Originally Posted by datlas

I have a tire question. It actually involves tubeless tires/rims. But it's not bike related.

The kids' car rear tires both have slow leaks. They are way too slow to isolate. One drops about 5 PSI/week. The other a little less. It's an old car with old rims and new tires. I try to get the kids to just pump up the tires at WaWa every 2 weeks when they get gas, but they are slackers so dad ends up doing the job. Sad.

I am suspicious there is just a slight crack or leak at the rim/tire interface but again I can't find it.

I know there are products sold at Auto Parts stores that seal leaks, and I am guessing these are just fancier versions of the goop people run in tubeless bicycle tires.

I am inclined to try this, any pros/cons??

Originally Posted by datlas

I will investigate both of those areas we are not hitting on this ride and consider them for next time. The issue is my club is really based on West Chester and going from there to Hawk Mountain and back is really a 2 day event, and our rides are supposed to be one day.

To make it one day, we have to start closer to the destination, which is what we are doing starting in Pottstown.

Originally Posted by Pirkaus

I use dihydrogen monoxide


Are you NEW here? There is no logic the the greater 41. It's either, just fine or it's gonna asplode, regardless of what material is being discussed.

Originally Posted by indyfabz

Here comes the rain again.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKopy74weus



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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Busy time of year for Mrs. T and me. We've had two visitation/funerals this week, meeting a rarely seen nephew for lunch today who happens to be in the area, and a graduation party, tonight. Then, it's time to pack for an Alaskan cruise. Add in the rain showers every day and finding time to ride and mow the yards is getting tough.

Still, I've ridden with Mrs.T a few times this week on our trikes. She's still too scared of falling to remount her upright.

Do hope to squeeze a ride in with Gianni this morning before our lunch date, then get the lawns mowed before the predicted rain arrives this afternoon and I have to go to a graduation party. Dang, retirement is hard.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha

Busy time of year, for sure. Glad the spouse is getting out!

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Yes, me, too. I was beginning to worry that she might be going down a mental rabbit hole with all of her injuries and stuff. In fact, she's off to OT again in a few minutes.

Trike riding isn't really her thing but she's decided that she needs to do something if she can't ride her upright.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha

Looks fast, anyway. One would think that getting back out on the road, experiencing its pleasures, and maintaining fitness might be a way of regaining confidence. Is she doing any balance work? That might help too.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Yes. I think the fear of falling is just the fear of breaking more bones. I think her list from our tandem crash and her stair fall looks like this:

Crash 2016 August

pelvis x 3
clavicle
ribs x 3
sternum
vertebrae

Stairs 2018 September

pelvis x 2
clavicle
radius
vertebrae x 3
metacarpal
ribs x 2 or 3

I probably left a few fractures out because it’s getting too many to remember.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha

I got nothing.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Busy time of year for Mrs. T and me. We've had two visitation/funerals this week, meeting a rarely seen nephew for lunch today who happens to be in the area, and a graduation party, tonight. Then, it's time to pack for an Alaskan cruise. Add in the rain showers every day and finding time to ride and mow the yards is getting tough.

Still, I've ridden with Mrs.T a few times this week on our trikes. She's still too scared of falling to remount her upright.

Do hope to squeeze a ride in with Gianni this morning before our lunch date, then get the lawns mowed before the predicted rain arrives this afternoon and I have to go to a graduation party. Dang, retirement is hard.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Yes. I think the fear of falling is just the fear of breaking more bones. I think her list from our tandem crash and her stair fall looks like this:

Crash 2016 August

pelvis x 3
clavicle
ribs x 3
sternum
vertebrae

Stairs 2018 September

pelvis x 2
clavicle
radius
vertebrae x 3
metacarpal
ribs x 2 or 3

I probably left a few fractures out because it’s getting too many to remember.

Originally Posted by rjones28

I can see why she'd be cautious.

Where does this put her on the lifetime injury competition with you?

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Throw in breast cancer between the two accidents and it's no wonder her mental state is fragile.

BTW, I feel that she's actually handling things better than most would. I don't want to give the impression that she's struggling mentally or that her fears are irrational because she's a pretty well-founded and strong person. She'd just rather not go through this stuff, again. She is 68 so she could probably slow down a little.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha

In my previous professional life I saw a lot of people dealing with issues like this, then my parents, and now, of course, my friends. My wife has bad osteoarthritis in her hips, knees, and back, which causes pain every day of her life, but she remains active and happy. On the whole, people play the hand they're dealt without courage and without catastrophizing, but that doesn't make it any less heartbreaking when it's our loved ones or any less impressive to think about how much people suffer in the aggregate.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

I remember back in 2009, I was taking 8 weeks of radiation after my aggressive prostate cancer returned. (I'd had a prostatectomy in 2003) I was feeling somewhat down and was in the ready room at the facility, sitting across from a gentleman with hardly any lower jaw left and he gave me as much of a smile as he could. I found that incredibly strong on his part. Over the next 8 weeks, I saw many a person there with way more going on than my piddly problem.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Busy time of year for Mrs. T and me. We've had two visitation/funerals this week, meeting a rarely seen nephew for lunch today who happens to be in the area, and a graduation party, tonight. Then, it's time to pack for an Alaskan cruise. Add in the rain showers every day and finding time to ride and mow the yards is getting tough.

Still, I've ridden with Mrs.T a few times this week on our trikes. She's still too scared of falling to remount her upright.

Do hope to squeeze a ride in with Gianni this morning before our lunch date, then get the lawns mowed before the predicted rain arrives this afternoon and I have to go to a graduation party. Dang, retirement is hard.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

I'm still way ahead.

Besides numerous fractures in the '80s while racing, crashing in 2016, and being generally accident prone and a menace around sharp objects, she isn't even close. How many people can say they've broken both scapulas twice each?

I'll always have the 5 days on a ventilator after our tandem crash to laud over her.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

Glad to hear Mrs. T is getting out. You guys deserve a break.

The Alaska cruise will be wonderful. It was our first, and it inspired us to make cruising our major form of travel from then on. Just ask if there is anything you need to know. Which line are you cruising with.

Originally Posted by indyfabz

So I decided to skip work on this fine day to take care of some things. Made a quick run to Whole Food for some stuff. Say what you want but the place, but I have never seen one of these in my local chain grocery store.

Originally Posted by indyfabz

So I decided to skip work on this fine day to take care of some things. Made a quick run to Whole Food for some stuff. Say what you want but the place, but I have never seen one of these in my local chain grocery store.