In inspired moment, and buoyed by my success of changing my my back tyre, and pumping it up primo, I thought I'd practice on my front tyre. Yeah, not so sucessful. First tube was not the right valve. Second tube I blew up - re the gunshot sound. That's $8.0 a tyre. I've been having a look ata few you tube clips. I need to get the bike back on the road for next weekend.
So, now my bike sits sadly with its front wheel off. Tomorrow I'll have another "shot" so to speak. I'll also clean and grease the bike. Hopefully I'll be more sucessful.
It's frustrating, but I need to persereve, as once I know I have mastered the completed change tyre and pump it up, I know I'll have more independence and confidence on the road.
I triped over in the garden today. *BooM* A bruise on my left leg of the proportion when I fell off the bike when learning how ride in cleats. You get bruises like this when your body takes the weight of your fall. I'm actually pretty good at *falling*. If I put my hand up, stretch my fingers out. the length of the bruise is from my thumb to my little finger - that's pretty wide. Its like a large faultline running down my leg, so its not just a bruise, but a double bump/bruise.
My garden is way overgrown, so I'll be spending the day in the garden tomorrow, even I do get the tyre functioning again. Looking forward to that. And even if I do get the tyre sorted tomorrow, given the magnitude of the bruise I have, I don't think it would be a good idea to put too much strain on it tomorrow. It should be ok for the gym though.
This is a long clip - but kind of cool - kind of pars back cycling to the basics, which I like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=p0ewL8iuQG8
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