50/50

My tube on the front of my PedalForce (Road Bike).  Is considered my 'lucky tube'.
I have had that tube for 3 years now..and never a flat.
However, with the new wheels, the valve is super hard to reach when I need to inflate the tire.  Usually Dimitrios does it for me...
He is not here...
So this morning, I tried to inflate the tire..it needed it - riding on it would definitely have caused a flat.
There was not enough length in the tube for me to inflate...so when I put the pump on the valve, it deflated my entire tire.  And now I can't get it pulled far enough out to inflate.

Soooo...I'm going to have to bite the bullet and change out the tube, no big deal.
Except I don't have any tubes.  Dimitrios is king of the flat tires...and he has used all of our tubes..and I had a spare, but this morning I just could not find it.

Soooo..no dang bike riding for me today.
Wah
Did Yoga Instead.  Will buy tubes at lunch.  I find this kinda a 50/50.  As I will get in the ability to change out a tube again and I need the practice.

Sorry for the delay in post

The week after my birthday always seems to be full of craziness..and most of it having nothing to do with Team Skinny.  Boo

New bike came in and D started working on it on Saturday, hoping that everything would transfer over with minimal damage/problems.  And it did - with the exception of two things.

The problem with transferring stuff from one bike to the next?!  Neither are good if you hit road-blocks...and the fact that you don't want to break everything off/down to put on the former bike until the parts get here is also it.

So I'm not doing any riding this week - and this weekend I will be doing leisurely rides to compensate for the non-riding (meaning I will be on my Miyata cruising around).

I did think of riding the Miyata to work..and I might still do that on Friday - but that bike is a heavy bike..although very comfy for riding - that's for sure.

Plus - I really just want to ride the sweet new carbon bike...;)

8-9 seems to almost be better than 7-8

Need to ride more.
So decided that even though I couldn't get up early today - I would head to work 9-6 on my bike.

I've always considered that time to be the 'bad' time. People seem more on edge in their cars, even more in a rush than the 7am crowd cause most of them are usually late and the whole 'zen' of the morning traffic is just - NOT.
So I tried it today and...

It wasn't that bad. Yes, more cars passed me - but they didn't seem to be nearly as 'angry' as some usually are and they also didn't seem to mind that I was there. Traffic lights were also a bit more kind to me as well - meaning I didn't need to stop for too long and wait which I like even more.
It's a relief - and now that I know that if I can't get my booty up in the mornings (something I've been having a problem with as of late), I can actually have a relaxing morning and get ready on my time. As long as I leave by 8:20 - I'm gold!
At least until the afternoon showers come in full force. Those usually seem to happen in August, by 6pm everyday. But even still - a slight drizzle in the rain feels nice!

Win but Fail

Tire changing went -- well, I would think

I learned I need to practice more, so I'm going to look to start trying to do that like while I'm watching TV at night or something so I get better at it.

I also learned to carry a patch kit with you - so if you eff up the replacement tube, from...I dunno - PULLING THE PUMP off the stem (D'OH), then you can patch up the other tube and use that to ride.

Lesson(s) learned. Dimitrios will be picking me up this afternoon, as I did not have the patch kit with me, and well - the latter is what happened.

Definitely got the idea/concept of it down, will just need to practice more often so I get used to this.

For you readers that have never had to do this, I will provide you with this so you may learn how:

http://bicycleuniverse.info/eqp/fixflat.html