Re: First flat in a looooong time

On 2025-03-27, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

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Tuesday, 25 March 2025
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On Saturday, I came out of Aldi to find my front tire flat.
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On Monday, I walked to the Trailhouse and handed the wheel
to the mechanic with instructions to put in a new tube and
find out what had happened to the old one.
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He showed me a crack at the base of the valve stem.   The
tube had died of old age!

It's kind of nice to know it was not a nail, I guess.

I think my last flat was a base of valve failure, too.

Pureheart in Aptos

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Still haven't put the wheel back on, and I want to ride to
Mary Anne's Place tomorrow.
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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What was predicted to be a good day for riding turned out to
be a good day for hanging out laundry.  I'd hoped to dash to
Kroger for potatoes, but after hanging sheets in a cold
wind, spending half an hour dressing for a fifteen-minute
ride didn't sound like much fun.
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