Bad luck today

[Dublinman]

Went to do my bike test today in Dublin.
Had done a pretest and everything went well. Instructor reckoned I should have no problems.

Quesions and roadsigns went well and the nerves were okay.

When we went out to the bike there was a large nail sticking into the rear tyre. I must have picked it up on the way to the test centre as I had checked the tyres this morning while cleaning the bike.

He gave me 10 minutes to get it removed and repaired.

Went to a tyre place and fair play to them, they done it straight away.

Got back to test centre but he said I was too late and test was cancelled. 

Still in shock and can't believe the timing for this to happen.

What a day
     

[Dr. Love]

Ouch!  Ten minutes is barely enough if you have a patch kit at hand. Tyres tend to pick up nails at the most in convinient moment: when they were brand new, in the middle of nowhere etc...