North by Northwest Ride

Did the 'North by Northwest' ride with Audrey, Panther, Erin, Buzz and Rhonda yesterday morning.

We had some problems early on in the ride. About 3 miles in Erin turned to Panther and said, 'Does Kerry's tire look ok?'. No. It was flat. Or at least going flat. Now I hate to admit this and Panther must never learn this because he changed my tire, but I am pretty sure I just didn't tighten the valve tight enough after I pumped up this morning. So we got my tire changed and went another 3-4 miles and hear this loud 'pshhhh'. Another blowout - this time Panther.

Erin, Audrey and I were waiting for his tire to get changed and we heard a slow 'pssss'. Yes. That is right. Erin got a flat tire just standing there. Got her all changed up and headed out. We didnt even get 20 feet and Panther blew another tire.

So between 4 of us riding together (Rhonad and Buzz rode separate in the mountain bike brigade) we had 4 flats within 10 miles.

Luckily the rest of the ride went off without a hitch. I got to really ride with the new pedals and shoes and didn't even eat shit. I almost fell over at one light because I thought it was green, but managed to clip out just in time. It was a good hard ride. Serious headwind going back. And riding with some more experienced riders made it a lot more challenging than my normal 10 miles with Cooper.

Looking forward to a great week!