What the heck?! I've had this bike for less than two weeks, taken it on four rides in the mountains and had four flats. Today was the first that got me on the trail. (With the other three I finished the ride but my tire was flat when I got home).
This morning I felt more like riding in the mountains than spinning around the neighborhood, so I threw the bike on top of the Volvo and headed over to PIR. Since I didn't have a ton of time I rode the short Technical Loop. The Technical Loop was the first trail I rode after moving to Arizona but it's been nearly a year since I last rode it. I found it quite enjoyable. The first part of the trail is more rough and rocky than I remember but I still don't think the Technical Loop is any more difficult than the Long Loop.
I made my way around the loop in good time and was ing the last downhill when I felt the rough drag of a flat tire. (I am a little baffled as to when it happened as there were no cacti near the trail where I went flat. I might have pinched it. I guess I'll find out tonight when I go home and fix it.) I stopped to try and put some air in, hoping that the leak was slow enough that I could ride out the last 1/2 mile of the trail. But my bad luck streak continued when I snapped the presta adapter on my pump and was left without a source for air. So I resigned myself to hiking it out, at which time I learned that my bike shoes are not very good hiking shoes.
It was a good ride that was spoiled at the very end. But I can't complain. I got to ride this morning and my flat was in the last 1/2 mile as opposed to halfway through the trail.
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