I unhooked the Shiny bike from the wall for an hours ride this PM only to find the back tyre flat. No problem, soon have a patch on that I thought, unfortunately the tube had suffered severe perishing (weird really, never seen one like that before) so into the bin with it. Pulled the first spare from the seatpack, brand new, unblemished, no seatpack rash, soon have that in. But no, something wrong here...what 26"!...how the heck did I buy that? Into the bin. Pulled the second, repaired, tube out and fitted that. No problem except bank holiday looming and out all day tomorrow so no shopping time. I don't fancy going far without at least one spare tube so decided to de-tour past the LBS to pick a couple up, all I need is a bike lock. There are two somewhere...but where?<1> Oh, b*ggar! Ding!....H*lfords will be open late this evening so I can go in the MDG after chilling after sweating on the bike. So I did, thank you H*lfords! <1> SWMBO suggested the one I use to lock the bikes up in the garage, the thought of dragging a ships mooring chain with me for 20 miles wasn't appealing :-)
I unhooked the Shiny bike from the wall for an hours ride this PM only to find the back tyre flat. No problem, soon have a patch on that I thought, unfortunately the tube had suffered severe perishing (weird really, never seen one like that before) so into the bin with it. Pulled the first spare from the seatpack, brand new, unblemished, no seatpack rash, soon have that in. But no, something wrong here...what 26"!...how the heck did I buy that? Into the bin. Pulled the second, repaired, tube out and fitted that. No problem except bank holiday looming and out all day tomorrow so no shopping time. I don't fancy going far without at least one spare tube so decided to de-tour past the LBS to pick a couple up, all I need is a bike lock. There are two somewhere...but where?<1> Oh, b*ggar! Ding!....H*lfords will be open late this evening so I can go in the MDG after chilling after sweating on the bike. So I did, thank you H*lfords!
Obviously not a former Boy Scout then Pete, be prepared, Dib Dib and all that .... ;-)
