Kick Me in the Nuts on Sunday
I headed out this morning to ride with the guys at Southwest Cycle Sport. The Sunday ride is typically 40-50 miles at a moderate pace. I had the drive train issue that I posted about a few days ago, it has been raining daily, and my dad is in town, so all of my riding this week was on a Spinner. So, today I wanted a nice long productive ride. Would I get that?? FUCK NO! 25 minutes into the ride I was feeling great. Then PSSSSSSSHHHH. Flat. I pulled off to change the tire and I saw (felt) that I hit something on the edge of the tire which resulted in a pinch flat. I am not sure what it was but it sounded metal. The tire was abraided, but not really damaged. The other 5 guys waited for me to change the tire. We were off again. 10 yards down the road I started to tell Pete a story and PSSSSSHHHHHH. I pulled over and there was a tear in the tire. I hit something that went not only through the tire, but through the rim strip underneath. They are building a mall in the area and the sharp debris on the road is just horrible. I guess it was just not my day. I called my wife and told the guys to have a good ride. For the next 30 minutes I sat at a picnic table just off the road waiting for my sag wagon. Sighhh :(
posted by Chris at 9:37 AM
12 Comments:
Chris--bummer. I hate that feeling! I go through periods where I get so many flats.... Maybe some new tires and a new rim strip are in your future...
you'll get 'em on the next ride...
doh! I've been lucky to avoid the double-flat blowout-type thing.
sucks about the ride, definitely.
Sorry to hear it bro. Missed my bike this weekend stuck in DFW on the way home from Vegas.
Dude, you need some new tread. Pick up a couple of pairs of Michy Pro Race 2's and send me one set. I'm good for it.
Glad to hear your pops is visiting.
Adios from the 76015
I don't know what tire you are running, but not many could survive a direct hit from construction debris.
Sorry about your shortened ride; there is nothing worse than missing one when your time is limited to begin with.
Consider yourself lucky that you could call somebody to pick you up. A couple years ago, I rode over something large and metal. It was only at the next stop light that I saw that the tread on my back tire was horiontally sliced neatly across, but the casing was still intact. Any more than that and I would've been screwed, and would've been hitching a lift back to the bridge.
Bummer. What tires? I have had good luck warding off the debris gremlins with Vittoria Rubino Pros and Corsa CX; trying out the Michy Pro Race 2's on the Colnago but not enough experience with them yet.
Hear you on the lack of riding. Only bike time I have had in 2 weeks is the 30km on the rental MTB last Fri. Tomorrow I am back on the road. Yippee!
bontrager hard cases work pretty good for me. That being said, the rear tire on the last set got sliced by a broken beer bottle in the dark of the morning. But usually they're rock solid and they're my first choice for training miles
doh!
yeah, good thing you could get a hold of your sag to come get ya.
walking back home a few miles in cycling shoes aint pretty.
Kim - I have no choice now.
Bryan - lucky dude.
Sully - Do I look like the Bank of America?
Oldman - yeah, I was bummed. It was such a nice day too.
Fendergal - That would have sucked. I guess you could always call a taxi up there, right? Where you been lately?
Rick - they are Vittoria Rubino Pro Lite I believe (going off of memory). I have bad luck with most tires it seems.
Syd - thanks for the tip. I will have to check them out. Looks like I need to buy a new set of tires. Do you have tubular wheels for your races?
Lauren - I think in that case, I stash my bike and my shoes in a bush and walk to the car barefoot and then come back and pick them up.
If it was the 'Lite' version ... there is the problem. 'Lite' is tire maker speak for "we shave off a few grams in return for a tire that falls apart at the mere site of a sharp object". ;-)
I second Syd's Bontrager Hard Case recommendation -- I got more than 4,000 miles on a pair last summer, with only one puncture. If you wait until your local Trek dealer has the 'Tour' sale in July, they're 20 bucks each.
i hate flats....
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