Well that sucked, and it only got worse as I got closer to work. I feel like an idiot.

I decided to set out this morning on my big heavy, upright disc-brake'd Dutch-style bike, just to change it up. Only I had headwinds gusting above 20 MPH the whole way. Needless to say it was SUPER slow going, really hard. Normally even on the slowest days it takes me 1:25 to get to work. Today at 1:40 I was still a mile out.

Well I decided this morning to cut through a neighborhood near the office instead of going my usual way. Approaching the neighborhood is a wide, paved shoulder (new pavement) on the left side. Like a dumb@$$ I decided to ride that shoulder. Then partway through the neighborhood I thought "hmm feels like the ride is a little bouncy under me". Checked the rear tire, very low on air. Crap. Rode a little farther. Completely flat. DAMMIT! Then I realized I forgot to bring everything to fix a flat. No pump, no patches, no tube, no CO2, no nothing.

So I walked it nearly 1 mile to the office. Left the house at 5:55 AM, got to the office at 7:57. I wasn't too sweaty so I just wiped off in the bathroom and changed real quick.

Now I'm not sure what I will do about the tire. There are no bike shops in town. I'll have to try to take a company car over to Walmart to see if they have any 26" tubes with Presta valves. I've seen some 700c tubes with Presta but I'm not sure about 26". If not I'll have to look for some patches. And I guess I'll have to buy another pump most likely. And if none of those work I'll have to call my wife to get me. Again. Just like last Friday. She will not be happy.

Sucks. I've been looking forward to the ride home this afternoon with a huge tail wind. I hope I can get this thing fixed.