So today's lunch ride was via my tour bike due to the crappy OEM rim tape on my road wheels that I never bothered changing when I bought them. I blew two tubes while changing over to the Vredstein Fortezza Tri comps I had on my fixed-gear. I've been looking forward to having these on my road bike, I loved riding them on my fixed-gear. 140 psi rolls so smooth but aparently is too much for the OEM shrink tape, which puckered under the load and allowed the tube to blow out in the nipple holes. Arg. Need to pick up some good old Velox or Pedros. Up until my road tires blew, I actually had all nine bikes in rideable condition at the same time, a rare occurence. Also, N wil soon equal 10. I am currently building up a single speed 29er. More on that to follow...
The Challenge
Jim wants me to do the Cadillac Century with him. So I have 2.5 weeks to get ready for my first century. Ouch. Basically, I'll be trying to get as much saddle time as I can spare between now and then. I foresee a big tube if icy hot in my future...
