Hehe I'm counting down the time before I go out on the bike. I'm really excited about finally being able to ride my bike again. I really hope that I don't have any problems with the wheel.
If everything is ok then great. But whether it goes bad or is all good I'm going to still return the wheel to the bike shop and see if they have the correct wheel. If not then I'll see if they have the correct tire to go with that wheel. I just don't want to have any issues with it. But I want to be positive about it and hope that it all goes well.
You know when it's going to be Christmas in the morning or you know that your parents are going to take you to Disneyland in the morning so you can't go to sleep because that's all you can think about? That's how I feel right now. I took an ambien because I know I won't be able to sleep. Then again I have ADHD anyway so I know that I won't be able to sleep lol. But you know, I'm real excited.
I am not so excited that I'm going to wear all my biking gear and clothes with shoes to bed so I can just wake up and run out the back door and not have to worry about putting on my helmet and backpack and sunglasses because they are already on. No, I'm not THAT excited. Just regular excited.
That last paragraph was for Sue who tried to make fun of me and I was a douche nozzle to her. So there you go Sue. I really hope you got a kick out of it.
Monday, April 13, 2009
New Wheel
I finally got my new wheel today although there is a problem with it lol. I put the tube and the tire on it and screwed it to the bike and then started putting air into it. As I was putting air in it I saw that the tire at the bottom was bulging out and so I stopped putting air in and started taking it out again.
I don't know what happened but apparently it's the wrong size. The tag said 26" so I thought it was the right thing but the tire says 26" x 1.95" so I can only assume that the wheel is not right some how.
I'm not going to return it yet though. The guy said I had like 2 weeks or 1 month or something, I didn't hear him but he said I had time to return it if something was wrong with it. I'm going to ride it tomorrow to see if it does good or not. If not then I'm going to have no choice but to return it.
Just to be sure I'm going to go out to the patio and take the air out of it and adjust the tube and wheel a little then put air in it again just to be sure.
I really hope it works out because I need to get back on the bike trail because my weight is out of control.
P.S. Ok so I went out there and put the tire back onto the wheel and pumped it up right on the table instead of on the bike which I think is the right way but I did it on the table and it was fine. I put it pumped up on the bike and it seemed pretty sealed up with no problems. I rode it for a minute and it was perfectly fine.
If I have issues tomorrow on the bike trail or even on the way to the bike trail then I guess I'll have to walk home and then return the wheel for a new one. Although, I'm going to have a long walk depending on where I'm at. That is unless I can just deflate the tire then pump it up again but not fully just to get me home faster.
I don't know what happened but apparently it's the wrong size. The tag said 26" so I thought it was the right thing but the tire says 26" x 1.95" so I can only assume that the wheel is not right some how.
I'm not going to return it yet though. The guy said I had like 2 weeks or 1 month or something, I didn't hear him but he said I had time to return it if something was wrong with it. I'm going to ride it tomorrow to see if it does good or not. If not then I'm going to have no choice but to return it.
Just to be sure I'm going to go out to the patio and take the air out of it and adjust the tube and wheel a little then put air in it again just to be sure.
I really hope it works out because I need to get back on the bike trail because my weight is out of control.
P.S. Ok so I went out there and put the tire back onto the wheel and pumped it up right on the table instead of on the bike which I think is the right way but I did it on the table and it was fine. I put it pumped up on the bike and it seemed pretty sealed up with no problems. I rode it for a minute and it was perfectly fine.
If I have issues tomorrow on the bike trail or even on the way to the bike trail then I guess I'll have to walk home and then return the wheel for a new one. Although, I'm going to have a long walk depending on where I'm at. That is unless I can just deflate the tire then pump it up again but not fully just to get me home faster.
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