Back to the bike, Visiting Roya in ATL and past two days have done some short but hard rides, the usual neighborhood circuit that involves some steep hills. Have definitely pulled back from running. Was planning on running today, Saturday but think I may even wait til Tues and continue to cross train. Probably pushed too hard with running 3x a week. Just past 10 months post op, I have to remind myself it's still early and I don't want to regress, although it seems as I have... a bit.
Had a flat on the bike Thursday, patched the tube, did my ride Friday, but it was flat again this morning. New tubes coming today.
Still hoping to race in 3 weeks but have relaxed a bit on the diet, including eating a half lb of chocolate in the past 3 days, going out to dinner, etc... not too much damage, still just 143.5 this morning.
The body has great ability to heal, as evidenced by my right foot arthritis which was nearly debilitating at one point, now essentially gone.
Did you verify thee air leak was at the same spot in the tube? If you haven't practice at tube and tire installation it's common to get a small section of tube pinched between the tire and rim, causing a smal tear in the tube. There are good you tube video's on how to avoid pinch flats. I changed 3 tube's in 10 minutes once as I kept pinching them. Some tires fit super tight which make it harder. Now I have tubeless set up so I don't get flats.
ReplyDeleteI was getting a tube replaced at the local bike shop when the pro did that, sounded like gun fire, tube exploded. I just replaced the tube with difficulty using nothing but my fingers. Seems fine. Did not bring my plastic levers, and I didn't want to mess it up with a screwdriver. Good cheap tube, Continental brand.
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