Flat Tire - Recurrence

Careful with the nicknames there ... some of us are dyslexic.<br><br><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><i>You figure it out.</i></span><br><br><br><br><br>
Back to the point ...<br><br>
I bent the stem on a Presta valve once and didn't know it till I got to T1. I pumped it up and a mile later it was flat again. Like the newbie dumbass I was, I didn't have a spare. No way was I DNF'g [only a sprint, c'mon!] so I rode on the flat and trashed the wheel. It was my back wheel, so I wasn't sliding all over. The added resistance from the mush back there totally destroyed my legs for the run.<br><br>
But, I finished.

Make sure those fingers are protected; it's hard to remount a tire/wheel when your fingertips are slashed up by that piece of metal/glass you didn't <i>see</i>, but sure enough <i>felt</i>!

<b>jroden</b> sounds like a person who has received the <i>"Um, can you come and get me?"</i> call maybe one time too many.