Damnit!

I once went about 5000 miles without a visit from said fairy, then hit a
brick and p*nct*red both tyres in approximately 0.1s.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Danny Colyer said:

I find that November and March tend to be the worst months for
p+nct+res. The last few days I've been keeping very quiet about the
fact that I haven't had any so far this month, hoping not to attract the
attention of the P+nct+re Fairy. Unfortunately, it seems she can read
minds.

After taking my tyre off this evening, I very quickly found the shard of
glass. On checking the rest of the tyre, I also found a thorn. I
reckon the thorn must have caused a slow puncture, deflating my tyre
enough to allow the glass to penetrate more easily. Bum.

And after all that, when I got home and updated my p+nct+re log I found
that I /had/ already had one this month. I had one on my way home on
02/11/04.

Last week I had both tyres puncture in one 10 mile ride to work. Slow
one in the front and pfffssst in the rear. In the last couple of
months I've averaged 1 per 100 miles on a new pair of Ultra Gator
Skins.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

In message <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah
Vecht <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I once went about 5000 miles without a visit from said fairy, then hit a
brick and p*nct*red both tyres in approximately 0.1s.

Something similar happened me several years ago cycling from Camden to
Maida Vale in the dark. Either a brick or a block of wood on the road
punctured both tyres. As it was about 2am and there was virtually no
traffic (ergo, no taxis) I had to push the bike the whole way via the
north side of Regent's Park.

--
congokid
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http://congokid.com

Danny Colyer said:

And after all that, when I got home and updated my p+nct+re log I found
that I /had/ already had one this month. I had one on my way home on
02/11/04.

You have them often enough to have a puncture log?????

I'm not gonna temp the P******* Fairy by saying which decade I last had
one.

Dave Kahn <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

Last week I had both tyres puncture in one 10 mile ride to work. Slow
one in the front and pfffssst in the rear. In the last couple of
months I've averaged 1 per 100 miles on a new pair of Ultra Gator
Skins.

Hell's teeth! I used to average one every thousand miles...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Dave Kahn <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

Last week I had both tyres puncture in one 10 mile ride to work. Slow
one in the front and pfffssst in the rear. In the last couple of
months I've averaged 1 per 100 miles on a new pair of Ultra Gator
Skins.

Hell's teeth! I used to average one every thousand miles...

That was about the average I got with Nimbus Armadillos. The Gator
Skins have a much nicer feel to ride on though.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

Marc incredulously said:

You have them often enough to have a puncture log?????

I'm not gonna temp the P******* Fairy by saying which decade I last had
one.

Most of my commute is on a cyclepath.

The idea of keeping a log is that, once I've kept it for a few years, I
can make a comparison between different tyres without having to rely on
my memory of how often a particular tyre p+nct+red. I also log where it
happened and what caused it. Actually, a look at the log belies my
perception that March and November are the worst time for punctures.
December was bad last year, and June was even worse (my aged front tyre
p+nct+red 6 times in 3 weeks, at the end of which I replaced it with
another tyre the same, but new).

So far I've kept a log for 21 months, in which time I've ridden about
4700 miles and had 42 p+nct+res. By tyre, that works out:

Vredestein S-Lick (rear tyre) - 3500 miles, 21 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Marathon (front tyre) - 3500 miles, 13 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (rear tyre - 1200 summer miles, 3 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (front tyre - 1200 summer miles, 5 p+nct+res

I plan to try the Schwalbe Marathon Plus on the back when the 35-559
version goes on sale in January.

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

"Dave Kahn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Last week I had both tyres puncture in one 10 mile ride to work. Slow
one in the front and pfffssst in the rear. In the last couple of
months I've averaged 1 per 100 miles on a new pair of Ultra Gator
Skins.

I've done 2500 miles on Conti UGSs and have had no punctures. My Schwalbe
Marathon Plus on the hybrid has done twice that with not one puncture.
--
Simon M.

"Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:co9rt5

Quoted message said:

So far I've kept a log for 21 months, in which time I've ridden about 4700
miles and had 42 p+nct+res. By tyre, that works out:

Vredestein S-Lick (rear tyre) - 3500 miles, 21 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Marathon (front tyre) - 3500 miles, 13 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (rear tyre - 1200 summer miles, 3 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (front tyre - 1200 summer miles, 5 p+nct+res

My experiment was that if one tyre gets a puncture - I threw it away. My
hybrid now has a Conti Contact front tyre and Schwalbe Marathon Plus rear
and neither has had a puncture over glass infested paths.

In the past two years I've done around 11000 miles, so you've either been
very unlucky or they've got sharper glass in the South West!
--
Simon M.

Simon Mason said:

My experiment was that if one tyre gets a puncture - I threw it away. My
hybrid now has a Conti Contact front tyre and Schwalbe Marathon Plus rear
and neither has had a puncture over glass infested paths.

