So most mornings I am In a terrible rush. A combination of my inability to be a morning person and my half asleep creative math usually insures I have 15 minutes to get ready and get out the door. This morning was a little worse as I had convinced myself that a five minute snooze meant I had an extra 15 minutes later…
So anyhow, I raced out of the door and jumped on Rocinante, ready to zoom out into the oncoming day. Something felt immediately very very wrong.
Upon investigation, I found this little beauty plunged to the hilt in the back tire.
I left it in (thank you for that important life lesson dad!) and pumped the tire up with enough air to almost get to the gas station… Which I arrived at after a mile of pushing Rocinante…
I used the gas stations compressor to pump the back tire full, which got me as far as the HellMart, where I bought an emergency puncture repair kit and a couple fix-a flats just in case… Also a cheap plain T-shirt as mine was now sopping with sweat.
A quick repair later I am at work only an hour late. Here is hoping that the temporary fix lasts two to four weeks until I can afford to get into the shop for a more permanent solution…
It is the year two thousand and fifteen… Have we not solved this problem already?
Oh dear!
Did you know that the same lesson sometimes applies to punctures in the human body?
It won’t last 2 to 4 weeks, I believe. However, check the air pressure now and again several hours later. If there’s no loss in pressure, it might last a couple weeks. An “iffy” tire is a safety issue. You shouldn’t be taking chances with one.
These two responses sum up a lot of what I got from my parents 🙂