Tenacity

Yesterday after work I made a plan to take my Mten3 to the nearby Tires Plus to see if they could help me seat the bead on my newly installed tire. My portable inflators just don’t have the CFM’s to do it. When I walked in carrying the wheel which had half of it’s shell missing the guy at the counter looked at me a little oddly. I explained to him that this had a tubeless tire that I need a high power inflator to seat the bead with. I was a bit surprised that without any fuss he said, ok, follow me.

He first tried a “normal” air line that probably had the power of the air machines at a gas station. It did not work despite he and I both trying to hold the tire against the rim to seal it. After messing around for a few minutes he said he was going to try something else. He took the wheel over to the spot where the machine is that is used to remove and install tires to rims. That is where the high volume inflator resides. Within a minute he returned with the bead seated and the tire fully inflated, awesome!

I asked him what I owed him for the service. He said they don’t have a service item that really correlates to what was done so he wasn’t going to charge me anything. I grabbed a $20 bill from my wallet and handed it to him, telling him he saved me from hours of frustration. He smiled and said thank you as he put the bill in his pocket.

When I got home I reassembled the wheel fully and then took it for a very brief test spin around the driveway to ensure it was still functional, it was. On the video I shot I talked about my stubborn nature and tenacity that makes me keep trying to fix things when many people would have already raised the white flag. It’s an asset in many areas of life, not so much in others but in this case I was happy I kept grinding away until I reached the finish line. I had been wanting to get around to fixing the Mten 3 for a long, long time.

I also took my Veteran Patton that I rode through the tropical rains on Sunday out for a quick test spin to make sure all is well. Sometimes exposure to extreme wetness can cause problems with wheels, especially bearing issues. I breathed a sigh of relief when everything looked, sounded and felt normal.

Yesterday during the day I got another reminder of the magic of karma and how people that knowingly and willingly f with others can and will get their rewards from the big K sooner or later.