2nd week, 2nd rim?

July 11th.
    Monday came and went and I just drove to work, didn't feel good about. I mean, what would one of my friends do if thier bike broke down? They'd get it fixed and keep riding, thats what! Tuesday I decided I was going to take my bike in and ride in on my back up, even got a guy from work to join me. Well I dropped the bike off thinking he was going to tell me I needed new bearings or something and he ended up showing me I had a bent rim. I was looking at some really nice rims when my buddy told me I should just buy a Felt bike!  He said that if I bought those expensive rims and put them on my bike, that it would be the equivelent of buying an 88 beater car and putting 2000 dollar rims on it, just not right! I decided to go with just a standard rim and implored the sales rep that I needed my bike or wednesday due to the fact that we ride big trips on wednesday and thursday nights(those are my buddies days off). I proceeded to take my back up bike in to work and even get about 14 miles on it that day, but that thing is rough! I mean riding it was like having to pedal twice as hard for everything, it sucked. As soon as I got home that night I decided I wasn't going to ride that back up again, I needed a new bike so that I wouldn't have these problems, a bike that can handle getting me around town(my 261 lb frame). Having the Rhino back helped and I rode 18.4 miles wednesday night, but it wasn't going to be enough (as I would find out in days to come. On the 14th I took my bike to work and back(14 miles that day) no problems and on the 15th I rode it again, I was getting the hang of this and it was getting easier everyday! I took the bike to practice again (18 miles) I went straight there and straight back, but on this day it was 90 degrees out and my mother gave me a call before work pleeding with me not to take the bike to work, she said it was too hot! I told her what she wanted to hear and set out on my journey once again. Boy was I wrong! I popped a flat three blocks from the house, almost the exact same spot as the rim went out...Arg! I walked back home and grabbed my car, now I need a new tire. Things seem to pile up sometimes, but I keep a positive outlook on things. I recently applied for sponsorship from Felt so that I can get a more durable bike so we'll see where that takes me and I'll be keeping you updated the whole way!