Had a flat when I got downstairs to my bike last night. Slow leak of some sort, cuz no holes were visible. Something wrong w/ the valve perhaps? Anyway, threw on my spare tube and got it inflated enough to get to where I needed to go and then on to home.

The ride in this AM was really nice. On the cloudy side, which kept down the heat from the sun, and yesterday's afternoon thunderstorms really dropped the humidity a lot (and the temps some, too). It all made for a comfortable ride to work.

In other good news, I'm getting my first Surly! OK, not a bike - just a fork... I've been wanting to replace the crappy suspension fork on my hybrid for a while now, and a friend (who's a mechanic at an LBS) texted me to tell me he could get me a new Cross Check fork from a friend of his for $40 that would work for my bike. It's w/in about 10 mm of what I calculated I'd need (in terms of suspension-corrected axle to crown) to replace my current fork, so I asked him to get it for me. I hope to be able to pick it up Thursday. Who knows when I'll get it installed - maybe Saturday AM at the co-op. Nonetheless, I'm excited to make the switch to rigid. It'll be nice.