By land, by sea, and by flats

Was looking forward to a 90 mile trip up to Nyack and back yesterday but it got cancelled due to rain (do people not ride when it rains??). Tried to find another group ride going through Brooklyn but they weren't there so I decided to go on a Manhattan loop to salvage the day. I *just* put on 1.95 Armadillos the night before and was anxious to give them a good christianing .

I'm past Fort Tryon and helped someone with a flat tire - had a tack through it. Made a comment about how I just got those tires, tired of getting flats, yadda yadda yadda. I hit the 80's on the West side and ran into the Downtown Boathouse which sponsers free kayaking. I chat with them and they convince me to go for a spin. I paddled around for about a half and hour, completely splashing off all the mud from my ride. Best break ever!

Chatted with the volunteers more, one mentioned how many flats he used to get, I told him about the new tires, yadda, yadda yadda. I jump on to go and my front tire is flat!!! Quick observation shows the same type of nail I helped the other person with firmly embedded in my puncture resistant tires. Sigh... So, an excuse to sit for a few minutes and patch up the tube. I was also glad that I swapped my slime tube with a regular one the night before so I could patch it!

Got finished with the ride, spent about an hour and a half cleaning the bike (regreased the cables that I just put on this week, cleaned the rear rim, chain (new), freewheel (new), and wiped down the frame.

Then I went out with Times-Up for their murder mystery tour of lower Manhattan at night - saw a lot of spots I didn't know existed. Ride ended around midnight, went over to my friend's party by 2 and got home at 6 this morning.

All in all - good day!