So Ive been able to do this at several placesA small purse, sweatshirt on the bottom,beer on top, another sweatshirt and then a makeup bag and water bottle on topDoes anyone know if this will fly there ?
For riding to work, the first thing you want is reliabilityFor many years all my road bikes have had Mavic wheelsI've never had a problem with themThey have stayed true and worked wellYou can get Mavic wheels at any price from reasonable to ridiculousIt's a good idea to pay attention to your wheel selectionLast year I upgraded a road bike from Mavic Aksium to Mavic KsyriumThe Aksium wheels were put onto my GF's bike that had Alex wheelsThe Mavic wheels were a very significant performance improvement on her bikeHTH
Check to see where the puncture is, to do this remove the tube, (remembering it's relationship to the rim) inflate the tube and locate the leakIf the leak is where it would come in contact with the tire carefully inspect the tire for something in the casing (thorns, glass, etc.)If the puncture is facing the rim look in the area for the causeThe rim tape might be the reason as these bikes come with a poor quality tape.
first what is actually doing the poping here pointy spoke or metal shardTake your rim tape off and run your hand round the rim (i know it sounds stupid but check the tyre as well with ur hand) can you feel the specific spoke or area that is popping the inner tube, if you can get a file to round it off etc or improvise you say you don't need these wheels well who cares what you do to them so long as your inertube stay inflatedother possibilities are you need to tension you spokes to stop them being so loose, if there not sharp its possible your getting pinch punctures with them being to looseget a truing key if you can and tighten them (if you do that read up on it cause its all back to front) hmmm i just re read your post blown out as it actually exploded like massive hole rather than puncture? in that case run your hand round the rim again and check the sides, the bit where your tyre hooks under the metal rim check for any deviations or places where the tyre wouldn't get a gd lockThose spots are called flat spots and are cause from a big thump (the more expensive the wheel the bigger the thump it can take normally) theres nothing you can do about them other than improvise and try and return it to the original shapestill reading? well if its none of those try your actual tyre does it have a gash in the side/ warn through these spots dont hold pressure very well and can cause the tyre to slip off the rim the inner tube then exploding like a ballonlastly take it to a gd bike shop when i worked at a bike shop people brought in stuff all the time for us to look at (even un bike related things) and people dont charge you for looking and diagnosing problems like you've got.
The stock wheels that came with the bike should be OK for casual ridingFirst thing to do is check the tubeIf the puncture looks like a snake bite, it's a pinch flat, probably caused by under-inflated tiresKeep your tires inflated to the pressure recomended on the sidewallIf the puncture is a single hole, it's caused by a sharp objectWhen you change a tube, carefully run your finger along the inside of the tire to check for sharp objects that might still be imbedded in the tireA single layer of rim tape should be sufficient, but it won't hurt to double it upWhen you changed the tire last, did you use tire levers to get the tire back on the rim? If so, you may have punctured the tubeAlways resist the temptation to use tire levers to get the tire back on, always use your hands to get that last bit of tire on the rim.
Shoreline amphitheater is notoriously difficult to smuggle alcohol intoThey will open up all your bags, pull everything out and find whatever alcohol you have in possessionHowever, the loophole in the system is that they will let you bring in foodA technique that I found works really well is the burrito methodWe bought burritos to bring in and have for dinnerI bought an extra couple of large tortillas and foil wrappingI filled up two water bottles with vodka and then wrapped up the water bottles into the tortillas and aluminum foilSure enough, they searched my belongings and saw that my girlfriend and I had 4 perfectly wrapped burritos in our possessionThey even commented on my burritos saying that it was a good food choiceIf your going for beer, it would work well, but it might seem weird if your bringing 6 burritos in.
