The enemy of my bike is my enemy
4 Sep 2024
Day two of my riding, and as every other day that I have biked to work the city of Gallup continues to ignore the gravel, dirt, sand, and broken glass in the bike lane along the road that goes right in front of the courthouse and police station. I don’t think it has been swept in over a year.
Today their neglect got me. A tire that has less than 100 miles on it now has a nifty hole in it from broken glass. The road is busy and there is no way to swing into traffics to avoid all the crud. I had to ride through a section of debris and even with the Kevlar lining the glass penetrated to the tube.
I always carry at least two spare inner tubes, patch kits, and CO2 inflation canisters, so I was back on the road in about 10 minutes.
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