Bike ride from hell

[Iceaxe]

The awesome weather we are having has given me the opportunity to ride my mountain bike to the top of Corner Canyon every day since Christmas.... that in itself is pretty crazy.

But today I was nearing the top of the Canyon Hollow Trail and I had a flat. No big deal, I just put a new tube in and start to pump it up. But the tube will not hold air. After some checking I noticed the presta valve is defective and the new tube is worthless.

So on to plan B, I'll just patch the original tube, so I pull the wheel all back apart and get out my patch kit, but the patches are all bad. They were the no glue type and were either too old or ruined by heat. So now I'm screwed, after messing with the patches for about 30 minutes I finally was able to get one to work so I patch the tube and start to pump up the tire.... and my pump breaks... now I'm really screwed... and start walking the 5 miles home carrying my bike.

Lucky for me about two miles down the trail I met a guy that let me use his pump and was able to limp home on a slowly leaking, poorly patched, front tire.

Anyhoo.... my bike ride that normally takes one hour round trip ended up taking about three hours and I didn't get crap done today..... fixing flats sucks and I bet I pulled the wheel apart about a dozen times today trying to get the stupid patch to work correctly.....

$100 dollars latters I have a garage stocked with extra tubes, a new pump on the bike, new tubes on the bike front and back, and one of the cool CO2 pumps in my bike riding tool kit........ that is all... I'll be back on the trail again tomorrow if the weather holds.

[accadacca]

That sucks! Yeah you gotta be prepared, but it sounds like you were to a certain extent, just had bad luck.

I hate tearing it apart multiple times. PITA...

[Sombeech]

I've never patched up on a trail.

[chromehead58]

enjoy the ridiing..had shoulder replaced, out till first of march...19 if march getting the other one replaced, will be out another three months...that gives me two weeks to ride......even days like yours out on the trail are better than my days of riding a dang stationary bike...LOL...

[greyhair biker]

ahhh, freshly seasoned trail meat glad to see you out on a bike canyon man It seems to me every time I go out on a 'short ride' I break something or flat out and get to do the walk of shame (walk of shane?) Seriously though now that you're fully stocked you wont get another flat for a while

[jon.moab]

Sounds like it is about time to go the tubeless route with Stans. Can't beat this setup!