Mind you, I had taken notice of the fact that I hadn't flatted yet this year in over 1400 miles of cycling. Although I'm not superstitious, I didn't dare utter this fact out loud to anyone, not even myself, knowing that I was cheating fate and not wishing to draw undue attention to my good fortune.

Well apparently one of the cycling Gods noticed - June 1, 2002 - 3 flats in one day