Clem's Coast to Coast Bike Ride

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Photo by Ryan Clements. Tags: [Chill Shots]
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Clem's Coast to Coast Bike Ride
As I was approaching downtown Mobile on this long-ass bridge, my bike started swaying back and forth a bit and it felt like something was wrong with it. I looked at the front tire and everything was fine, but you can't see the back tire on my bike when you're riding it. Then I switched lanes and almost lost control at 70mph. I pulled the clutch in, coasted towards the side of the bridge, and slowly applied the brakes. While coasting down to 60, 50, and 40mph the back tire started moving like speed wobbles on a skateboard. I thought, "This is it. I'm going down." Fortunately I didn't panic and just rode it out. Upon getting off the bike I realized I had a flat back tire. Check the storm cloud in the distance. Things weren't looking good