Boso Peninsula Tour After Party<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

22 July 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About The Video and Blog Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This video is a different on several counts. One, it is not about an actual tour. Two, it has subtitles in both Japanese and English! The subtitles were a lot of work because even though this video is the shortest video I have made so far it is all talking. Fair warning: I translated the Japanese myself so there will be mistakes.This video and blog post are a follow up the video and the blog of my Boso Hanto trip that I took back in July. You should watch and read those entries first before jumping into this one. The third thing you should know about this post is that the video was taken shortly after my Boso Peninsula trip but this article is being written many months later. The footage has been waiting impatiently on my hard drive for me to get around to editing it. I finally cleared up enough time to get around to it. I am looking forward to putting this to bed and clearing it off my hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In A World Where…<\/strong>
If you watched the video from my trip to the Boso Peninsula you know that my tire was spiked by a screw on my way home. I ran out of space on my camera so my adventures in emergency road repairs is missing from the Boso Hanto chronicle. About a week later I had some problems with the same tire and I took some video of my doing the repair on my front porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been having a problem lately with the sidewalls of my tires wearing out long before the tread wears out. I replaced the tire that I was riding on before with a Schwalbe Marathon Plus tire thinking it would last longer. That was at the end of July. It turns out that the Marathon Plus also wore out on the sidewall in November. It  was a little bit disappointing. The Marathon Plus only lasted a little more than 3 months. Now, in that 3 months I road more than 3,000 kilometers. That would be more than 1800 miles for those of you who are metric system challenged. (Get with the program people, it’s the global standard!) I don\u2019t  know what the official life expectancy of a bicycle tire is but I think it should be more than 3000 km. In November, I was forced to change the tire again but couldn\u2019t find any Marathon Plus tires at my usual bike shop haunts. As I needed one in a hurry I bought the best tire available which was a Bontrager. The Bontrager tire wore through the sidewall in February. In the end, about the same life span as the Marathon Plus. I think I still prefer Marathon Plus tires. They have a sturdier feel to them. Here it is in February and I am once again looking for a new tire. I couldn\u2019t find any in stock at my local bike shop and they weren\u2019t getting anymore in stock any time soon. They finally suggested I get them online from Amazon. That\u2019s what I did. I order a tire and 2 spare tubes. Both were delivered in 2 days. Incidentally, I think I am still rolling on the same front tire. A CST Traveller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hat is off to the guys at Blue Lug who weren’t afraid to direct me to Amazon. To be honest, I can get bike parts cheaper and quicker from Amazon or some other online store but I appreciate the expertise that the mechanics at Blue Lug have and their passion for bicycles. They won’t lose me as a customer just because they can’t undercut Amazon’s prices or delivery times. In fact, I have an appointment for a complete overhaul by Blue Lug in April. In the words of the Terminator, “I’ll be back.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am wondering if there is something wrong with my rims. I will be keeping a closer eye on this new tire. Hopefully, I will be able to identify the cause of the problem or this new tire will last considerably longer. Only time will tell. In the meantime, enjoy the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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