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GETTING A FLAT CAN MAKE YOUR RIDE BETTER
Bicycling US
|Winter 2024
ON A BEAUTIFUL LATE-SUMMER RIDE UNDER a cerulean blue sky, I got my second flat in three days.
As luck would have it, I was 20 miles from my Eastern Pennsylvania home with no repair kit. What made me even more upset was that the ride was going so well: For the first time in weeks, my legs were not aching as soon as I woke up, because I had finally allowed myself to take a few rest days after overdoing my half-marathon training.
As I started pushing my bike along the shoulderless road toward the closest town, I couldn't shake the thought that I had jinxed my bike by recently boasting about never getting a flat before. Well deserved. A couple of cyclists coming from the opposite direction crossed the road to ask if I was okay.
They were sorry they didn't have a spare tube-as if my not having one was somehow their fault. I began contemplating whether I could convince an Uber driver to take not only my sweaty self but also my bike rather than bother any of my friends to pick me up.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition Winter 2024 de Bicycling US.
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