New Bike Tire

Smyers and the other cyclists waiting for the next heat are in a long row, riding bikes mounted onto stationary training machines. Smyers, 48, won the Hawaiian Ironman in 1995 and the U.S. Triathlon title six times, but the Lincoln resident said this day’s venue might throw her off a bit.

“I get distracted by the smell of the hops. I’m a very well-known beer drinker,” Smyers said. “It’s hard, it’s hard to stay focused.”

Chet Rideout – Port Townsend, WA

I looked at Jason Reber’s knee during preparations for dinner and the swelling looked a lot worse.  The climbing of the last few days had strained it, and he had a nasty fluid buildup.  I said, “That knee is going to be trouble if we continue the ride, don’t you think?”

It was September 2006 at Bruceport County Park, Washington, five days into a ride from Port Townsend, Washington, to San Francisco along the spectacular Pacific coast.  It was only a day’s ride to the Oregon border, but Jason and I found our problems were increasing.  We figured his knee would need at least a week of recovery time, and I learned my wife Lynn’s medical problems required surgery.  Also the Burley Company, which had supplied me with a Koosah recumbent and two Nomad cargo trailers for the trip in exchange for a story, had just gotten out of the bicycle business, now selling only trailers.  Any strong argument for continuing the ride this year had evaporated.  After a sit-down talk, we reluctantly decided to “pull the plug” and called our friend Bill to drive us home the next day.

I bought a vintage bike used with a flat tire dry rot. I took it to a bike shop and they replaced the tire and inner tube, and a day or two later, it is flat, without riding.

Posted by on 05.10

the inner tube was cheap and thin ... fill tires with slime and you will never have a flat again!

it was defective beging with.

Could have rusted rims and they leak.

I'm fairly new to cycling. I changed a few tubes, but last night I was riding and got an apartment. I thought it my pump to pump CO2, just enough to go home.