Three Little Pricks, All In A Row

We chalk up gear problems as "memories" - since entering Bolivia our memories include four flats, a tire blowout, a broken chain, a broken spoke, two hail storms, and lightning lightning lightning all the time (which is scary when you are at the top of a pass riding a big piece of steel). Here Thea does her best Vanna White with this lucky tire...the symmetry of these patches seemed a little fishy to all. There were murmurs of foul play around the campfire but nothing could be substantiated. In the end we just put another tube and sent this one on to it's great reward.