Darned Flats !!!
08-10-08 | 04:40 PM
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aka Phil Jungels
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: North Aurora, IL
Bikes: 08 Specialized Crosstrail Sport, 05 Sirrus Comp
Darned Flats !!!
I was just thinking this morning! During my daily ride, I was thinking that it has been more than 48 hours since my last flat. 
(Mind you, I never spoke it - at all!)
42 miles this morning, and then I parked it in the garage. Time for a cup af tea, a toasted peanut butter english muffin, and a shower.
We then proceeded to go feed my 91 year old mother, and my 91 year old mother in law. We decided to treat them both to some of our fresh panfish filets. Boy, were they good!
When we got home, there sat my bike with a flat rear.
My wife just rolled her eyes, and went inside.
A little tiny sliver of glass.
On the plus side, it sure was nicer repairing it in the garage, then where I usually have to do it.
(Mind you, I never spoke it - at all!)42 miles this morning, and then I parked it in the garage. Time for a cup af tea, a toasted peanut butter english muffin, and a shower.
We then proceeded to go feed my 91 year old mother, and my 91 year old mother in law. We decided to treat them both to some of our fresh panfish filets. Boy, were they good!
When we got home, there sat my bike with a flat rear.
My wife just rolled her eyes, and went inside. A little tiny sliver of glass.
On the plus side, it sure was nicer repairing it in the garage, then where I usually have to do it.
08-10-08 | 11:13 PM
#4
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From: Rochester, MN
Bikes: 91 Specialized Sirrus, 96 Gary Fischer, 08 Specialized Roubaix Elite, 2010 Specialized Tricross Sport
On a club ride last week one of our riders has a flat so 4 of us, who are riding together, stop to help and wait. He gets it fixed and we all start to get back on our bikes. Just as one rider starts to walk up to her bike it starts the losing air sound and goes flat. No one was even near it and it had been sitting untouched for 10 minutes.
Darn flats! Go figure!
Darn flats! Go figure!
08-10-08 | 11:22 PM
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Bicyclerider4life
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Florida and Idaho
Bikes: Huffy Beach Cruisers, Miami Sun Trike, Vertical PK7, KHS Montana Summit, Giant Cypress DX, Schwinn OCC Stingray
Rode 5 miles through 8 to 15 inches of snow, IN THE STREET, my rear tire found 139 sandburrs that ride. (1994, Wichita, KS) No-More-Flats foam tubes for the next 2 years.
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08-11-08 | 07:10 AM
#7
Miles over Matter
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: birmingham al
Bikes: trek
I recently experienced the mystery flat problem on my front tire. About every other week the thing would slowly go down during a ride. I got really good at changing tubes out on the road (I'm thinking about joining a Nascar pit crew). Sometimes it would just go down overnight. I was to the point of just buying a new tire one day and I decided to inspect the inside of it one more time and found a very small pice of wire. Going on a month now and no flats.
08-11-08 | 09:43 AM
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From: Green Valley AZ
Bikes: Trice Q; Volae Century; TT 3.4
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