May Rides

[azfiddle]

I feel like I've been cursed with flats this week! Last Saturday, I had a flat en route to Mt. Lemmon. Monday I picked up a nasty thorn and discovered right before I planned to ride to work. Yesterday, another thorn.

But today just half a mile or so from home, I heard a tremendous bang and the clink of metal as I was starting down a hill and felt like I was wrestling with the bike to keep it stable. When I was able to stop, I pulled out this nail:

My husband picked me up and I changed the tire. Hopefully, that's the end of it!

[rebeccaC]

I feel like I've been cursed with flats this week!

yeah thanks for passing that curse on I read your post last night and had one of those on my commute this morning....and I was blaming YOU for writing about that word

fixing it did give me a few minutes of zen mindfulness while sitting on grass and having the ocean in front of me though so I guess i should THANK YOU

“Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
― Mother Teresa

eta isn't that an area with a lot of thorn's...

[Crankin]

I commuted yesterday... there seems to be an usual amount of traffic and I am not sure why. I commute on the outside edges of rush hour, and while it's not quiet, it doesn't feel crazy. Yesterday did. For the first time ever, another cyclist pulled up to the light with me, as I was waiting to cross Rt. 2, right outside my office.
One of my clients asked me if "bikes were allowed in the middle of the road?" I gave her a quick recap of the laws, and told her she had asked me some very good questions! I guess she had a run in with a group of 4 cyclists who were spread out across the road and wouldn't move.