Bike riding in the Czech Republic

Almut has been telling me for a while that I can use her bike, but I have avoided it because it is a girl's bike. I have my pride! Well, we were going to use an OM car for a trip to Austria (IKEA again) and Almut convinced me that it would be faster to cycle there on her bike than to walk. So I decided to ride to the office and get the car...

On the first time I have ever used the bike I got a puncture. In fact this is the first time the bike has ever had a puncture in all the time that Almut has had the bike. We have both agreed that I will never use it again...