Could we get some bad weather in here quick???

After Sunday's race, I am riding back to the car with my spare wheels in hand, thankfully not needing them, and I check the results...hey look, the fat kid got 18th today. Get back to the car and both of my tires of full of goatheads.

Damn it!!!!

Now I get to spend the next hour using a set of side cutters and a sharpen spoke to get these out of my tires.

These little things are a pain in my ass and every cyclist in Colorado. They grow along side the road, the bike path, in fields and when the wind blows, they go with it. Since the weather has been so nice lately, the plant has bloomed again and they are everywhere. Every person with a bike will eventually find one and your day is ruined if you dont have the RVTK. This is one of main reasons I dont like to ride the bike paths, the other is the recreational cyclist that wants to run into me when thier bike wont stop and they are doing the Flintstone towards me. I will let Brian tell that story though.

I have these True Goo tubes that are supposed to seal themselves when they have a puncture. Pull the first couple out of the front, spin the wheel and that hissing noise was the 12 bucks being pulled out of my wallet since it did not seal up the holes. The rear had a regular tube with some Stans in it. Started to pull those out and it sealed right up. At about the same time, Mike T. rides over and has now got his second flat and his race has not even started yet.

I give him the Stans tube and let him know that it should work and he is thankful that he can race at this point. I get an email from him later on Sunday and he was able to finish the race and got 11th. Nicely done once again Mike.

Do yourself a favor, buy some regular tubes and then squirt in some Stans. I use 3 tablespoons and that seems to work best. You put all this time into training and race fees, now spend a little time on your setup so you at least start the race.