I tried. Saw a carbon fiber bike, spandex clad older gentleman at the side of the trail, rear wheel off so pulled over. Poor guy had 4-5 patches unsealed at the edges with the plastic still on them that had clearly been ridden. He was afraid to use his CO2 to find the leak. I offered my hand pump, quipping that I had an unlimited supply of air (standing up wind from him the whole time so as to survive laundry scents). The air went out of the tube almost immediately, so likely a faulty valve. I offered him my tube, but it was going to be a squeeze with my 40mm tube in his 25mm tire. Then his racing aero rims needed a much longer valve stem than my tube has, so my tube (which would have just squeezed in there) couldn’t be inflated anyway. He gave up and called his wife. I rode on.
I do not understand racing kit for practical cycling. Still, I got to enjoy a great break along Fountain Creek, on a curve away from the noise of the interstate, after a morning down in Colorado Springs on an errand. I returned home feeling far better than I would have if I’d had my wife drive me there and back, and I got a great 45 mile ride. What a great day, despite my failure to help this poor lad! With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
