Did you know I learned to change my bicycle tire today?
My husband almost never goes with me on my long work out on Saturdays. Last night we decided it would be fun to go together, so we both got up early and headed out to the pool. We cycled there and back. On the way back, I got a flat rear tire. This has never happened to me before and I was really glad my husband was with me.
He had already prepped my bike with a spare tube, tire tools and a hand pump. He showed me how to get the tire off the bike, how to get the tire off the rim, take out the tube and replace it and get the tire back on the rim. Then we tried to pump it up. That hand pump just would not get the job done. After several minutes with no seeming effect, he looked and found he had some CO2. At this point another cyclist stopped to help us. (Thank You!) He had used the CO2 before and stayed to see how we did with it. It worked and got my tire nearly half full of air, enough to get us home. (At this point a group of cyclists rode by and called out to see if we needed help. Thank you to ya'll too!)
I replaced the wheel on the bike and we headed back home. This was a really good experience for me and I am so glad it happened when my husband just happened to be along! (THANKS!)
3 comments:
That really was a piece of good luck, letting you learn under those circumstances! I'm very impressed that several others offered help, too. That doesn't happen all that often in today's world. Speaks well for Texas!
If it had to happen, I'm glad he was able to be there to help/walk you through it.
That's something I need to learn--esp. if I get into more biking--which I hope to do.
I was so glad my husband was there to walk me through it! I sure needed to know how to do it and that was the perfect way to learn!! it only put us behind about 30 minutes, and I sure learned a lot! now I want to try it again just to be sure I've got it down, but I don't want to have another flat!
I was surprised others stopped. but was very thankful they did!
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