Ride 19/02/2022

Interesting ride today no thanks to the issues I had with my front wheel. So there were 4 of us today and the weather was ok, sunny, little wind but a bit on the cold side. Pace was good today so I didn’t feel the cold too much but about 2 miles from the cafe stop I noticed my front tyre was a bit soft but I couldn’t pump it up any more than it was already, I’m guessing it was a slow puncture but it didn’t go completely flat, so I pressed onto the cafe stop where I would take a closer look. At the cafe stop I looked at the front tyre and tube, the tyre had a small split in it but it hadn’t gone right through the tyre so I replaced the inner tube and all was well, or so I thought… After our cafe stop we headed home, skipping out Knockhill in favour for Saline where once at the top I departed and decided I would go for the 65 miles target I had for today. I nearly made it back home but unfortunately my tyre decided at this point to blow out with quite the bang. Luckily for me I was only 1 and a half miles from home so I walked the rest of the way back home but when the tyre blew I had only done 59 miles. So at home it was a quick pit stop to replace the tyre and tube with new ones and I carried on to make up the rest of the miles I needed. So target meet but my avg speed took a nose dive thanks to the walk home, I was sitting at around 16.5 mph but once I had completed the ride it had dropped to 14.5 mph