Consumables
When I was looking the bicycle over this afternoon before going out to do some errands I noticed that the back tire had gone past just ‘worn’ and had instead reached the coveted ‘dead’ state. I bought this tire last October (I think) and it’s had about 9,000 kilometers of wear since then.
And only three punctures (1 safety pin, 1 nail, 1 staple) in the process.
Fortunately I bought a couple of spare tires, so I didn’t have to revert to the old flimsy Trek tires I bought at the LBS last summer (and retired abruptly when they picked up their fifth puncture in 1600 kilometers.)