Farmington River Trail

On Friday, although the weather was humid and there was an air quality advisory due to Canadian smoke, I decided to head over the Farmington and ride the river trail. My intentions were to ride to Collinsville - have a brew and burger there and ride back.  Alas ... it was not to be...

Unionville 

Along the River

Disaster!

All went well until I got a flat (a staple pierced the tire and tube!). Despite help from a nice couple, I must have pinched the replacement tube with the tire iron and it didn't hold air. I very kind good Samaritan named Sam stopped and we spent a painful 20 minutes or more trying the fix the 2nd flat with bandaids and a dried-up ancient patch kit to no avail!! :-(

I walked most of the way back (probably took close to an hour) when Sam showed up again and promised to find a new tube for me! What a godsend! Sure enough within 10 minutes or so he finds me still plodding along walking with the bike and together we finally inserted a new tube that held air and I was on my way.  THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE STILL - THANK YOU SAM!!!

Short One-Handed Video

Yes it was a bummer of a day but I will return soon--gotta check out Collinsville, etc.