big deal, we'll just drive to the > next parking lot and meet everybody. No dice. Next we park at another lot > in town and meet one of our riding buddies and we're good to go. The rest > of the club parks in another lot. Its getting late and our friend rides to > the other lot to join the main group. Well, shit happens. My wife's front > wheel is flat. WTF! I fix the flat and we ride and find that our group has > left us behind. > Anyway, it all came to a good ending. We caught up with the club and they > thought that we had left early and all was well. The real story is that > with all the B.S., the ride in the Ione, ca. was spectacular and coming > home on a gradual, rolling downhill, in 60 degree weather with little or > no wind makes you forget any of the early crap in a ride.We all ended the > ride with giant smiles. Another good ride on the Roadeo. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
