I can and have to live with a flat tire, now and again. Stupidity, not so much...

With four days left in Jamaica, this year, I sprung a slow leak, requiring pumping up every second day. I had no spare inner tubes(this is part of the stupid) and was forced to patch my damaged inner tube.

Pulled the tire and inner tube. Checked for leaks in the tube, finding only one. Checked the entire assembly for possible caused and noticed that my plastic rim liner(a used one that I installed, thanks to being cheap and, once again, stupid).

Well, that tire liner had hardened and cracked in many places, and many of those places did further damage to the inner tube, when I put the bike back on the road. Had to carry the Bianchi about seven kilometers, in Jamaica's April sunshine, to get home. Pooey-stinko!

But really glad I found it this year, so that I can fix the problem when I go back to the islands next October.