Ok, so I wimped out yesterday. Riding in the rain in April when I don’t have the proper gear is just not something I wanted to experience. Riding in the rain in July will be quite a different story, if that happens.

 

Today I felt I had to make up for it so I took off about 8:00am. It wasn’t a pre-approved ride but I did manage to do 44km as opposed to the 39km that I should have done yesterday. I would have done more but, I had my first flat tire.  I was all prepared for it, at least I thought so. I had the extra tube in my emergency kit, and the tube repair kit, just no pump.

 

The superintendent of my building showed up at the same place (Cherry Beach) to walk his dog, and said he saw Victor leaving the building with Mr. D. I knew they were headed to the same place so I had a hotdog and coffee while I waited. In no time at all, there is Victor, on the horizon running with Mr. D by his side.

 

Long story short, after Victor had a hotdog and some fries, we changed the tube (the culprit was a tiny thorn) but I had no pump. After asking a few people for a pump, with no luck, we walked to the Distillery District, had a coffee and called our friend Oana to come rescue us. End note, I now have a CO2 pump in my emergency kit.