puncture on new bike

On 25 Oct 2005 03:14:21 -0700, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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Hi

I bought my self a new mountain bike and I got a puncture the first
time I road it! I went out in the rain for a quick ride, ended up
walking 5 miles home 🙁

Take tools and a spare tube for any journey longer than you'd like to
walk. And a pump.

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I was wandering if tyres are more prone to puncture if they are not
properly inflated [1] or have I just got a particularly puncture prone
set of tyres [2]? The bike is a '05 Claude Butler, Cape Wrath with disc
brakes BTW.

All or none of these. Underinflated tyres will leave you prone to
pinch flats - ride over an obstruction , the tyre deforms and squashes
the tube between the obstruction and the wheel rim. Trade mark is two
holes close together. Often called a snake bite puncture.

Wet weather can lead to more punctures. Theory (or is it hypothesis?)
is that the water lubricates the rubber, so the stones/glass skide in
easily. We managed 12 punctures between 14 bikes one wet morning on
gravel tracks in the new forest.

Tim

Quoted message said:

I bought my self a new mountain bike and I got a puncture the first
time I road it! I went out in the rain for a quick ride, ended up
walking 5 miles home 🙁

Quoted message said:

I was wandering if tyres are more prone to puncture if they are not
properly inflated [1] or have I just got a particularly puncture prone
set of tyres [2]? The bike is a '05 Claude Butler, Cape Wrath with disc
brakes BTW.

Tyres are more prone to puncture if not fully inflated. They are also
prone to puncture if your route takes you through glass and/or hawthorn
hedge trimmings strewn paths.

It would be helpful if you named the brand of tyre to get an answer to [2]

the only puncture proof tyre that I know of is a solid one :-)

There is no guarantee that you will never get a puncture even if you fit a
puncture
resistant tyre. It just reduces the probability of you getting a puncture.
Thorns
have managed to penetrate all of the puncture resistant tyres that I have
used.

Paradoxically, the standard tyres that I have on my Carerra Kraken MTB have
never punctured.

There is a lesson to be learned here....never go anywhere without the means
to
repair a puncture.

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I bought my self a new mountain bike and I got a puncture the first
time I road it! I went out in the rain for a quick ride, ended up
walking 5 miles home 🙁

They do that. There's this fairy, see, that knows the most
inconvenient time to puncture your tyres. She especially likes rain
and dark, and scores bonus points if the puncturee is on urgent
business.

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I was wandering if tyres are more prone to puncture if they are not
properly inflated [1]

Yes.

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or have I just got a particularly puncture prone
set of tyres [2]?

Dunno.

Pump the tyres up properly and wait and see really. Last time I rode
my Trice to work I got a puncture. However, you can't really draw any
conclusions from a sample of one - I hadn't had a puncture for over a
year before that, and only had a few in three years riding it 5 days a
week.

Some tyres/wheels/bikes/combinations are more puncture resistant - on
the Galaxy I rode daily before I got the trice, I think I punctured
twice in 10 years.

regards, Ian SMith
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Ian Smith said:

Pump the tyres up properly and wait and see really. Last time I rode
my Trice to work I got a puncture. However, you can't really draw any
conclusions from a sample of one - I hadn't had a puncture for over a
year before that, and only had a few in three years riding it 5 days a
week.

I have had three this year, which is three more than last year. All in
the rain. Two on the road bike, one on the commuter.

...d

We managed 12 punctures between 14 bikes one wet morning on

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gravel tracks in the new forest.

Tim

Hey that's strange because that's were I went last night, along a
gravel track in the New Forest :0)

I found the culprit, it looked like a tiny shard of flint..

Maybe someone needs to tell the forestry commission to use a different
type of gravel.

( and yes I know I should take a pump,, I think I've learned my lesson
now )

Simon

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I found the culprit, it looked like a tiny shard of flint..

Just fixed mine and found the culprit. A substantial (7-10mm long)
shard of glass bottle.

Bah! Tube to fix tonight.

...d

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Wet weather can lead to more punctures. Theory (or is it hypothesis?)
is that the water lubricates the rubber, so the stones/glass skide in
easily.

