It never ceases to amaze me that shops which provide useful goods to people that use them on weekends are inevitably closed on the weekends when the goods would be purchased by the people who need them on the weekend!

The small hose connected easily to the tire, white goop flowed in, and then simply started spraying out from the hole. I thought to myself, “it says drive for 3km to even out the goop”, so I spun the wheel. Mistake! This did nothing more than to create a spinning fountain of white goop spraying EVERYWHERE. So, I was covered, many of the components on my bike were covered, my hands were sticky, and my pride was wallowing in the corner in shame.

I stood up, recollected my gear, and started walking to the sound of psst, psst, psst, psst each time the hole passed the ground, briefly stuck to it, then rolled past.

I felt good on the first 12km of the walk until about 500m after I sent you that text, my right knee started to ache, then my left, then both feet. it turns out that the clip in my riding shoes causes a massive pressure/rubbing point when I walk on them. Who knew? I soldiered on, made it home, then partook in a frosty beverage on my deck. A quick trip to the bike shop yielded a new tire and tube, some time with a rag removed at least half of the glue residue from various components and I am back up and running only slightly worse for wear.

I will give it another try next weekend!