We start a bit late and can't seem to find the turnoff that we need to get to Eugene. It is freezing while we ride so we decide to take the shorter route to San Francisco. As we pull back onto highway 97 we stop for gas and fortunately, at that exact moment, my tire decides to go flat. If we had been in the middle of nowhere the situation would have been much more difficult to resolve. One mile back there is a service station that is open and the attendant is extremely helpful. (We have been unable to find the right sized tire irons to purchase so we need to use someone's tools.) The annoying thing about the flat is that I had just bought the tire the day before and it seems like either the installation was not good, or the inner tube was defective since there seem to be fold marks on the tube. The tubeless tire that I bought is difficult to remove (remind me never to go tubeless again) and difficult to remount.
Thank you sir. Without your tools we would not have been able to fix our bike.
Mt. Shasta near Weed, California (no I didn't buy a t-shirt that says 'I love weed').
Never go tubeless, never be annoyed when stuff goes wrong because it probably could be a lot worse, just roll with the punches and hope one of those punches isn't a knockout.
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