I found that changing a flat on the bike is just like changing a flat on the car. There's a mystique built up around the process that makes it seem very intimidating. Then, the first time you have to do it, you realize just how simple each step is. It's not necessarily easy, but it is simple. After that, the scary mystery of it is gone and it becomes nothing more than a pain in the butt.

I'm just grateful that my first flat ocurred in my living room one day as I was leaving for a ride, so that I could do all my first-time cursing in private