jMan

Today I went for nice bike ride on the road ride. It was my first ride for a few months. And today my worst fears came true.

Seems everytime I go down a hill on my road bike I am starting to pickup some speed and I hear that little voice in my head.

What if I got a puncture right now? Would it hurt? Would I crash? And what about that gravel rash from the road, ouch!

Well today was different at least I thought this at the time. There was no little voice in my head so naturally I speed up when I got to the downwards hill. And yep you guessed it I was coming down the hill going down towards the top of Rapaki track (on the Summit Road) Approaching 70km p/hr and phisssssss damn puncture on the corner. My worst fear, I considered myself very lucky on this occasion. It was a puncture in the back tyre just after the cattle stop and starting to turn right.

I failed to remember to put a spare tube in my pack so I had to call Mum and get her to pick me up at the bottom of Rapaki. What seemed like a good idea at the time, walking down Rapaki track with roadshoes is not advised. Stuffed my shoes and my cleats.

Thanks Mum for the ride.