On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:30:14 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote: > >http://blair.houghton.net/holdsworth.jpg > >The proper caption for that picture would be, "No nonsense." > > "Tomorrow I ride."
Where do you stick the spare tube and pump?
In the garage.
"Maybe I walk home."
Oh.
My normal ride is a 4.5-mile loop that takes me about a mile from my house in either direction. If I go down the hill at one end I can end up 5 miles from home, but there are usually a dozen other riders out there when I'm riding (hills and straight, lightly-travelled roads being rare around town) so I can bum a patch and some glue if I ever flat there.
--Blair "Pay them back with breakfast, if they want."
dgk <[email hidden]> wrote: >On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:30:14 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>http://blair.houghton.net/holdsworth.jpg >> >>The proper caption for that picture would be, "No nonsense." >> >> "Tomorrow I ride." > >Where do you stick the spare tube and pump?
In the garage.
"Maybe I walk home."
Oh.
My normal ride is a 4.5-mile loop that takes me about a mile from my house in either direction. If I go down the hill at one end I can end up 5 miles from home, but there are usually a dozen other riders out there when I'm riding (hills and straight, lightly-travelled roads being rare around town) so I can bum a patch and some glue if I ever flat there.
--Blair "Pay them back with breakfast, if they want."
Convenient. I'm bike commuting so I have to drag that stuff along. I'm almost always within walking distance of a subway entrance but it would be pretty inconvenient. Might be better than trying to change a flat when it's 20F outside though.
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 03:20:57 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote: >dgk <[email hidden]> wrote: >>On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:30:14 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote: >>>http://blair.houghton.net/holdsworth.jpg >>>The proper caption for that picture would be, "No nonsense." >>Where do you stick the spare tube and pump? >In the garage. Oh.
My normal ride is a 4.5-mile loop that takes me about a mile from my house in either direction. If I go down the hill at one end I can end up 5 miles from home, but there are usually a dozen other riders out there when I'm riding (hills and straight, lightly-travelled roads being rare around town) so I can bum a patch and some glue if I ever flat there.
Convenient. I'm bike commuting so I have to drag that stuff along. I'm almost always within walking distance of a subway entrance but it would be pretty inconvenient. Might be better than trying to change a flat when it's 20F outside though.
This morning I flatted in probably the most convenient part of the entire ride that isn't actually in front of my house. I had to carry the bike across about 100 yards of desert (and an abandoned road between two parallel roads; it's an interesting place from a civil-engineering standpoint) to get home.
I was too [censored] at yet another broken bottle on my loop to fix the flat and go out again. I think next time out I'll take my MTB and a broom and do a loop where I just stop and sweep the glass off to the side.
Tomorrow is a gym day. I'll fix the flat then. I think I may buy some new tires tonight, as well. Maybe Friday. Tempe Bicycle is having a huge sale and I might score some sweet rubber in my size.