Originally Posted by mjw16

I was largely dry and making great time until the 14th Street Bridge then, whamo! another freakin' flat. I limped along on a slowly deflating rr wheel until I got to the parking deck opposite Phillip's on the waterfront. There I stood, in the dark, dirty parking garage, wet and standing amidst bum piss cursing and slowly changing my tube in disbelief (I've had more flats since April than the entire 8 year period preceding that, combined). I put everything away and emerged from the parking deck to a deluge. Fortunately I only had about 1/2 a mile to go but, I was nearly completely soaked in that short time. If