Some Days Are Just Rough
09-30-11, 11:42 AM
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Scarlet Knight
hmmm. Tropical Island with a "critter" problem
or
Major US city with: security guards who assault you, neighborhoods where you are afraid to ride because of "crips and bloods", bad drivers who cause you to have road rage.
I'd choose A.
or
Major US city with: security guards who assault you, neighborhoods where you are afraid to ride because of "crips and bloods", bad drivers who cause you to have road rage.
I'd choose A.
09-30-11, 12:01 PM
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I wouldn't.
The black guy in me says "damn nature, you scary!"
The black guy in me says "damn nature, you scary!"
09-30-11, 12:13 PM
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I've been in front wheel hell lately despite the fact that front flats are very rare for me. In my last 3 rides, I've had one front poked with a wire, I hit a fist sized rock at over 30mph (wheel has some serious wobble now and needs to be trued), and I hit a piece of glass that cut through the cords on a new GP4000 on the front and caused a blowout. My wife wants me to get a new tire, but I just booted it and keeping an eye on the cut. Since I won't take this bike in the mountains for awhile, I'm not likely to get past 35mph and I can handle tire failures at those speeds. But I will get a new tire before doing a high speed descent.
09-30-11, 12:24 PM
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I wanted to hit a mileage goal today, just 24 miles to go so I was going to ride 12 miles to my parents house, have breakfast, then ride home. Nothing crazy just a little easy ride so I thought I'd take my single speed.
4 miles in, chain broke. I was stuck in one of the worst neighborhoods in Phoenix with no chain tool.
Later in the day, I decided to go make up the other 20 miles on my road bike. When I went to get the bike, the tube was flat so I felt the inside of the tire, no thorns. Put a new one in.
The Garmin also wouldn't cooperate, and after 20 minutes of fiddling with it, I finally got it to stop buzzing and got it restarted.
New tube. Made it 1/2 mile, flat again. Felt the inside of the tire even better, still felt nothing.
New tube. Made it 4 more miles, flat again.
Now I'm out of tubes, there's a bike shop nearby, but I have to hoof it just over a mile in SPD road cleats. Walked a quarter mile the wrong way I was so frustrated I wasn't paying attention.
Finally got the culprit, it was a really small piece of metal in the tire. I don't know how it didn't poke me, rode the long way home, 10 miles. It is 107 degrees now. Out of water, didn't have lunch since I didn't plan on being out that long.
snapped chain, three flats, 20 minutes getting Garmin to work, 107 degrees out, no lunch, stranded in Maryvale, walked over a mile in stiff carbon soles with cleats. UGH!
Ever have those days? You know, the ones that make you wonder why you ride bikes?
4 miles in, chain broke. I was stuck in one of the worst neighborhoods in Phoenix with no chain tool.
Later in the day, I decided to go make up the other 20 miles on my road bike. When I went to get the bike, the tube was flat so I felt the inside of the tire, no thorns. Put a new one in.
The Garmin also wouldn't cooperate, and after 20 minutes of fiddling with it, I finally got it to stop buzzing and got it restarted.
New tube. Made it 1/2 mile, flat again. Felt the inside of the tire even better, still felt nothing.
New tube. Made it 4 more miles, flat again.
Now I'm out of tubes, there's a bike shop nearby, but I have to hoof it just over a mile in SPD road cleats. Walked a quarter mile the wrong way I was so frustrated I wasn't paying attention.
Finally got the culprit, it was a really small piece of metal in the tire. I don't know how it didn't poke me, rode the long way home, 10 miles. It is 107 degrees now. Out of water, didn't have lunch since I didn't plan on being out that long.
snapped chain, three flats, 20 minutes getting Garmin to work, 107 degrees out, no lunch, stranded in Maryvale, walked over a mile in stiff carbon soles with cleats. UGH!
Ever have those days? You know, the ones that make you wonder why you ride bikes?
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Dude, stop being such a homophobe. What do you care if his African American boyfriend doesn't like nature?
Sorry, that was probably way, way over the line.
Sorry, that was probably way, way over the line.
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09-30-11, 12:47 PM
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09-30-11, 01:05 PM
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yup, those things have an actual effect on my life, such as a truck coming within inches of hitting me.
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