Jul-14:
BJP: Coley-Kemp bailout due to front tire; 23.9 miles; est 929 ft climbed ---> "effort" = 33; 1hrs, 38min; 14.5 mph avg.
1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
2nd Qt. tot: 43 rides; 2124.3 m.; 134 hrs, 59 min; 15.7 mph.
Jul tot: 8 rides; 371.3 m.; 22 hrs, 41 min; 16.3 mph.
YTD: 71 rides; 3250.9 m.; 205 hrs, 11 min; 15.8 mph.
Rolling 12-mos.: 117 rides; 5549.6 m.; 345 hrs, 45 min; 16.1 mph.
I think I pa-toa-ing'ed a pebble off the side of my tire near the end of my ride Sunday. Didn't think much of it at the time. Until around 12 or 13 miles into this evening's ride, thump, thump, thump. At first I couldn't figure out / find what was wrong. But the thumping got worse, so I looked more carefully.
Uh, oh. Front tire bulging. Better ride back SLOWLY. By the time I figured out what was going on, I was about 15.3 miles into my ride. Lucky it was only 8.6 miles back by the short-cut, because the tire had just about completed the "cut" through the tire when I dismounted. If I had had to ride even one more mile, I think I would have been shouldering the bike.
Today, I am a lucky man.
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