A Day of small Firsts for me

RECUMBENT MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN
rescued

FLAT GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL
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Flat Girl: "OMG! Save me, Recumbent Man! Glass is, like, my Kryptonite!"

Last Saturday we rode our bikes to eat breakfast, and when we left the cafe we'd only gone a couple of blocks when I felt that strange thumping -- yep, FLAT.

We didn't have tubes, patch kit, nuthin. After all the times I had all that stuff with me, and this time, nada. (I'd emptied my handlebar bag and put magazines in it!)

The shaftdrive bikes are much more complicated to take the rear tire off, so changing a tire is not something I've attempted. My husband has done it, but that day he said he was too busy, just take it to the bike shop and pay somebody!

So -- all they found was a teensy-tiny little hole -- like a wire or something had been stuck in it and then pulled out. So weird!

I have armadillo tires.

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Originally Posted by suzieqtwa

Good job Lisa...............I had my first flat 3 days ago ,and I had to walk home 3 miles (lucky I was close). I had no idea what to do. It was my back tire also. Its something I really need to learn ,and the only way Im going to learn is take my tire off.

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Bummer! Does your local shop offer any kind of fix-a-flat class? Some shops do, and it would be worth looking into--you definitely do need to know how to fix a flat. I learned how to fix a flat at the local bike co-op that has open shop hours, and a few weeks ago was glad I did--had my first flat on the way to the grocery store (flatted just as I was getting to the parking lot), and was able to patch it myself. And of course, it was the rear. I think that's Murphy's law of flat tires!

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

Flat Girl: "OMG! Save me, Recumbent Man! Glass is, like, my Kryptonite!"

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Recumbent Man: "There, there, now, Miss! Dry your tears- my MANLY TOURING PATCH is the answer to your maidenly prayers!"

Congrats on your firsts, tire changing can be tough, and having someone watch never helps.

As for your computer, most are set up in auto mode. That is time, speed, and distance are recorded only when moving. Your average is simply the distance covered divided my the time you were moving.