Went for a bike ride today w/hubby and was gone from 2pm-6pm, Yup-4 hours!! Rode for only about 20 minutes and had a tire blow-out. Found a rip in the tube right on the seam, patched it up, put it back on and it deflated immediately. Patched it again, remounted the tire and same thing!! We patched the dumb thing 4 more times with the same results and tried different patches, but nothing worked. My persistent husband couldn’t believe that the patch wouldn’t take, and kept trying different things to no avail. He then rode over to the nearest sporting goods store and they of course, were out of my size tube, so he bought another patch kit!!! Tried it, didn’t work. I told him to ride home and leave me there and then come back and pick me up. He got about a mile and then remembered that he had an extra tube for his tire and wanted to try it (his bike takes 26″ fat mtn tubes and mine is a skinny 28″), but we said “what the hell” and tried to stuff that fat tube in with much difficulty, pumped it up and…..it held. I noticed that in places the tire was hard as a rock and in others it was flat, so I tried riding a short distance and it was so bumpy that it was difficult to ride. I told my dear husband that I appreciated his efforts, but he still needed to ride back home and then come and pick me up. Thus the tale of my long, yet short ride! Lesson learned: always carry a spare innertube!!!!
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 10/19/2008
- Time: 21:19:06
- Total Time: 00:20:00.00
- Distance: 5 miles
- Average Speed: 15 mph
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October 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Good lesson learned! I personally use the opposite logic. I carry a patch kit as a back up to a inner tube. First thing in when I get a flat… a new tube! As far as I’m concerned, patching is for the comfort of your own home with a beer.