I have have had a lot of flats this fall. This has been due to a combination of things. I had a piece of rim-tape die on me, which caused two flats (I didn't see the broken bit when I fixed the flat). Then I had a Presta valve break on me one morning, when I was in a hurry and topping off the tire pressure. Then on Thursday, when I was riding in...
Bang! Right through the Armadillo! Note that the nail went in through the tread and came out through the side-wall, putting two holes into my tube and probably ruining that tire. Armadillos can take a lot of abuse, but that was too much! One friend suggested that I get a cow-catcher for the front of my bike.
I have broken two spokes this month, too. One of them, just yesterday morning. If you work at a bike shop, you know to roll your eyes when I say, "I was just riding along when..." Well. That's the way it happened! Sure, I'm a little heavier than the average rider, but I didn't do anything stupid! So. Broken spoke on a wheel that's less than five months old--back to the bike shop this week. I expect it to be covered under warranty--it was when the first spoke broke, three weeks ago.
Anyway. This is why I keep three bicycles in my tiny studio apartment in Sacramento. When I got up in the morning, I found a broken spoke. So I topped off the rear tire of my back-up roadbike... but broke the Presta valve off. I rode the mountain bike into work that morning.
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