{"id":56032,"date":"2021-03-11T15:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56032"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:36:20","slug":"flat-tire-in-strong-wind-on-the-way-back-from-tavola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/flat-tire-in-strong-wind-on-the-way-back-from-tavola\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat Tire In Strong Wind On The Way Back From Tavola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flat Tire In Strong Wind On The Way Back From Tavola\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73dlyfwCcVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March wind is not letting up. I watched two road races from Europe before leaving on today&#8217;s bike ride, Paris &#8211; Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico. They rode some hills but no wind like I did today. I chose a northerly route which meant a tailwind for the first 17 miles as I biked my &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route for a total of <strong>35.31 miles<\/strong>. My week now totals <strong>138.07 miles<\/strong> and the month <strong>264.3 miles<\/strong>, all road miles. I rolled out on my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike at 10:53 AM and finished at 1:58 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all was smooth biking though. As I headed south on the US59 southbound frontage road approaching the Montgomery County Courthouse Annex my front tire started losing air. I pulled into the parking lot and spotted a bench to check for the problem. I found a small piece of sharp rock, plucked it out and got the tube out of the tire. I found the hole and prepared it for the patch. That&#8217;s when I found out the glue was almost all dried out with just enough to cover the patch area. The glue dried and I applied the patch. Waiting a minute or two before stuffing the tube back in the tire for the glue to cure it looked good. I pumped the tire up and it held pressure. This took about 20 minutes which somewhat fast for me. Back on the road I battled the headwind some more. This photo is after I fixed the flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" data-attachment-id=\"56031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-11-2021-bike-ride-fixed-flat-tire\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?fit=1397%2C906&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1397,906\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-11-2021 Bike Ride Fixed Flat Tire\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-11-2021 Bike Ride Fixed Flat Tire&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?fit=600%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?fit=800%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?resize=1200%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-11-2021 Bike Ride Fixed Flat Tire\" class=\"wp-image-56031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?w=1397&amp;ssl=1 1397w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?resize=600%2C389&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?resize=800%2C519&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Bike-Ride-Fixed-Flat-Tire.jpg?resize=640%2C415&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather conditions: start 75 (72% humidity, 65 dew point), overcast, wind S 15 mph gusts 23 mph; finish 77 (68% humidity, 65.6 dew point), overcast, wind S 16 mph gusts 24 mph. The wind was strong helping me get to Tavola but extracting a price on the return. It was warm enough for me to wear shorts, a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey without a jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Bike-Ride-Data-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" data-attachment-id=\"56030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-11-2021-golden-cheetah-bike-ride-data-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-11-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Bike-Ride-Data-1.jpg?fit=1449%2C967&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1449,967\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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I watched two road races from Europe before leaving on today&#8217;s bike ride, Paris &#8211; Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico. They rode some hills but no wind like I did today. I chose a northerly route <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/flat-tire-in-strong-wind-on-the-way-back-from-tavola\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[2560,212,4719,5324,5287,1424],"class_list":["post-56032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-ezK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56033,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032\/revisions\/56033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}