Yesterday's ride home really sucked. After leaving work about 45 minutes late, crossing the 14th st. bridge on my way out of DC, the metal shard in my rr. tire (which I picked up in the morning and decided to leave it in and risk the ride home) decided to puncture my tube. I had to walk the rest of the way across and patch my tube on the VA side. I had noticed a serious wobbling in the tire too but thought that would dissappear after removing the metal. As it turns out my sidewall blew out and the bead separated from the rim for about 4 inches. I stopped again near the airport, deflated the tube a little and tried to tuck the tire back in to no avail. I decided to just re-inflate and try to limp home but my pump refused to work. I ended up riding home on about 20 psi and a wobbly rear wheel, I could only safely do 9-10 mph. My 35 minute commute turned into about an hour and a half. I went out last night and picked up a Continental Town and County urban slick (compared to my Korba Kenda semi-slicks) and absolutely flew in this morning. I'm going to change the front one over tonight. Worst part was that I was trying to get home before 5 so I could pick up a delivery of new bike parts from Pricepoing. I made it to my rental office at 5 of 5-just in time to get my new; seatpost, road bars/tape, Ultrega cranks and bb-sweet.