A couple of months ago I positioned my recumbent down in Portsmouth where my new office is located. Since then I’ve barely spent any time at all in Portsmouth as I always seem to be working somewhere else and living out of a holdall.
This week I’m actually at the office (well half the week anyway) and can finally get out one the bent. So after dinner this evening I swapped the Rubino Slicks for Schwalbe Supremes, my preferred all season tyre, swapped out the tube with the slow puncture, sorted out the headset and set out for a ride.
8 miles into the ride while riding along the seafront at Titchfield I get a loud bang and an instantaneous flat. Rear tyre is off the rim so I suspect that I’ve either failed to ensure it was correctly seated or I’ve over inflated, which is quite likely as I was using a mini pump without a gauge.
Anyway after swapping back to the tube with the slow puncture I thought that I’d better cut my planned ride short and head back as not only had I used my only other tube but also discovered that my repair kit was missing its vulcanising solution.
Not exactly a great ride but at least I’ve actually managed to get out on the bent.
