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Hopefully,\u00a0in two weeks’ time, I’ll be\u00a0soaking up the delights of Paris having cycled there from London<\/a> – and I’m in full prep mode at the moment, buying up all sorts of things that I might<\/em> need. I’ve also bought some things I definitely<\/em> need – like some new tyres\u00a0for my road bike. \u00a0They didn’t arrive in time for the bike’s service<\/a> (mental note:\u00a0when buying from Ribble Cycles<\/a>, free postage doesn’t just mean first class instead of next day, it means it might take a couple of days to pick too) so, when my son’s football match was cancelled due to the downpour yesterday morning, I took the opportunity to change my tyres.<\/p>\n

Because it was tipping it down outside and the garage is too full of “stuff” (and has pretty poor lighting), I decided to work in the kitchen. \u00a0Yes, I was that\u00a0bloke with his bike in bits\u00a0in the kitchen, and Mrs W. seemed to understand why.<\/p>\n

Having changed the front tyre – rule 40<\/a> applies – \u00a0(and\u00a0taken the opportunity to\u00a0test inflating\u00a0tyres with a CO2 canister…), I remembered that tyres are normally directional. Oops.\u00a0I hadn’t popped the back one off yet, so I was examining what was left of the tread pattern to try and work it out, holding it up to the daylight from\u00a0the kitchen skylight when… it slipped out my hand and my rear cassette made some nasty gouges in the edge of our rather expensive Silestone counter. Arghh.<\/p>\n

After\u00a0determining the correct tyre direction I found that, by luck, the front one was on the right way (50\/50 odds) so\u00a0I proceeded to change the back tyre. \u00a0I\u00a0popped it back onto the bike – following rule 41<\/a> – inflated it with my track pump and, whilst watching the gauge more than\u00a0tyre I didn’t see the bulge where the tyre had popped off the rim at one point. After pumping\u00a0it up to 110PSI, I bent down to investigate and – BOOM! – the inner tube exploded right next to my ear. Not good.<\/p>\n

So, spare inner tube fitted, careful inspection and this time everything seems OK. \u00a0I guess we’ll find out when I take it for a ride tomorrow. \u00a0Should have been a simple job – but was made far harder through my incompetence\u00a0–\u00a0and I spent the next couple of hours phoning around to try and find out if anyone can repair scratches\/chips in Silestone\u00a0counters…<\/p>\n

There’s nothing in the Velominati Rules<\/a> about being an idiot is there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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