Today I was planning to ride out through Charlestown, Chelsea and Winthrop to Deer Island. I made it as far as Chelsea when I noticed my rear tire seemed low. I pumped it up a bit but realized soon that I had a flat. Luckily I was near a sort of dock area where I found a water hose and a bucket, so I set out to fix the flat. Found the hole, patched it up (the tube looked pretty old), and then as I went to pump it the entire valve stem ripped.
After considering my options and thinking about walking to a Target about 2 miles away, I decided that it was a bad idea as it would be unlikely that Target would even have the right type of tube. Fortunately I happened to be on a street near a couple of major taxi depots, so there were empty cabs going by all the time and I got one to bring me home with the bike in the trunk. $32 later, I now have to go find a new tube and fix it. Oh well. Maybe I'll try Deer Island again later today or next weekend.
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