Originally Posted by HardyWeinberg
Ice all the way home. I rode the whole way but for one little ramp from street to MUP that entailed a 120ish degree turn. I could see the tracks actually of other bikes trying it and hitting the fence that kept them from rolling onto the interstate below. My feet were sliding from under me as I walked down it, I kind of had to bodysurf while holding the bike.
I skipped the MUP. Way too icy.
I switched out my tube at work and had just screwed the valve shut when it broke off in my hand. Thankfully I had already pumped up the tire as much as I was going to with my crappy little hand pump so I decided to take my chances. Fortunately it got me home, but now I'm unable to get any more air into it. Sometime tonight I get to stick a pin in my tire on purpose so I can change out the tube for one I can actually get air into.
The funny aspect of all of this is the tube I used was one I found on the way home from work a few months ago. It was just lying there in the road with a tire lever rubber banded to it. So... whoever you are... thanks for getting me home.