shootingstar
10-03-2010, 11:57 AM
Yesterday after riding 20 kms. into the ride, I discovered my back bike tire became flat. No, I didn’t have all the proper tools and this was a folding bike with fenders, etc. So searched around for loose coin change to take bus with bike on their rack. Flagged down the lst cyclist I saw… who also turned out to be a Seattler on her Dahon folding bike (slightly different model). To she had abit of Canadian coin change which she probably wanted to get rid of.
After a blend of riding and walking, got to bus exchange and took bus, light rail to bike store where they fixed the flat. The whole bike “ride” became doubled in time by the time I got to the store. 2 hrs. became 4 hrs. Oh well , could be worse. At least am in city with buses that have bike racks. And no, we don't have a car. And he was out of town..probably on a train in Montana that day.
This morning at 5:30 am, I rode only 2 kms. to train station to catch Amtrak train. Was going to meet dearie in Everett (suburb), WA. He would want to bike after a long 2-day train ride from Chicago. We would bike homeward to Vancouver. While still in train station, even before leaving Vancouver, I discovered….SAME tire went flat again. :mad:
To shorten this story, we are here in Everett to get flat bike tire fixed. Will head out cycling home tomorrow. Will be soooooo glad to get rollin'!
He was not keen to change this back tire because of the wheel set-up (8-speed internal hub) was not totally familiar to him. And I didn’t press him.
Am not sure if this problem was a careless mechanic yesterday who didn't check my tire for embedded sharp objects OR I really did go over something on the dinky 2 km. ride to train station.
Of all the years in cycling, this flat tire problem is the most convoluted experience for me so far.
*****While on the Amtrak train, 3 different people offered me addresses and phone numbers for Everett bike shops.
After a blend of riding and walking, got to bus exchange and took bus, light rail to bike store where they fixed the flat. The whole bike “ride” became doubled in time by the time I got to the store. 2 hrs. became 4 hrs. Oh well , could be worse. At least am in city with buses that have bike racks. And no, we don't have a car. And he was out of town..probably on a train in Montana that day.
This morning at 5:30 am, I rode only 2 kms. to train station to catch Amtrak train. Was going to meet dearie in Everett (suburb), WA. He would want to bike after a long 2-day train ride from Chicago. We would bike homeward to Vancouver. While still in train station, even before leaving Vancouver, I discovered….SAME tire went flat again. :mad:
To shorten this story, we are here in Everett to get flat bike tire fixed. Will head out cycling home tomorrow. Will be soooooo glad to get rollin'!
He was not keen to change this back tire because of the wheel set-up (8-speed internal hub) was not totally familiar to him. And I didn’t press him.
Am not sure if this problem was a careless mechanic yesterday who didn't check my tire for embedded sharp objects OR I really did go over something on the dinky 2 km. ride to train station.
Of all the years in cycling, this flat tire problem is the most convoluted experience for me so far.
*****While on the Amtrak train, 3 different people offered me addresses and phone numbers for Everett bike shops.