I was on my bike today. Then I was off it fixing a flat. I had already changed the tube once this summer, because of a slow leak. As a cyclist, you should always know how to fix a flat. I know how to.
I just put a spare tube in.
It's cheating, I know, but it's the easiest way.
If you have the tools.
I keep some tire irons in a saddle bag. They help to get the tire off the rim. I keep the spare tube in there as well. It would help if I kept a pump, but I have one of those CO2 canister dispensers. Of course it would've been good if I had some CO2. I had left it in the dispenser which probably made all the air leak out of it.
I was left on the side of the road twenty minutes into the ride. I had to call my mom up to pick me up once I found out that I don't have any air to fill my replacement tube. Stuck on the side of the road. Waiting.
So I learned today to keep a spare air in the saddle bag. And not to put the CO2 canister locked in the dispenser. I am a fool.
I just put a spare tube in.
It's cheating, I know, but it's the easiest way.
If you have the tools.
I keep some tire irons in a saddle bag. They help to get the tire off the rim. I keep the spare tube in there as well. It would help if I kept a pump, but I have one of those CO2 canister dispensers. Of course it would've been good if I had some CO2. I had left it in the dispenser which probably made all the air leak out of it.
I was left on the side of the road twenty minutes into the ride. I had to call my mom up to pick me up once I found out that I don't have any air to fill my replacement tube. Stuck on the side of the road. Waiting.
So I learned today to keep a spare air in the saddle bag. And not to put the CO2 canister locked in the dispenser. I am a fool.
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