So last night i'm out on my ride, coming into the "home stretch" so to speak and suddenly get the sensation that my tire is flatted ... "hooray" ... I think ... "my first chance to change a tire on my new bike." So I hope off and carry it over into someones driveway so i'm off the road and immediately i'm swarmed by about 100 mosquitos.

Now I must say a little logic could have prevented what happens next ... had I thought about the area I was riding in I would have thought to bring some repellant with me but I was planning on being done with the ride just before dark when all the mosquitos come out to feed on the cattle but I ran a little behind an consequently ended up stranded in someones driveway at the waining minutes of dusk. Realizing I had no chance of changing the flat right there and knowing I only had baout 2 miles to go I whipped out my co2 cartridge, inflated the tire and tore off. In the 45 seconds that took me I managed to get 67 mosquito bites. And to add insult to injury I rushed myself so much I managed to lose my tire levers so that when I got home to change the tire I found out I got to do it by hand. Changing a kevlar beaded tire with less than 200 miles on it by hand is not a good time. But it was definately a learning experience. Just thought i'd share.