It's a PUNCTURE. P-U-N-C-T-U-R-E. There is no such thing as bliddy fairies!
Good; I'm glad to get that off my chest.
My reward for not believing in fairies is that I had a PUNCTURE last night. 7pm, wet, windy, dark; so just the usual conditions for a puncture. Unfortunately I wasn't carrying tyre levers, and I doubt if even Park Tools patches would have been much help. On top of all that I didn't have my pump with me, and in any case it might have taken a while to get this up to 110 psi, even with my favourite Lezyne.
Due to my lack of tools I had to call out a tyre fitter, who took over an hour to arrive, and then another hour to fit a new tyre. As a result I didn't leave Aberdeen airport until 9pm, and still had a 3.5 hour drive to Glasgow airport - all of it in the wind and rain, while listening to the second half of Scotland being gubbed by England. Not the best Friday night out I've ever had.
The tyre:
The angle of the photo makes it look not too bad, but it actually had 35 psi in it, rather than the 110 required. I wasn't going to chance running with it and having a blow-out on the A90 at 50'ish MPH. Better to be a bit late in this world, than years early into the next one - as my wise old Uncle used to say.
Good; I'm glad to get that off my chest.
My reward for not believing in fairies is that I had a PUNCTURE last night. 7pm, wet, windy, dark; so just the usual conditions for a puncture. Unfortunately I wasn't carrying tyre levers, and I doubt if even Park Tools patches would have been much help. On top of all that I didn't have my pump with me, and in any case it might have taken a while to get this up to 110 psi, even with my favourite Lezyne.
Due to my lack of tools I had to call out a tyre fitter, who took over an hour to arrive, and then another hour to fit a new tyre. As a result I didn't leave Aberdeen airport until 9pm, and still had a 3.5 hour drive to Glasgow airport - all of it in the wind and rain, while listening to the second half of Scotland being gubbed by England. Not the best Friday night out I've ever had.
The tyre:
The angle of the photo makes it look not too bad, but it actually had 35 psi in it, rather than the 110 required. I wasn't going to chance running with it and having a blow-out on the A90 at 50'ish MPH. Better to be a bit late in this world, than years early into the next one - as my wise old Uncle used to say.
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