{"id":607,"date":"1988-08-02T00:19:00","date_gmt":"1988-08-02T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/?p=607"},"modified":"2026-08-13T04:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:15:24","slug":"tribune-ks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/tribune-ks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribune, KS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I swapped the front and rear tire, so that most of the weight would be on my good tire. I also made a boot out of a plastic drink container to line the inside of the bad spot on the tire.<\/p>\ni actually did this in the morning, so got a late start out of eads.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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On the road again. Tiny Chivington, perhaps the last town in Colorado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New state! The route was just a straight ride on this highway all day. Could have made so many miles were it not for the bad tire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Welcome Bikers Friendly Kansas”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Five miles out of Tribune, Kansas, I got a flat. A small tornado was brewing about 2 miles away. The winds were fierce! I had a hard time supporting the bike to change the tire. The tornado sounded like nothing so much as a giant, low pitched carpet cleaner. I kept hoping that it wouldn’t come my way. It didn’t.<\/p>\nno pictures. and i commend my younger self today. if there is danger, stay focused on safety.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The boot that I had made from a polyethylene bottle broke in half. I desperately needed to find a real tire to make a sturdy boot, or even better, find a 700-mm tire in a rural town. I knew which was more likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a hardware store in Tribune, I was able to purchase a junky 27 X 1 \u00bc tire, and was thankful for it. Even the worst bike tire would wear better than a cutout from a bottle. That night, I cut several boots from the tire, and discarded the rest. I knew that the specter of that bad tire would still be looking over my shoulder every mile, though, until I could find a true replacement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Stayed at a motel in Tribune, making boots. I left the remainder of the tire behind as trash. The next bike shop on the map was at Larned, about 170 miles away. Two days, unless I could find something earlier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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