{"id":63828,"date":"2023-11-07T17:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=63828"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:25:36","slug":"the-tiniest-thing-can-interrupt-a-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/11\/07\/the-tiniest-thing-can-interrupt-a-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tiniest Thing Can Interrupt A Bike Ride"},"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=\"The Tiniest Thing Can Interrupt A Bike Ride 11\/7\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4mjwAjw4C8?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\">The tiniest thing can interrupt a bike ride. I was on my way to Huffman when that happened on Pinehurst Trail Drive. The rear tire on my Cervelo Caledonia called out for help when it went flat. I found a shady spot on a side street and went to work. Getting the tire bead loose took longer than it should&#8217;ve but I got it off. Next was finding the leak. This is where the tiniest part comes in. I aired up the tube several times adding more air each time. Finally the pin hole made itself known about 8&#8243; from the valve stem. I got out my new adhesive patch kit, roughed up the tube around the tiny hole and applied the patch. Feeling around the inside of the tire I found a tiny piece of glass sticking in the tire. I pulled it loose with my fingernail but couldn&#8217;t see it because it was so small. I aired up the tube to check my work and all seemed well. I put the tube back in the tire. Getting the tire bead back on the rim was as hard as getting it off but I did it. The frame up got the tire pressurized enough to pop the bead on and I was ready to ride. All of this took about 45 minutes, no Indy 500 pit stop for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I planned on riding the <strong>Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Huffman<\/strong> route but with time loss I changed to the <strong>Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; E. Lake Houston Parkway<\/strong> route shaving about 4 miles off the ride. All of this began at 11:06 AM with warm weather and I finished at 2:18 PM. I rode 29.92 miles. Hopefully tomorrow&#8217;s ride doesn&#8217;t include the fat tire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather: Start 83 degrees, humidity 64%, dew point 69.3, partly cloudy, wind SW 12 mph gusts 22 mph; Finish 85 degrees, humidity 60%, dew point 69.4, partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vlcsnap-2023-11-07-15h54m05s564.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"63825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/vlcsnap-2023-11-07-15h54m05s564\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vlcsnap-2023-11-07-15h54m05s564.png?fit=3840%2C2160&amp;ssl=1\" 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I was on my way to Huffman when that happened on Pinehurst Trail Drive. The rear tire on my Cervelo Caledonia called out for help when it went flat. I found a <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/11\/07\/the-tiniest-thing-can-interrupt-a-bike-ride\/\"><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":[5298,2560,212,5297,4719,5553,69,1424],"class_list":["post-63828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-atascocita-walden-e-lake-houston-parkway","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-cervelo-caledonia-rival-axs","tag-flat-tire","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gBu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63828","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=63828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63830,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63828\/revisions\/63830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}