It finally happened. After a year plus commuting on the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires I got a flat... I had a tube, but no way to inflate it. This flat happened just after crossing under the Henderson Bridge. Why go up that way? Well I had to pick up the new coolant pipe from the dealer. On the bike. Heading home, sisss, sisss, sisss. A short walk to the bike path and i found a friendly commuter willing to offer me a shot of CO2 to get home...
After a year of calling them unflattable, well... a damn bit of metal (or something sharp and thin made it through the armor) thwarted my streak. Pretty good, ~6000 miles or so without a flat... dozens and dozens of bits of sharp glass removed... dozens of sharp seagull bomb shrapnel bits survived and removed... miles and miles
I knew i shouldn't have called them flatless earlier today. But then I've been calling them that for about 6 months. And of the rides and rides where i've forgotten the pump/CO2 inflator.
oh well... i only had a short walk and I had a nice ride home chatting with a great commuter.
That and I proved that the unflattable Marathon Plus is not quite infallible.
heddwch
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