My boy and I got into a patch of goatheads in New Mexico last summer. All four tires flat as a pancake. Luckily it was just as we were pulling into our destination (Balloon Museum in Albuquerque), so we went to the museum, then caught the bus back to the hotel, got the car and picked up the bikes.
Then I had to sit in the parking lot of the hotel and change all the flats! The bike rack on the back of the car makes an adequate bike stand.I hadn't changed a flat since I was a teenager before this. Got all my practice down in one fell swoop!
Karen
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02-12-2007, 08:52 AM #1
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congrats and good job!!!!
thanks for all the other information girls. i may have to look up that class at REI sometime."Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant
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02-12-2007, 06:32 PM #3
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Thanks for the encouragement!
I did discover when I was using my inexpensive tire irons that I was having problems getting the tire released from the rim. That is when my riding friend loaned me her telescoping tire iron that created a better lever for me to make that release. Maybe I have to get back into the weight room...and work those arm muscles!
QUESTION: how many inner tubes do you carry with you as a rule?
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