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"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
"Lee" <[email hidden]>typed
Quoted message said:"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .
Quoted message said:Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
About 1 puncture per 1000 miles on average, but could go several thousand miles between punctures
and then have a run of quite a few.
--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.
"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
John Mallard said:Drinky wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
Put it this way: I buy patches in packs of 100.
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?
Me too. It the Drinky Curse!!
On with the winter *front* tyre now. I was trying to get aways with just one sensible tyre.
~PB
John Mallard said:Drinky wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
Put it this way: I buy patches in packs of 100.
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?
Me too. It the Drinky Curse!!
On with the winter *front* tyre now. I was trying to get aways with just one sensible tyre.
~PB
AndyP said:"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
No, unlike a balloon a tyre does not get thinner when you pump it up. Plus you will get more pinch
flats with a half deflated tyre.
AndyP said:Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
Not so. Many punctures are caused by the tube being nicked between the rim and a hard object. Pumped
up tyres bounce off.
-- Simonb
"AndyP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set
of new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
No, I think the general consensus is that hard tires are more likely to deflect shards of glass,
thorns, etc rather than allow them to squidge into the rubber.
--
Cheerful pedalling John Mallard
Helen Deborah Vecht said:"Lee" <[email hidden]>typed
Quoted message said:"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .Quoted message said:Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
About 1 puncture per 1000 miles on average, but could go several thousand miles between punctures
and then have a run of quite a few.
I wish. I'm getting less than 100 miles between punctures, partly (in the case of the road bike)
because it's been hawthorn hedge cutting season, but mostly because (in the case of the hill bike)
off-road riding is just like that.
One thing recently really [censored] me off. I was swapping from summer tyres (which had been holding
air) to winter tyres on my hill bike, and the front tyre wouldn't hold air. So I pulled the tube out
and sure enough there's a hole which looks like a puncture. So I felt the inside of the summer tyre
and sure enough there was a hawthorn thorn right through - but it had obviously been there a while
and it had obviously quite successfully plugged the hole in the tube until I messed with it.
--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) jasmine.org.uk~simonOpen ↗
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AndyP said:"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
No, unlike a balloon a tyre does not get thinner when you pump it up. Plus you will get more pinch
flats with a half deflated tyre.
AndyP said:Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
Not so. Many punctures are caused by the tube being nicked between the rim and a hard object. Pumped
up tyres bounce off.
-- Simonb
"AndyP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:"John Mallard" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set
of new tyres. But guess what happened today?Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier to burst a pumped up balloon
than a half deflated one.
No, I think the general consensus is that hard tires are more likely to deflect shards of glass,
thorns, etc rather than allow them to squidge into the rubber.
--
Cheerful pedalling John Mallard
Helen Deborah Vecht said:"Lee" <[email hidden]>typed
Quoted message said:"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .Quoted message said:Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
About 1 puncture per 1000 miles on average, but could go several thousand miles between punctures
and then have a run of quite a few.
I wish. I'm getting less than 100 miles between punctures, partly (in the case of the road bike)
because it's been hawthorn hedge cutting season, but mostly because (in the case of the hill bike)
off-road riding is just like that.
One thing recently really [censored] me off. I was swapping from summer tyres (which had been holding
air) to winter tyres on my hill bike, and the front tyre wouldn't hold air. So I pulled the tube out
and sure enough there's a hole which looks like a puncture. So I felt the inside of the summer tyre
and sure enough there was a hawthorn thorn right through - but it had obviously been there a while
and it had obviously quite successfully plugged the hole in the tube until I messed with it.
--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) jasmine.org.uk~simonOpen ↗
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"Vincent Wilcox" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier
to
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:burst a pumped up balloon than a half deflated one.
No, unlike a balloon a tyre does not get thinner when you pump it up. Plus you will get more pinch
flats with a half deflated tyre.
Foil helium type balloon if you want to complicate matters then. Ok, I'll admit I'm aware that
you're supposed to get more pinch flats with softer tyres. But having never had any puncture that
couldn't be attributed to some foreign body entering the tyre I was just after a bit of anecdotal
evidence of how common they are.
"Vincent Wilcox" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Surely keeping your tyres rock hard would give more punctures? Easier
to
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:burst a pumped up balloon than a half deflated one.
No, unlike a balloon a tyre does not get thinner when you pump it up. Plus you will get more pinch
flats with a half deflated tyre.
Foil helium type balloon if you want to complicate matters then. Ok, I'll admit I'm aware that
you're supposed to get more pinch flats with softer tyres. But having never had any puncture that
couldn't be attributed to some foreign body entering the tyre I was just after a bit of anecdotal
evidence of how common they are.
AndyP said:
Foil helium type balloon if you want to complicate matters then.
This is usenet... 😉
Quoted message said:Ok, I'll admit I'm aware that you're supposed to get more pinch flats with softer tyres. But
having never had any puncture that couldn't be attributed to some foreign body entering the tyre I
was just after a bit of anecdotal evidence of how common they are.
I suppose it will depend how thin your tyres are, I've had about 5 on my racer and only one on a
mountain bike over the last 5 years say. If your tyres are fully inflated then riding straight into
a kerb you havnt noticed on a racer should do the trick! You will dent the rim doing this as well.
Large sharp edge rocks seem to work best on MTB tyres. I've yet to get one commuting.
AndyP said:
Foil helium type balloon if you want to complicate matters then.
This is usenet... 😉
Quoted message said:Ok, I'll admit I'm aware that you're supposed to get more pinch flats with softer tyres. But
having never had any puncture that couldn't be attributed to some foreign body entering the tyre I
was just after a bit of anecdotal evidence of how common they are.
I suppose it will depend how thin your tyres are, I've had about 5 on my racer and only one on a
mountain bike over the last 5 years say. If your tyres are fully inflated then riding straight into
a kerb you havnt noticed on a racer should do the trick! You will dent the rim doing this as well.
Large sharp edge rocks seem to work best on MTB tyres. I've yet to get one commuting.
I puncture onve every 1000 mile and 2 every 1000 miles riding anything with kevlar in them ! This is
a combination of urban environment and canal towpath riding. In my estimation considering there are
an awful lot of plastic bottles about there's still plenty of glass around !
"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .
I puncture onve every 1000 mile and 2 every 1000 miles riding anything with kevlar in them ! This is
a combination of urban environment and canal towpath riding. In my estimation considering there are
an awful lot of plastic bottles about there's still plenty of glass around !
"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .
I puncture onve every 1000 mile and 2 every 1000 miles riding anything with kevlar in them ! This is
a combination of urban environment and canal towpath riding. In my estimation considering there are
an awful lot of plastic bottles about there's still plenty of glass around !
"Drinky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .
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