My bike actually came originally with what I suspect to be a bad run of tubes. Both original tubes popped spontaneously (and loudly!) with the bike just sitting, within a few weeks of each other. Both of them failed right at the base of the valve stem. First time I had the wheels off in the garage and one popped with it just sitting there. Second time happened with my bike sitting near my desk in the office. That definitely caused a lot of head turning and running to see what happened haha.

So this morning I FINALLY got a ride in to work, first commute in 2 weeks, due to my bike being down all last week waiting on a new BB. My other bike I really just do not care to ride the 31 miles round trip, so I drove all last week. Low 60's and light wind this morning, and finally it's light out when I leave the house. Makes for a much nicer ride.