I got my first flat tire on my road bike today. I was on 2400 South and 400 West. That is not an ideal location to have a flat tire. No bike shops in sight. None within ten blocks. If I wanted to trek up to 800 East I could have gotten to Guthrie. Nope. I walked to the train station instead, went downtown, exchanged the 15 Euros I had left over from our trip in 2006, and went to the Gateway.
Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Gateway has about as much bike stuff as Target – which means not enough for me to get what I needed. I bought spoons, a tire that I thought would work, and a pump. How inconvenient! I’m gonna hafta start bringing my own gear along…I had gone so long without a flat on my road bike that I thought it was immune or something. Nothing doing.
Also, I cracked the glass on my iPhone today. I’m bummed about that. It still works just fine, but it looks a little funky now. I’m going to take it in on Saturday and see what they can do for me. Hopefully they will be able to at least replace the glass for me or something. There’s no way I’m paying $200 for a glass replacement (current prices) if they aren’t going to hook me up. I mean, the new phone comes out tomorrow and it is only $199. Dude.
We’ll see…
