Tire Changing Story

Ok- here's my story.  We're leaving Chipotle, and are running a little late to meet Steve.  We told Steve 12:30, but don't get there until 12:45ish.  Comet and I get there, still waiting on Rocketman- he's nowhere in site and we can't figure out what's taking so long.  Comet finds out that Chipotle took the best of him, but luckily he was able to seek refuge in the Walgreen's bathroom.

Steve is all geared up, ready to ride.  He actually went on short warm up while he was wiaitng for us.  I am all ready to go- waiting on Comet.  Comet comes back from the bathroom, butt butter in hand.  Dealt with the Chipotle aftermath.  Says she's all frosted ready to go.  Comet takes her bike down to Brett to get her tires pumped up with air.  Not sure why- I had a tire pump in my car.  Steve and I get curious what's taking so long, so we go down there and find Brett sitiing on the ground with his tire.  Oh no- flat tire.  As you can see, Comet's jokes start flying from there.  I couldn't even talk becuase I was laughing so hard!  Problem was Brett's valve was too short, and all he kept saying was "it's too short- the air won't go in."  He could fill it with a CO2, but not with the bike pump.  He said " I can't pump it up!"  And then after talking about the tube hanging off the rim on the one side, he syas to Comet, "can you hold this?"  Don't remember much after that- I was dying!

At one point, Comet took a picture.  And yes- whenver Rocketman opended the door of his Rodeo, it smelled like syrup adn baffled us.  He said it was from his daughter- apparently she had eaten waffles and carries the scent of syrup with her in the car- weird.  One day I'll understand the "kid smell" thin in cars.  Anyhow, 30 minutes later, we were ready to go.  While we were riding Brett asks me "can you look at my back tire and tell me if it looks ok?  It feels low on air".  Oh no- here we go again.  But the tire was fine for the rest of the ride. I guess the 30 minutes Brett spend chaiging it paid off!

Ok- Brett, now you can tell your side of the story.

Max- both me and Comet had longer valves on our extra tubes and offered them, but Brett refused them.  He was determined to get his small valve tire pumped up!  Lol!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! Tears.....streaming...down...my.....face.....OMG!!!

max - 2005-09-26 9:23 AM Heh! Those guys with short stems...they just can't handle the pressure!

Oh my gosh- this thread is killing me! 

jamesreeves - 2005-09-26 9:27 AM Wish I had been there!

A small valve is no laughing matter

Speaking from personal experience James?

Post the picture Comet- we have proof!  And where's Ranney?  He can verfiy the whole thing! 

Many people are not comfortable in this area. They suffer guilt and self-recrimination from the changing of tires - doing it in public takes courage and can be a risky proposition (particularly if one leans to the left and has a short stem). To have this rewarded by not one but two laughing women, with another man standing by as witness, well... small wonder he is not posting.

LOL!  You would have died had you been there.  The funny thing is that Steve was standing back, chuckling softly.  he couldn't hold back either!

I am going to speak for Brett on this one. Welshy, he worked the night shift last night--he will be on to defend his left-leaning, short stemmed, deflated tire later.

Yes, I think he was getting annoyed/pissed/frustrated by my smartass comments.

Yeah- Comet was guilty for the comments and I was guilty for the uncontrollable snickering and laughing!  I admit that I was at fault.  I can't wait to hear Brett's story!!  Details to follow after he wakes up. 

He let you hold it while he pumped? <snicker>

Welcome to my world. Wanna live in my cube for a week?

LOL- I wasn' snippy, in fact I think I said very nicely- what's taking Brett so long?  I was more confused than anything.  I mean, you have to remember, his Gatorade stop at Walgreen's took like a half hour and then the flat, which I didn't know about until we rode down to him).  It more like impatience, not snippiness.  Little did I know it would take Brett THAT LONG to change a flat.  I mean, he is a tri coach- I thought to be a tri coach one of the qualifications was to be able to change a flat under 5 minutes??  But mind you...you have to consider the fact that I hadn't taken Sherbert for a ride in nearly a week and was antsy.  Who wouldn't be antsy to be seen on my beautiful bike??

Do not hijack our wonderful tire changing thread to talk about your bike. You were snippy and you know it (I don't mind...my socks say "bitch" for a reason, I think you were nice about it).

Jim--I'm sorry.

LOL!  If he were only there....Actually Jim may have missed out on the wonderful conversation because he would have been inthe bathroom the whole time from Chipotle- lol!

Story verified!

I tried to keep my mind out of the gutter during all of the banter flying back and forth between Haley and Brett, but was unable to stifle some of my laughs.  The double entendres that now exist in my mind (thanks to BT.com!) regarding changing a flat tire are too funny!

I will, however, state that I was not getting snippy - I'm a VERY patient man...

Steve

Oh Steve- so glad you came to our rescue!  Thanks for verifying.  Now can you provide us with your version of the story??