Not much time for a ride today. It’s Easter Sunday. I carved out a little time between church and lunch because it was too nice not to ride.

By the time I got to the point of taking this photo, everything was going nicely. I needed a photo and this seemed like a good one.

From this point, as I was heading toward home, my bike seemed a little too bouncy at one point. I looked down, and sure enough, my rear tire was riding low.

I stopped and gave the tire a squeeze. It’s low, but I think I can ride a bit farther. Then I went over a little bump and felt it more than a little bounce. Darn, losing air fast enough that I cannot make it home.

OK, well, maybe if I fill the tire it will hold. So I pulled out the little pump that I picked up last year, after too many spring-time flat tires, and proceeded to inflate the tire.

When I came to a red light, I reached back and felt the tire. Not bad, I can keep going. Then I came up behind some friends and had to chat for a few minutes. Unfortunately, I was thinking about how my tire was losing air while stopped.

I rode on. Stopped a little while later to feel the tire. Still OK to ride. Rode some more. Then the bounce returned, and the bump. That was a couple miles since my last fill. Maybe I could make it home on one more good fill.

Nope. Didn’t make it very far before I had to stop again, and again, and again. I got home late, and had ridden hard enough to require a shower before resuming the day’s plans.

As we left my mother-in-law’s house after eating far too much food, we noticed that the front passenger-side tire on the car was quite low. Bad tire day!

15.05 miles today. 205.75 miles YTD.