Disaster in North Quebec - Nuovo Falcone (2 short videos added)

[malik]

Thanks Nick for reminding me to check my patch kit. I haven't used it for 4 or 5 years, and I don't think I replaced the patches since that last time. The glue worked then. Have been getting blase; one spare tube has been enough, and the patch kit is well squashed. Some of the older people used to routinely stuff their wheels with all sorts - but they were well practised & knew what worked & how to do it. We've obviously gone soft & spoilt.

Mal

[lucydad]

Nick,

Thanks for sharing your adventure! 

Reminds me of our legendary Grayling fishing trip on the Dalton highway in Alaska.  2 flat tires, one disconnected by gravel fuel pump, a long walk for help, and the grizzlies were literally hunting us...fun times in 1982.

[nick949]

I think Norm deserves a bit of a shout.

He's is quite a guy. He's been riding for decades (Alaska, Yukon, South West etc.) - hundreds of thousands of miles, much of it unpaved. 1000 mile days are duck soup to him.
While we were riding the Trans-Taiga  http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=69757.0 together we talked about just this kind of scenario: "If you ever get stuck.........."  so I had no hesitation in calling him.

He has the trailer, I have a van and would do the same for him in a heartbeat. It's just another kind of adventure.  Quite a guy though, and doing OK at 70.



PS  I bought him a large case of beer but still owe him a couple of tanks of gas - although he'll probably baulk at that.

[balvenie]

Loved your adventure Nick

How did you know there wasn't something with Big Teeth sneaking up behind you in that spruce patch?

[nick949]

Loved your adventure Nick

How did you know there wasn't something with Big Teeth sneaking up behind you in that spruce patch?

Im the meanest SOB in the forest.. ....just kidding!

Really, black bears avoid people unless you've been smearing yourself in bacon grease or fish guts. I am alert to all noises in the forest then fall asleep anyway.  I think my snoring scares them off 

[Lash]

What a great story ... especially as it turned out well. 

Sure you get Norm that beer, but spring for something a bit better than Canadian stuff.   

Seriously, looking forward to the details, as I enjoy reading about gravel roads ... as long as I don't heve to be on 'em.

Bill

Au contraire!

[nick949]

...............I just dug this culprit out of my tyre (the wire, not the nickel!).  Part of a staple? A little sliver off somebody's truck?  Something I brought with me that worked its way through.

Just a tiny amount of it was poking through the top of the tyre - enough to puncture two tubes though.



Nick