At last...

[RoadRaven]

Don't know if you'll want to do this or not, but I wrote down the steps and carried them in my trunk bag till I was sure I had them.

I really like this idea... I haven't had to change many tyres - 3 to be precise, and each time with my partner... I'm really paranoid about doing it on my own - and given that most of my training I do on my own, this is a matter of when, not if...

Thanks Salsa

[SpinSis]

That's great Robyn! I learned the hard way...on the road. But thankfully a short distance from home so got a lift home. I actually looked up Team Estrogen's link on changing a flat that day, and it helped a ton! Have had a few flats since--all on the back tire.

Like you, I experience spatial reasoning issues at times, though...I figured out the small cogs trick, but for the life of me cannot figure out where to use a rag to lift the chain (to keep my hands clean(er)) Maybe it's because my flats are 50/50 between on a bike stand and upside down on the roadside...so I'd get it all backwards if I could remember!!

Have fun at that class? Who are you a ride leader for? A local club?

[Crankin]

Hi Stacy,

I lead for the bicycling group of the Boston chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. It's purely social, not like a typical bike club. Though we do have Tues. (beginner) and Thurs (int/advanced) night rides starting in May, that I think are a little more like typical club rides. Steve and I lead day trips that usually involve some type of stop for lunch or ice cream. Our first one is June 11th, leaves from West Acton and goes through some pretty scenery to Sudbury and the Grist Mill/Wayside Inn area and back. Since we are starting the ride from a different place this year and I have to redo the cue sheet, I estimate that it will be about 35-38 miles. Let me know if you want to come. You don't have to be a member.

[RoadRaven]

Hey... GEONZ... how'd the presentation go?
Not sure when you were doing it... all over yet?
Or still preparing for it?