Just as I was about to leave I felt that my bike was not steering well and soon discovered a front wheel puncture. I returned to my office where I had the wheel off and replaced it with another inner tube.
On closer inspection I could see a small tear and looking at the tyre (standard Marathon) a small shard of glass had gone through the tread and the green guard layer. I pulled it through for the inside and after checking for anything else replaced the tyre.
Heading home I didn't get a mile before I could tell that to had gone again. At the roadside I used the last of my inner tubes that I was carrying and made good my repair. About 300 metres later it went again. With no more inner tubes I was forced to walk my bike home.
After my dinner I had the wheel off and with a much better inspection under proper light I could see that the inner tube had tears in two locations.
Initially I thought U had not more spare tubes but managed to find a brand new one still boxed. Not wanting the same thing to happen tomorrow morning I decided to bin the old tyre and put a brand new one I had stored away.
I will of course have to place an order for a few more tubes and with some of the rides I do, I don't fancy being stuck in the middle of nowhere!
The only good thing in all this is of course that I can repair a puncture quickly and easily. What a change this is from a few years ago when I quite literally had not the slightest idea where to start!
breakers of such glass should be made to swallow it
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