Was out the door at 7:15 and it was about 34F and my hands were frozen about 2mi later, wearing light gloves with poly liners. (When I got home again, I found my wool liners to go over my poly liners.) On my commute home, tho, my rear wheel locked up, I couldn't pedal, and I skidded across a freeway offramp merge but didn't spill. I looked at my rear wheel and the rear fender was two inches bent to the left. I rolled it back and found a HUGE nail all the way thru both sides of the tire. It had hit the brake post and seized. When I went to pull it out, the tire still had at least 50psi of pressure and it wasn't hissing.

I had just flipped the bike onto the handlebars to change the tube, when my neighbor pulls up in his car and offers me a ride. I'm not too proud. That was mighty nice of him, it saved a lot of time. Good thing I have a second bike so I don't have to rush to fix that tire tonight.

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