1000 Mile Blow Out

I was all stoked to have a great ride today. I was super fueled from all the food at the wedding yesterday. I did not do any exercise the day before because of the wedding and I knew I was going to pedal my 1000th mile on this bike while I was out today.

After mile 1003 I hear pssssssssssssssssssssss.

Ahhhhh shit, just what I didn't need, a flat. So I pull off the road, take off the rear tire and take out the popped tube, pull the hair thin piece of metal out of the tread that caused the flat, and put a new tube in. The repair was actually going well especially considering that this was the rear tire which is more difficult to work with than the front tire.

I pumped up the new tire and went to remove the pump and then I noticed that the valve on the new tube broke. Shit... I only carry one spare. I had to call team car for a rescue. Lotus picked me up and brought me back to home base.

I had actually bought some new tires back in July when they were on sale at Trek, so I figured I would actually install them now, since the tires I was riding on were getting pretty worn. Oh man the beads on the new tires are really stiff. I think becuase these are still the entry pricepoint race tires the beads were extremely stiff, in better quality tires I think they are a bit softer. It took me about one hour to get the tire on the rim and get everything back together.

So now it's 1pm. And hot... And now the wind has really kicked up.

Anyway I was determined to ride somewhere near 30 miles today, so I headed out again and struggled mightily becuase of the wind, but I came back at 29.2 miles for the day.

At my current pace I could hit 2,000 near Christmas if it doesn't rain. And like the song says, "It never rains in Southern California".