Last night at the office I was ready to get on my bike and ride home, and I realized that I had a flat tire. Fortunately I had a spare tube handy, and an extra floor pump next to my desk. It took longer than it should have - I could have sworn that I had spare tubes in my desk drawer, but I looked all over and couldn't find them. I did have a spare (or two, actually) in my pannier. I will patch it this weekend sometime so it is ready to go again...

I found a small hole in the tire - I guess I must have hit a nail or some such somewhere along the way.

By the time I got home, it was getting dark out. In the old days, that could have been a real problem, but last fall I bought lights, so it was no problem at all. My fiancee left the garage door open for me, so I rolled right in .