Yesterday I spent a good half day going over all my bikes making sure everything was mechanically sound, all cleaned and charged up. I also gave all the bikes a coat of AutoGlym Ceramic Spray. All the bikes were all ready to rock n rock.
This morning after a meeting the sun finally come out so I took my OG Creo 1 gravel bike out for a local spin. I hoped onto the old railway line behind Meadowfield sports centre and headed for Bishop. Just outside Willington I could hear a hissing sound, looked down and the bike and myself was covered in Stans yet again. It was sealing then re squirting so I stopped and checked it out. A big branch/twig had gone straight into/through the tyre. I decided to pull it out and plug the hole. With the hole being that big I lost all the air in the tyre and it had come off the bead. I could not air it back up as the beads would not snap back on. Plan B fit an inner tube, this worked and I left the plug in place to stop the tube going out through the hole. By now I was sick, everything covered in sticky Stans and had no second spare tube. I opted to continue to Bishop, did a lap of the market place and headed back to Meadowfield. The tracks are bone dry, rock hard and dusty. No many others out either. All in just over 17 miles in 1hr 16mins with 400ft of climbing.
When I got home it took twice as long to re wash the bike, strip the inner tube out, refit the tubeless valve, fit a new spare tyre, pour new Stans in to discover the rim tape was punctured so had to strip the everything back off the wheel to repair the tubeless tape and start all over again. No to worry these things happen, there is always tomorrow.
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