cycle (commute) 17:00 [3] 7.5 km (2:16 / km)
shoes: Diamondback Vectra Sport
I hate bikes. I never want to ride again... well not quite, but I'm pretty ticked off at the moment. Last night I was pumping up my tyres on the Avanti and the valve stem ripped away from the tube on my front tyre. Took it out, replaced it with my spare, didn't put it in properly and popped it when pumping it back up. 5cm long hole in the side, no chance of patching either, so having spent the previous evening transfering tool kit, bike bottle holder for light batterly, pump etc from my mountain bike to the Avanti, I then had to switch my pedals to the MTB so I could get to school this morning.
That was annoying, but half of it was my fault, so I could get over it. But... half way to school my bike started making funny noises which I soon realised was the chain rubbing on the front changer - on both sides of it... This is the first ride at all that I've had since I got the bike back from having bottom bracket and cranks replaced and the crank is loose again!!! 4th time (but first time on this side). So either my bike is a heap of sh** or they didn't put it back to gether properly or a combination of the two.
In case it isn't obvious from above, I'm very grumpy, although at the same time I realise my issues are hardly life threatening and probably don't come close to how some of the Ausiie boys are feeling after World Champs qualifying over the past week in the Ukraine... missing a final by 4 seconds - now that must really suck.