It isn’t often that I do not complete a ride but today was one of those days! The weather was perfect with those clear blue skies again and a calm wind. The temperature 85 degrees at the start and the same when I was stopped. I was riding along the route at a good pace [...]
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This evening’s ride was literally cut short by a sharp object while I was riding over Lake Houston on the FM1960 McKay Causeway. Whatever I hit did the damage quickly. Due to the traffic and wind noise it is almost impossible to patch a tube on the causeway. I inspected the tire but did not [...] Roy and Christine write a long post on fixing flats. Excerpt: “Back when I was a kid, bicycles had big tires and tubes. Flats from goat heads were so frequent that to save money, we would just use a tire patch on the tube. Take the wheel off with a pair of pliers, use a [...] |
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A Fine Wire Stops A Wheel
Last Thursday I was on my usual route across the McKay Causeway over Lake Houston. This area is where I have most of my flats. Lately most flats have been the result of a fine silver wire sticking through the tire and into the the tube. The difficult part about this is finding the culprit. [...]