Give me punk music, not punk tires!

Yesterday I wrote about how I am hooked on bike riding these days. It's exciting, healthly, great for the earth and on my wallet.

However, it rained AGAIN today. I rode my bike to work everyday during the rainy season and to be honest, I don't mind the rain. What I don't like about riding in the rain is having to wash my bike when I get home at night and wearing a plastic raincoat. But hopefully, today was the end of the rainy season in this area, so now we will have sunny blue skies every day until Christmas when it will snow for Santa.

But my trouble in the rain today was getting a puncture - not once, but twice! This morning, about 500 meters before my office I got the first puncture so I pushed my bike in the rain to the office. At lunchtime, I changed the tube. Then I was all ready for the ride home at 6pm. However, half way home, I got another puncture! What's going on today? I managed to put a little more air in to get me most of the way home, but had to walk the last 200 meters or so.

After dinner, I checked both tubes - the morning one had a hole in it. The afternoon tube was leaking air from the patch I put on about two months ago, so I was doomed to have two punctures in one day.

Well, now everything is fixed and my bike is clean. Hopefully it will stop raining tonight and I can get to the team ride tomorrow.

By the way, I've had enough rain for a while, so please don't wash your car or squash any spiders. These are bad luck things that bring rain. Can you tell me anything else that will make it rain?

PS. The picture above is of my bike near the top of Mt. Mikuni on the border of Seto City and Gifu Pref. Sorry the photo is on it's side. I'll find out how to turn it over next time.