Uncle Gizmo does the London marathon

[Uncle Gizmo]

I'm doing the London marathon virtually on Google Street view.

I reckon I can win!

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I've just overtaken Donald Trump! He didn't look well. . .

 

[The_Doc_Man]

My 3-miles-a-day non-virtual jaunt is plenty for me. That comes out to just short of a 5km daily brisk walk.

 

[kevlray]

I try to ride my bicycle about 11 miles a day during the work week (five miles to work, six miles back, yes there is a reason). But this morning, I discovered that my front tire was flat. Not enough time to fix. Maybe I will get to it tonight.

 

[noeliagoff]

Great initiative.

 

[Galaxiom]

Gizmo's click bait worked on me a treat.

I can't run far these days but I do like to ride about 15 km on a unicycle. A couple of years ago I did about 50 km one afternoon on my 26 inch uni.

 

[neuroman9999]

I'm doing the London marathon virtually on Google Street view.

I reckon I can win!

aren't you a little too aged for this, Tony?

 

[kevlray]

Well I ended up having to buy a new tube (no idea where the leak is in the old tube, but I do not have a good way to check for a leak). But back to riding every day (at 63, it takes longer to get used to riding everyday).

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

but I do not have a good way to check for a leak

Inflate the tube and pass it through a bath of water.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Add some sort of detergent or cleaning agent to a bucket of water. Wash the bike. When done inflate the old tube. Dribble a small amount of water over the surface. You should see bubbles forming at the site of the leak.

 

[kevlray]

I did not a bath of water to use (My wife will not let me use our bathroom tub). I could have done the detergent and bucket of water. I did not think of that. Anyhow I checked the tub once again (very carefully), found the leak, but now that I have a new tube, not sure I want to try to fix it.