Walking the walk - MY first rear flat on a 65 mile ride.

[Eden]

Most helmet visors are removable without damaging the helmet, so if you feel like ripping off the visor, check it first, but I'd say do it!

[sandra]

My visor is removable too, but the sales guy said if I wanted to keep it on, not to take it on and off too much because it will eventually get loose.

Yours may be removable too.

I'm sorry to hear about the flat, but if you are glad, I'm glad too! Sounds like you did great!

[Zen]

You're riding a Trek? What year/model?

i think I know how you felt because I felt like just hurling my bike onto someones lawn today and I don't want to feel that way about my bike.

last night cleaning the chain I noticed the tire wasn't seated. I also noticed a huge gouge in the tire so I zoomed in to town to have it replace.
Then
as I was pulling out of a lot packed with the cars of about 1000 other riders the man behind me says "you have a flat". The other tire. The valve is bad. So the mechanic replaces the tube but absolutely cannot get the tire seated even after pumping it to 140psi and bouncing it on the ground like a basketball.

In the time it took to decide it was simply a combination of that tire and that wheel it was hot and riders were already beginning to return
At this point I was just mentally beat down and didn't even ride. The bike is going to the shop.

[indigoiis]

I don't ride a trek, but I took advantage of one of their free workshops from the WSD tour. Jill Valliere taught it. She was very efficient. Then we got the little magazine. Which is basically like, a big ad, but tucked between are these handy little hints. I put mine in the catalog basket in my bathroom, and of course, got the thing memorized in no time.
My Dad always said, if you want to memorize something, put it on index cards in a stack in the bathroom, or take the stack with you when you go running.
It works!

[indigoiis]

p.s. long rides must be like childbirth. I came in and it was comical, I was hot, bothered, bent over, exhausted, suffering, snivelling, and blubbering. Six hours, a shower and a meal and I'm like, feh, it wasn't that bad.

That's why some women keep having babies. They forget.

I guess it's the same with cyclists.

[Zen]

was it a little book with a CD-ROM?

[indigoiis]

was it a little book with a CD-ROM?

I went on the trek website just now and, lo and behold, they have the whole thing right there. Here is the link:

http://www.trekbikes.com/women_cycli...?questionid=31

[rij73]

p.s. long rides must be like childbirth. I came in and it was comical, I was hot, bothered, bent over, exhausted, suffering, snivelling, and blubbering. Six hours, a shower and a meal and I'm like, feh, it wasn't that bad.

That's why some women keep having babies. They forget.

I guess it's the same with cyclists.

I haven't had a baby, but that's exactly how I feel about cycling. No matter how bad my ride has gone, once I get cooled off and relaxed, I'm always ready to go do it again! We must be nuts...