Constant drizzle this morning, with intermittent rain to make things interesting, couldn't see the road surface very well in the dark, and hit a pothole. I see that pothole every day, and I usually steer clear of it, but I forgot about it today. Pinch flat. Walked a short way to change the tube under the I-95 overpass, but the new tube failed at the valve. Walked a half mile to a street light bright enough to patch the old tube, but even with the better light my first patch missed both holes. Not a total loss, though: the first patch gave me an excellent reference point and I was able to get the next two patches right where they belonged. Vulcanizing cement works in the rain! But it's really hard to wait long enough for it to dry. Pumped up and rode off, got to the station only about an hour late. Cold, wet, with dirty hands, but it felt like a victory that I'd resisted the temptation to go home and go back to bed.
Your day sounds a bit like Tuesday last week for me. Went to GWB south sidewalk but it was closed. Went to Weehawken ferry (my usual alternate route) and got a flat on the way there. Felt a hop in the back tire and thought it was tire casing but now think it was the tube. Got into Manhattan from the ferry and got another flat going uptown. Changed that, went to work. On way home from work went to GWB but sidewalk was still closed. Saw a guy with a recumbant and fairing that called the bridge authority and they claimed that they would open the sidewalk. Waited with him for about an hour but they never came. So I took the bus in uptown port authority across the bridge (good in a pinch and only $1.8X for 1 zone). Got off the bus and finished the rest of my commute with a pinch flat at a traintrack at the end. Yeeay. At least I made it to the friggin car.
