A bicycle nightmare

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There is nothing much to tell about Khanom or show what I have not told or shown on my recent trip to Khanom.

On the first day (monday) I assembled my bike and was really happy that it worked well. I visited my Khanom friends and they were all really happy to see me. I was invited for lunch and dinner and really happy to be here. It was a really happy day. :D

Today I also bought a table and finally established my office.

What was a nightmare though, is what happened to my bicycle. I had a flat tire the very first day (I had only 2 in 3 months last time). I repaired that and had another flat tire only 2 days later. I repaired that too and started to work on my bike power.

The day I wanted to go for my first longer tour, I took off in direction north and after 10 km had - a flat tire. Now I was a little bit (---censored---) unhappy. The good thing was that I really knew what to do meanwhile. I flipped it over under a palm tree and started fixing it. While waiting for the glue it started raining. Buckets! Oceans! I knew it was coming but I had planned to hide under some roof but now I could not move my bicycle. Well - some Thai started gesturing to come to his house and after my tire was attached again, I gladly accepted - soaked wet. Of course I was offered some water, of course he insisted on pumping the tires up fully for me!

The rain did not stop and finally I decided to go home in the rain. That was a really nice trip: empty roads, people staring, warm rain. I enjoyed it. I came home, put the bike on my terrace under the roof, showered and heard a bang. What was that? Well, my bike had fallen because it had another flat tire! The 3rd in 24hrs !! I really don't know what is happening but now I will order kevlar-fortified tires...

I just hope it holds now... and btw, 4 nice, little holes - real flat tires.

So, I will write again when something happens that is worth to be written.

Sawadee krap and good bye.

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Comments

[Foxi]

Check die Speichen
Hea Bro, got to check the inside of your tires..i mean the "Felgen" inside..sometimes there are edges coming through if its not properly installed (The gellee inside of the Felge)..had that on a bmx ...only works when u glue some stuff over it..have a look maybe thats the piont.. cu Felix

[FloRider]

I checked that already Fel-Lix! All the pinches are from outside, not from the inside. I hope that the first pinch damaged the tire in a way that sometimes stones pinch through the same hole again. Changed front against rear, let's see what happens...