fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Got to the cycle parking in the car park and the outside door wouldn't open. Tried the handle a few times, then the door was opened from inside. Greeted by two security guards. Apparently the megnetic lock had failed and some thieves had been in and nicked a couple of bikes, one a new £600 Norco hybrid. They had cut through the padlock on a cheap(ish) chain. Those with good locks still had their bikes, good job as there was my bike and a colleagues £2.5k Willier Gran Tourismo. Will send email reminders around tomorrow about using decent locks.
Very wet on the way home. Blasted past quite a few other cyclists on the Fallowfield Loop - it was hissing down and unless you had good lights, you weren't going anywhere fast.
Anyway, smugness soon faded - rear tyre went flat at the same point as last week - again glass from around Sainsburys in studentville Fallowfield.
Limped off the loop to find some light. Got out a brand new conti tube and undid the valve dust cap - out fell the valve core. Argh. Managed to get it back in and tight (should have swapped tube at this point). Out with the gas. Tyre up, unscrew gas, bang, out came the core. Now stuck in the gas adapter, so couldn't re-use until I had pliers.
Pumped new tube up (by hand oooooh)
Finally home, checked tyre, nasty gash and tube starting to pop through. New tyres needed.
Must say, I am none too impressed with Conti tubes, thats about the second or third where the core has come out or leaked.
Very wet on the way home. Blasted past quite a few other cyclists on the Fallowfield Loop - it was hissing down and unless you had good lights, you weren't going anywhere fast.
Anyway, smugness soon faded - rear tyre went flat at the same point as last week - again glass from around Sainsburys in studentville Fallowfield.
Limped off the loop to find some light. Got out a brand new conti tube and undid the valve dust cap - out fell the valve core. Argh. Managed to get it back in and tight (should have swapped tube at this point). Out with the gas. Tyre up, unscrew gas, bang, out came the core. Now stuck in the gas adapter, so couldn't re-use until I had pliers.
Pumped new tube up (by hand oooooh)
Finally home, checked tyre, nasty gash and tube starting to pop through. New tyres needed.
Must say, I am none too impressed with Conti tubes, thats about the second or third where the core has come out or leaked.
