My sweetie and I took a walk through Great Meadows Wildlife sanctuary this morning and the plan was that afterwards I would go for a ride. So I did.

I rode the PFN10 because it was all ready to go after its commute duty this week. And, um, it's a sweet bike too.



Unfortunately that tire, a sew-up, hanging under the saddle doesn't hold air. It started the ride on the front wheel. I had decided to ride through downtown Waltham as a direct route to some nice roads in Lincoln and Concord. About a mile and a half from home that tire went Pfft...fft...fft...fft... Dang. A tiny hole right in the middle of the thread. Fortunately I carry two spares. Did a quick swap, rode on. Unfortunately too the spare didn't stick to the rim as uniformly as one might wish so it went clickity-click, clickity-click, clickity-click for the rest of the ride. Between the noise and the heat (mid-80's) and my fatigue from yesterday I didn't push the distance as far as I wanted. I ended up with only 23.9 miles. Not bad, but I was tired.

I seem to have lost some of my youth. If any of you find it on the side of the road anywhere, please send it back to me. Or post it in the For Sale Or Trade thread.