Punctures..

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks..

Something is wrong with that equation. Possibilities include not
clearing the inside of your tire from a thorn or something else
reflatting your tube, threadbare patches in your tire where road can
wear the tube directly, improper tire inflation . ..

Are you getting pinch flats or lone holes? Immediate flats or slow leaks?

cc

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks..

They suck! They ball up, go off center, and just plain don't work. If
weight is not an issue buy slime tubes.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks..

IMHO,

Take your front tire off the bike, remove the tire completely. Wipe
out/vacuum the inside. Feel for a bur, or rock. Too coincidential
that it is the same tire, so many times.

Check rim, are any spoke heads exposed? etc.

Then reinstall a new tube.

I'm guessing if you clean out the inside, change the tube, and check
rim for problems, you can stop having flats. I hope for your sanity.
😉

hth,

tom

Ride-A-Lot said:

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there
any good?

thanks..

They suck! They ball up, go off center, and just plain don't work. If
weight is not an issue buy slime tubes.

I have both slime tubes and kevlar liners. Been running them for years,
more or less. No problems here. No flats either (oh, every now and
then). Screw the weight. I may be a little slower, but I'm faster than
anyone patching a flat on the side of the trail.

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall
I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the
trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view,
the most insidious of traitors."
George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999,

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks.. You need to sit down and really check that tire and rim. Tire by putting fingers in the in side and probing every area over and over including bead. Rim looking for any spokes sticking up and probing with fingers all around inside of rim for metal slivers. Now repair or replace if anything is found.

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Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks.. You need to sit down and really check that tire and rim. Tire by putting fingers in the in side and probing every area over and over including bead. Rim looking for any spokes sticking up and probing with fingers all around inside of rim for metal slivers. Now repair or replace if anything is found.

Wiping around the inside of the tire with a cotton ball is good too. If
there's a thorn, cactus spine, or something like that it will catch on
the cotton and you'll see it. This has worked well for me for prickly
pear spines. Of course throwing out the tire and getting a new one has
also been effective.

Matt

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Ride-A-Lot said:

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front
tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks..

They suck! They ball up, go off center, and just plain don't work. If
weight is not an issue buy slime tubes.

I have both slime tubes and kevlar liners. Been running them for years,
more or less. No problems here. No flats either (oh, every now and then).
Screw the weight. I may be a little slower, but I'm faster than anyone
patching a flat on the side of the trail.

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall
I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the
trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view,
the most insidious of traitors."
George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999,

Ditto. Liners and slime. I haven't had a flat in 6 months but then they
don't have cactus in Patapsco State Park Maryland!

Marty

Macabre Tel Aviv said:

now getting sick of this - i've had 7 in 2 months- all in the front tyre!

thinking of buying some anti-puncture kevlar type liners - are there any
good?

thanks..

http://www.roadcycling.com/reviews/specializedarmadillomtbtires.shtml
I also use slime and never have problems, even when riding in cactus
strewn trails.
Johnny