Evidence for this mechanism can be obtained by trying to cut rubber with a
knife - it's lots easier if it's wet.

cheers,
clive

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Evidence for this mechanism can be obtained by trying to cut rubber with a
knife - it's lots easier if it's wet.

As is boring out rubber bungs to take glass tubing. Lubrication of the
cutter
and the glass tubing is essential if success is to be obtained.

David Martin said:

I have had three this year, which is three more than last year. All
in the rain. Two on the road bike, one on the commuter.

I had four yesterday on a short commute. Schwalbe Blizzard.

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dkahn400 said:

David Martin said:

I have had three this year, which is three more than last year. All
in the rain. Two on the road bike, one on the commuter.

I had four yesterday on a short commute. Schwalbe Blizzard.

Two of mine were in the same Schwalbe Blizzard.

...d

Zero punctures in 5 years thanks to Slime liners!

Following on from [email hidden]'s message. . .

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I was wandering if tyres are more prone to puncture if they are not
properly inflated [1] or have I just got a particularly puncture prone

Yes.
Three reasons
1 : Easier to pinch (bottom the tyre on the rim) when going over a sharp
bump

2 : Broader track so more chance of riding over a naughty object

3 : Some tyres don't like being under-inflated and start to crack,
reducing the amount of rubber an object has to penetrate before reaching
the inner tube.

I was very surprised how hard tyres should be.

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Gordon Tomlinson said:

Zero punctures in 5 years thanks to Slime liners!

It's possible to go off people, Gordon, you know. :-)

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I've 'installed' the slime liners to my puncture resistant tyres- but still
get the odd puncture. Are the slime filled tubes the next answer to reduce
the odds further ? Also my slime liners when they were bought guaranteed
puncture free cycling. Any body taken them up on this offer- they seem to
be a Us company??

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Following on from [email hidden]'s message. . .

Quoted message said:

I was wandering if tyres are more prone to puncture if they are not
properly inflated [1] or have I just got a particularly puncture prone

Yes.
Three reasons
1 : Easier to pinch (bottom the tyre on the rim) when going over a sharp
bump

2 : Broader track so more chance of riding over a naughty object

3 : Some tyres don't like being under-inflated and start to crack,
reducing the amount of rubber an object has to penetrate before reaching
the inner tube.

I was very surprised how hard tyres should be.

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PETER FOX Not the same since the poster business went to the wall
[email hidden]
www.eminent.demon.co.uk - Lots for cyclists

Dave Kahn said:

Gordon Tomlinson said:

Zero punctures in 5 years thanks to Slime liners!

It's possible to go off people, Gordon, you know. :-)

It's also possible to have zero punctures by doing zero riding.....

Mike "three punctures so far this year -- and all on the same bike out of
the three I use"

"dkahn400" <[email hidden]>typed

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I had four yesterday on a short commute. Schwalbe Blizzard.

What *have* you done to have the P*nct*r* F**ry visit you so often this year?

I know yesterday was 'orribly wet.

At which dairy do you buy your tyres?

Sympathies!

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Stewart Devereux said:

get the odd puncture. Are the slime filled tubes the next answer to reduce
the odds further ?

Dunno, but I had them fitted when I bought mine on the basis that they
couldn't hurt as it was not a lightweight frame and a little extra
weight should not be a problem. (It was close to closing and since I
wasn't picking it up until the next day I let them fit them ;-)

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Gordon Tomlinson said:

Zero punctures in 5 years thanks to Slime liners!

Do they work, in the sense that you pick sharp things out of the tyres,
without the attendant hissing sound?

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I would recommend that you practice puncture repair by pricking a tube
and mending it many times until you start to enjoy the prospect of
doing it for real.Do the same for getting the wheels and tyres on and
off.Then when you have to do it you will have no problem.It will take
about 5minutes per puncture and be no more than a minor nuisance.Always
carry a spare tube and a repair kit and pump.You cannot always find the
hole to fix, and recently my spare tube was knackered.
I used to love slime , some love slime liners, but for me the marathon
plus type tyres are the future for commuting etc..I still use skinny
thin tyres for fun riding in good weather though and do not mind fixing
the odd flat.
Riding with the local clubs is the quick way to get to know how to do
it all.The good bike shops should be able to get you in touch.
Cape Wrath has had some good press.
TerryJ