My luck had to change...

[Bicycle]

I went for a quick training blat this morning with favourite daughter and all was going very well.

A guy with a STOP-GO revolving lollipop was letting one direction at once past an edging crew working on the verges.

Beautiful day... no wind, beaming sun, little traffic... Aaaah...

Just as we got to Mr Lollipop he flipped it to stop (weird but not a crime).

I was injudiciously riding in front of my daughter, way too close to her front wheel. I hit the anchors and she hit me, her QR ripping the side of my tyre...

I haven't had a puncture for years now - and am casual about carrying the clobber. Grrrrr....

I had a pump but no patches, glue or spare tube....

I toddled homeward while daughter continued on loop, then borrowed her bike, nipped home and returned with car to pick up both her and my one-tyred machine.

I absolutely 110% know that I shpuld never leave home without repair stuff.... but I thought I was puncture proof.

Apparently I am not. Isn't life sometimes just a B and a one and a T. C. H.

And it's all someone else's fault.... and why don't Gatorskins have kevlar on the sidewall too, to stop QR pegs tearing big chunks out of them?

And why is my grass growing so quickly?

And why does my front door need a lick of paint so soon?

 

[Glover Fan]

Excuse the pun but you are a bit of a tube to go out without an inner tube! Lol.

+ 1 on the grass, my grass looked like a 1:10 scale replica of the amazon rainforest this morning, but cutting it was quite nice in the beautiful sunshine!

 

[Flyer5]

I went for a quick training blat this morning with favourite daughter and all was going very well.

Wow, how does the other daughter(s) feel about not being favourite!

mine wouldn't talk to me if I said one was preferred over the other... lol

 

[The Dwaff Family]

I usually find people say this when it is their only daughter, could be wrong though. Could well jsut be banter between family who know's!

My OH took 6yr old road cycling today and he too forgot to take repair bits, will remind him next time!

With you on the grass too

 

[Red Light]

Bet the whole thing left you feeling deflated

 

[Banjo]

I started to read the thread with a degree of trepidation wondering what terrible misfortune had occured to you. After all that all you had was a blinkin puncture ....

I must admit I had one right outside the house recently ,then discovered in the comfort of my living room that my cheapo tyre levers couldnt pry off my heavyweight Michelin puncture proof tyres.

After about 4000 miles they still havent been penetrated as it turned out the tube had split on a seam.Sadly they dont seem to make Michelin City Pilots anymore.Heavy sluggish and hard to get on and off but incredibly tough.

 

[Bicycle]

Wow, how does the other daughter(s) feel about not being favourite!

mine wouldn't talk to me if I said one was preferred over the other... lol

Favourite daughter and only daughter.

I have plural sons but singular daughter.