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12-19-09 | 08:08 AM

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duckbill

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Originally Posted by JoeyBike

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Got to physical therapy AND the barber AND to work this morning without getting rained on. Wettest December on record. Rained all the rest of the day and into the night steady. Biked home in the rain. Caught a screw in the back tire. Thankfully, we were past The Hood. Also thankfully, my bud was on the same schedule as me and we ride the first 3 miles together. Had to walk the bike about 10 minutes to NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art) for a dry place to work. We teamed up on my flat and got all fixed up in a jiffy. You can see the m0f0 deck screw in the picture.

The cold rain made the park (and museum area) deserted - so little chance of thugs and dudes cruising for tricks bugging us.

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Originally Posted by jputnam

First flat tire while commuting in nearly two years this morning, clear glass hidden by a puddle. (Clear glass beer bottles should be outlawed I tell you! :-)

Flatting in the wet seems to be a common problem. I too have punctured under similar circumstances. It is amazing of how much debris we avoid under sunny skies especially glass reflecting in the sunlight, which also seems to be absent this time of year.
Joey, I find it hard to imagine that the neighborhood of your unfortunate delay is such a hazard with unsavory people, which requires your friend to keep watch. I find it hard to imagine because in my city the worst that might happen is some old timer trying to show you his way of changing a tube.