Snow???

[johnridley]

Oh, dammit, do I need to put the studs on the bike already? I've made it to late November the last few years. It says snow at 6AM tomorrow morning. I should already be at work by then, but we'll see what it looks like when I get up. I may be changing tires. The afternoon doesn't look bad, but it looks like studs before too long.

I had a flat when I went to ride home this evening. I didn't get the rim tape down properly; the fancy Velox tape is barely adhesive at all, so I had to almost hold it in place while putting the tube in, and I didn't hold it quite well enough, it slipped sideways, and I got a puncture in the tube from one of the spokes protruding in. I used 290mm spokes, turns out I could have used 287s or so; most of them stick in a couple of mm but still below the tape.

I was going to buy Pedro's rim tape but they were out.

Anyway, I had put a presta tube in there and had planned on buying a 21/64 drill bit on the way home to drill for schraeder valve (the car tire standard). Didn't make it that far though, and I didn't have a spare tube with a presta valve. So I borrowed a car to run to the bike shop and buy another presta valved tube. They were closed. So I called for a bail-out from jennlk, bought the drill bit and headed back to work to wait for the ride.

The wheel now has a schraeder tube in it and all is well again. The disc brake is niiice.

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[bwittig.livejournal.com]

Brief flurries 60-80 miles N of you.