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I went around a corner wholly sideways. First flat on the bike It only took 14 years, guess I can't complain too much. Luckily there was a hardware store a few miles away back in town.
Unfortunately T**** rd claimed another bike, the last left hander, as you head west is a decreasing radius turn and I saw gouges and red (not blood) in the road and glanced over to see an absolutely destroyed bike. It was blue, that's about all I can tell ya. As I was about to hammer brakes to turn around and look for a rider, I saw more people just up the road so I asked them and unfortunately it was one of them. Funny thing, well not really, when I stopped one asked "whats that hissing?"
I didn't ask the guy what happened, he looked pretty depressed...but I did ask if he was ok and gotta thumbs up.
If fellow NESRians don't carry plug kits, I suggest you do. My tire had a pinhole in it and I still road the bike a ways. They actually don't go so bad with 0 psi in the tire, rear at least. Just don't try to go around a corner fast.
Now should I start up the "replace it or plug it?" debate?
Well, damned if that brand new tire is getting replaced. I plugged it, topped it off with a fresh 36 pounds of high quality NY air and went back to T**** and dragged knees with it
ps....002's knock the piss out of 016's, for reference.