Well not quite. One thing I love about commuting and cycling is its never dull, nobody who drives a car in or gets the train ever has as much fun as I do getting, (or not sometimes), to work.

I recently bought a pair of Ultra Gator Skins to put on my new Salsa la Cruz, and after I gained some confidence with the huge wheels I thought its time to take off the stock Cross tires, (training tires I called them), and switch to the skinny gatorskins.

Anyhow on my first ride in I was delighted by the increase in speed and impressed with the sharp looks of these beasties, but being a mountain bike man from way back, I was still scared to really jack the psi up, (I have never inflated a bike tire up to 100 psi before). The next day I thought what the hell time to really go for it and pumped the front up to around 115psi and the back one a litttttle more, (hitting 120psi). Then removing the nozzle of the pump I noticed the core of the presta valve had simply vanished, scratching my head I peered closer, and just as the thought, "well I've not seen that happen before I wonder where it went?" crossed my mind..... my face inches from the valve.... BANG!!!

The tube had exploded! Almost blowing my beanie off and forcing 3 cats all to try and exit via one cat flap at lightspeed

Took me awhile to figure it out, then I realised that I had forgotten to swap over the inner tube, and was still running the stock 28x5/81 1/4 tube that came with the bike! Lower PSI I guess

Cue me: frantically getting out of my superhero bike clothes into the jeans and t-shirt of my mild mannered alter-ego Train Commuter Man and running down to catch the train with seconds to spare...

I must admit I had a grin on my face for most of the morning despite missing my bike commute in