Originally Posted by
fizztpok
First post here; been a lurker since I started bike commuting a month ago.
Had a flat last night and a repeat offender this morning. The spare tube I had this morning had a broken valve stem, too. Suck. Guess I'll get my friend to take me to the bike shop at lunch for some more tubes.
Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your flat, flats suck i know i've had more than my share. There's allot of threads about all things relating to flats if you need any more info on fixing them (sounds like there's something in your tire).
My morning commute was pretty uneventful except that i rode through 2 big temperature "drops". It was like riding into a pocket of cold air, i'm going to guess 3C colder and sudden too. In the winter i'm kinda used to the temperature gradually dropping as much as 10C on my route but these pockets were very suddenly cold and then suddenly warm(er) again.