I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on May 14, 2013 at 10:59am

It was a very bizarre tire failure. The inner tube didn't go and the tire held pressure. I was walking it home to change wheels, when I noticed I still had pressure. So I gingerly rode it home to swap out the wheel. Fortunately (?) I have wrecked enough bikes that I have several spare front and rear wheels that I keep in the garbage with pressure up ready to put on. I know the "solution" when on the road, normally with failures in the city during the commute I either get on the CTA with the broken bike, or lock it and come get it later.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 14, 2013 at 11:08am

Or slip a twenty in there and head to a bike shop. :-)

Rich Evans said:

One thing you can do as a quick road fix for that (if the failed area of the tire isn't too big) is to slip a dollar bill between the tube and the inner surface of the tire.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on May 14, 2013 at 11:51am

I had a rare ellipti-go sighting this morning. Good luck on that thing lady, I hope you didn't have to head back home into those headwinds. Woof.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 14, 2013 at 12:08pm

happy face today!

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 15, 2013 at 7:23am

it's the most

wonderful

time

the year!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 15, 2013 at 7:37am

amazing!!! I love riding in warm weather! It's when I first got hooked.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 15, 2013 at 8:46am

Nice weather. I almost got doored by a passenger exiting a cab that was pulled over halfway into the Dearborn bike lane.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 15, 2013 at 8:49am

After getting doored in a similar situation a couple years ago on Clark Street, I resolved never to pass a cab on the right ever again...

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

I almost got doored by a passenger exiting a cab that was pulled over halfway into the Dearborn bike lane.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on May 15, 2013 at 8:51am

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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 15, 2013 at 9:22am

I was heading south and the cab was facing north. He was blocking the northbound lane, but I was able to get around in the southbound lane. The idiot cabbie pulled off to the LEFT of the street instead of the right curb.

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

After getting doored in a similar situation a couple years ago on Clark Street, I resolved never to pass a cab on the right ever again...

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

I almost got doored by a passenger exiting a cab that was pulled over halfway into the Dearborn bike lane.