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Old 10-27-10 | 06:13 PM
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Chalupa102
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From: Monson, MA

Bikes: Catrike Trail Recumbent trike

A few issues on the ride home and ended up getting a ride the rest of the way home. 66F and rain with winds from the S @ 10mph. Going up the North Branch Pkwy, I accidently hit my cadence cyclocomputer and it came out of the bracket. I saw it bounce down the road in my mirror. I did a u-turn when it was clear and stopped to rescue it. Unfortunately it was too late and now it's toast. Also, I was turning left at a light and had to really fight it taking the turn. I looked down at my right tire and it was completely flat. I pulled to the right up a road to a housing complex to repair it. I pulled out the damaged tube and grabbed the spare, which an older tube. I pumped it up to see if it would hold air, but unfortunately it also had a hole. I had a bad feeling it might have had one and was going to repair it before I needed it, but my time ran out. I attempted to patch up the damaged tube, but the rain didn't help. I had called my friends just telling them the situation and that I might need a ride. They assumed worst case and showed up while I was pumping up the tire after putting the patched tube in. As we were loading it into her mom's truck, I heard a hissing sound from my failed patch job. Now I have a few tubes to properly patch and get a new cyclocomputer. I should have made sure that spare was all set weeks ago. That's one mistake I'll never make again.

This is the broke cyclocomputer and the nail that caused the flat:
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