This morning's plan: bike (1 hour) run (50 minutes)! Yes, a brick.
This morning's problem: a flat tire.
22 minutes into our ride, Kirstin's back tire went flat. Kirstin quickly dissembled her back tire (removed the skewer, popped the wheel off, & took off the tire and tube). She laid out her fancy tools that were contained within her saddle bag. We consider ourselves resourceful; therefore, we thought "how difficult is it to change a flat tire." Britt even spent time watching youtube's "How to Change a Bike Tire." But from this point (bike broken apart & tools spread out) - we were clueless. Numerous runners and cyclist offered assistance but we graciously declined. Finally, a cyclist returned to help since it appeared we weren't making any progress. Unfortunately, he was late to work so he called over his friend & handed over this daunting task. His poor friend was stuck! And for us, it was quite a humiliating experience. We were unsure how to use our equipment & went overboard with dissembling the bike (example - removing the skewer isn't necessary). After using his CO2 tool and cartridge & him putting on the tire & wasting his time - we were on our way. Returning home, we scraped up our pride and mustered the "umph" to go for a 40 minute run.
Our current plan: practice changing a tire & practice using our fancy equipment.
Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers.
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amen to that sistas! the kindness of strangers came in handy when the honda died in the middle of traffic... some nice guy pushed it into the closest gas station for us while avoiding the oncoming traffic. i'm pretty sure the only reason he was "nice" was because he was annoyed that we were holding up traffic. such as life.
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