I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute. My LBS suggested cutting the valve out of my old inner tube, splitting it open and putting it over the new inner tube to act as a protective barrier between the tyre and the tube.
I was wondering if anyone had tried this method? I'd have thought there wouldnt be enough room in the tyre for this extra layer causing inflation problems.I'm wary of trying it and my new tube failing me on the way to work!!
I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute. My LBS suggested cutting the valve out of my old inner tube, splitting it open and putting it over the new inner tube to act as a protective barrier between the tyre and the tube.
This is a bit of a last-ditch measure but it can work. Are you sure the tyre doesn't still have a thorn or a piece of glass stuck in it, re-puncturing the tube? Are your tyres at a high enough pressure?
I'd recommend any Vredestein tyres marked "PRS". They're more puncture resistant than kevlar belted tyres (which don't roll very well) and I've never had one flat.
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I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute. My LBS suggested cutting the valve out of my old inner tube, splitting it open and putting it over the new inner tube to act as a protective barrier between the tyre and the tube.
Better still buy a pair of Mr. Tuffy's. Plastic liners that go between the tube and the tyre. When I changed my last tyre due to it being worn out I noticed several large sharp indentations in the strip that I'm sure would have normally caused punctures. I've ridden 2500 miles over the past 4 months with 1 puncture, and that was a dodgy valve. Considering the [censored] roads I do my training on, that ain't bad.
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I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute. My LBS suggested cutting the valve out of my old inner tube, splitting it open
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putting it over the new inner tube to act as a protective barrier between the tyre and the tube.
I was wondering if anyone had tried this method? I'd have thought there wouldnt be enough room in the tyre for this extra layer causing inflation problems.I'm wary of trying it and my new tube failing me on the way to work!!
If you can't find anything causing the puncture and are using narrow high pressure tyres, try a latex innertube eg. Air-B.
Originally posted by Sam Barlow I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute. My LBS suggested cutting the valve out of my old inner tube, splitting it open and putting it over the new inner tube to act as a protective barrier between the tyre and the tube.
I was wondering if anyone had tried this method? I'd have thought there wouldnt be enough room in the tyre for this extra layer causing inflation problems.I'm wary of trying it and my new tube failing me on the way to work!!
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:31:13 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Barlow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message <[email hidden]>:
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I keep getting tiny puncures on the outside in the inner tube on my road bike (2 in 1 week) since starting to use it every day to commute.
Fast or slow? I got a lot of slow ones from flints, which I fixed mainly by avoiding one particular bit of road. I also had a spate of rapid ones which turned out to be a barely visible cut in the casing through which the tube was slowly emerging into the daylight, only to be rudely interrupted by a passing bit of road.
