Snow Day!

I woke up this morning to a nice strong snowfall and although my legs are still not up to par after my recent Duluth to Ely trip with Charlie Farrow I couldn't resist getting out for a short ride.  It was early and the roads hadn't been plowed yet so I decided to ride up to Skyline and over to Hartley in search of some ride able single track.  When I got there I found some nicely walked trails so I aired down and off I went.

I apparently aired down too far because I soon started hearing some all to familiar hissing sounds coming from my front tire.  I stopped to investigate and found my front tube had a tear at the base of the valve stem.  Awesome.  This is the second Surly tube problem that I've had in the past week.  Just outside of Ely I was airing up for a firm trail and broke the valve stem in half.  These were my last two Surly tubes and I'm happy to say goodbye to them.  Now that I used my spare tube I decided to cut the ride short and head home.  By the time I got back about eight inches had fallen and three hours had passed with no breaks in the falling snow.  Nice little Saturday morning.