I must have some impressive way of abusing my bike. I brought it into the shop in mid-May for general repairs, and given I had managed to completely mess up my back tire...not to mention the derailer hanger having snapped in half. So yeah, a decent quantity of funds had been put into this bike...and as I found out yesterday, I had a flat front tire.
It wasn't quite flat per-say, but it had a small leak somewhere which caused it to lose all pressure in a matter of an hour; not much good for riding. Of course, I discovered this, while riding, which is not much good for turning sharply, which is exactly the action in which this state was discovered.
Today, I've put in another $10 for a new bike tube, but not just a typical tube. This one was pretty much, about four times thicker than a standard tube. With any luck, that should help me NOT have to stop and repair every twenty miles. Of course, in the spirit of things breaking, both of my bike pumps are broken. So, to fill this tube up, it requires an additional investment of $1.50 at the local BP station. But, with a new tube on the bike, and the gears and chain greased up, I'm hoping, just hoping, that I'll be able to traverse a few miles without having to give so much focus to maintenance.
In the last few weeks alone, I think I've put in roughtly half that bike's cost in repairs, air and spare parts. Woo, I'm waiting for this to become an economical mode of transportation again.
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