In the past two years I've done around 11000 miles, so you've either been
very unlucky or they've got sharper glass in the South West!

I think I had an exceptionally bad year last year. The second half of
2002 was pretty bad, too. Before that, I had a year or so with
relatively few punctures using Schwalbe Marathons on my recumbent, and
several good years prior to that using Vredestein S-Licks on my ATB.

Before discovering Marathons (Helga came fitted with them) I swore by
S-Licks, but now I prefer the Marathons and I'm keen to try the Marathon
Plus. Unfortunately the only size available for my back wheel would
require me to remove the mudguard, so I'm waiting for the narrower size
that LBS tells me is due to go on sale in January. If I like it then I
might start wishing for a sensible width 20" version to go on the front
(currently the only 20" size is 20" x 1.75"😉.

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Simon Mason said:

"Dave Kahn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Last week I had both tyres puncture in one 10 mile ride to work. Slow
one in the front and pfffssst in the rear. In the last couple of
months I've averaged 1 per 100 miles on a new pair of Ultra Gator
Skins.

I've done 2500 miles on Conti UGSs and have had no punctures. My Schwalbe
Marathon Plus on the hybrid has done twice that with not one puncture.

I simply can't explain it. It's just a run of bad luck I suppose.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

Danny Colyer said:

I find that November and March tend to be the worst months for
p+nct+res.

I've had p@nct&res on both of the last two Sundays I've been out.

I didn't get one today, but then I was the only bugger that showed up,
so after standing in the freezing cold puddles that had gathered in my
shoes[1] for ten minutes I went back home to my warm bed.

Quoted message said:

And after all that, when I got home and updated my p+nct+re log

You keep a p%nct$re log? Red rag to a bull, surely?

d.

1.Must remember to put neoprene overshoes on my letter to Santa...

On 27/11/04 12:28 pm, in article [email hidden], "Danny

Colyer said:

Marc incredulously said:

You have them often enough to have a puncture log?????

I'm not gonna temp the P******* Fairy by saying which decade I last had
one.

Most of my commute is on a cyclepath.

Ahhh.. Is there a correlation between riding in the vehicle tracks on the
road and distance between punctures?

My last puncture was a cheap halfords tyre blistering and wearing through.
Before that it was an old tyre splitting along the bead. First puncture ont
hat tyre and potentially in excess of ten thousand miles (Vredestein
spider).

No punctures on the road bike since moving to Scotland (Schwalbe stelvio).
No punctures in the MTB apart from tyre failure.

Maybe (according to Crook and Fake) I am the cause of hundreds of cyclists
in Bristol and Birmingham having punctures every few hundred miles...

To them I just have one thing to say..

Tough.

...d

Quoted message said:

The idea of keeping a log is that, once I've kept it for a few years, I
can make a comparison between different tyres without having to rely on
my memory of how often a particular tyre p+nct+red. I also log where it
happened and what caused it. Actually, a look at the log belies my
perception that March and November are the worst time for punctures.
December was bad last year, and June was even worse (my aged front tyre
p+nct+red 6 times in 3 weeks, at the end of which I replaced it with
another tyre the same, but new).

So far I've kept a log for 21 months, in which time I've ridden about
4700 miles and had 42 p+nct+res. By tyre, that works out:

Vredestein S-Lick (rear tyre) - 3500 miles, 21 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Marathon (front tyre) - 3500 miles, 13 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (rear tyre - 1200 summer miles, 3 p+nct+res
Schwalbe Stelvio (front tyre - 1200 summer miles, 5 p+nct+res

I plan to try the Schwalbe Marathon Plus on the back when the 35-559
version goes on sale in January.

David Martin <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

Ahhh.. Is there a correlation between riding in the vehicle tracks on the
road and distance between punctures?

I think there's a negative correlation between p*nct*res and nice smooth
A roads. I have not gathered quantitative data so it is my anecdotal
experience.

Quoted message said:

Maybe (according to Crook and Fake) I am the cause of hundreds of cyclists
in Bristol and Birmingham having punctures every few hundred miles...

Quoted message said:

To them I just have one thing to say..

Quoted message said:

Tough.

Indeed but maybe someone could/should educate them in the gentle art of
p*nct*re prevention...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

congokid said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah
Vecht <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I once went about 5000 miles without a visit from said fairy, then
hit a brick and p*nct*red both tyres in approximately 0.1s.

Something similar happened me several years ago cycling from Camden to
Maida Vale in the dark. Either a brick or a block of wood on the road
punctured both tyres. As it was about 2am and there was virtually no
traffic (ergo, no taxis) I had to push the bike the whole way via the
north side of Regent's Park.

<AOL> In my case it was one of those toothed metal strips which, by rights,
should have been disciplining a carpet in a doorway, rather than lying
toothed side upwards in the middle of Stratford High Street. Vertical to
horizontal in the space of no time at all.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)