Bicycle Diaries
30 years riding, 15 years writing
Blew up the rear tire
To avoid flats, I keep the bike’s tires properly inflated.
Before going out for today’s ride, I pumped air into the tires. After pulling off the Silca pump’s presta adapter off the rear tire’s valve, I started to hear air leaking.
Placed the bike up on the Park stand and took off the rear tire. When I took out the inner tube, I noticed that the presta valve had separated from the rubber tube.
Looked in the spare bike parts cabinet and came upon an inner tube that I had kept around from when I bought new MTB tires and inner tubes three years ago.
Put the old inner tube in and went out for a ride. Reminder to self, need to buy spare inner tubes.
MTB: distance 20.11 miles, average speed 14.1 mph.
Charlotte, NC
Spent 10 years in Charlotte, a block away from an entrance to the McAlpine Creek Greenway.
Switched to a mountain bike from the road bikes I was accustomed to riding for 15 years.
The time spent on these trails was most appreciated.
Trek Fuel 70
