Monday, 25 June 2012
Battle of the Bulge
We left Sunday morning under beautiful sunny blue skies. After 9 miles of slight headwind, gentle rolling terrain and serene scenery our idealic ride took a change. Chris noted a clicking sound from my bike as we were coming down a hill. No big deal, we stopped, checked the obvious and then saw " the Bulge" on my rear tire, same wheel we had just had replaced. We were 9 miles out, we tried rearranging my load snd letting some air out of the tire, but the weight of riding made the bulge worse, so we started walking back. Several riders stopped, but really could do nothing other than offering verbal support. BUT to our good fortune, one rider came back with his truck after we had walked our bikes 3 1/2 miles and drove us the rest of the way back to Whitefish. We will be off to the bike shop momentarily to hopefully get a replacement tire.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I hope you have determined the cause of the bulge and are on your way again. Tomorrow is my last day at the Dom. I out-process on Friday and Sunday we hit the road!
ReplyDeleteYou two are good writers...I just caught up on the blog. What is with all the rain??? It is still raining here in Portland quite a bit which is unusual for now. Well maybe the heatwaves will have let up by the time you get to the plains. I am anxiously awaiting the resolution of the bulge problem! Ann
ReplyDelete