{"id":425,"date":"2009-05-19T18:23:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T08:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2009-05-19T18:23:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T08:23:37","slug":"my-first-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"My first flat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it<\/a> (the rear\u00a0wheel)\u00a0waited until the worst location on my trip to work. I got a flat tyre in Redfern. Why is this the worst? Because it is almost exactly the half way mark.<\/p>\n

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I did not actually realise I had a flat tyre for a while. What was happening was the rear derailleur was scraping on the ground. I thought that was not normal, and suspected a failure of the derailleur. A woman offered to help, but I said I was ok. It was after that, I realised that the tyre was flat.<\/p>\n

I quickly discovered there was a flaw in my toolkit. If it had been a front tyre, life would have been fine. But it was the back. I have a hex key set that fits all the hex bolts on the bike, but for some reason I had forgotten to put in any spanners. So I called Monica from work, she brought out some spanners from work. Once this was done the flat was quickly fixed and I was on my way. So there were several learnings:<\/p>\n