Punctures on Champs Elysee?

sergen said:

It seemed like an awful lot of riders were puncturing on the Champs Elysee and around Place de la Concorde today.

Do cobbles or rain or both contribute to a higher probability of puncturing?

The rain certainly does. It makes all those little sharp things on the road stick to your tires more and gives them more of a chance to puncture you. In the dry you just role over them.

davidbod said:

The rain certainly does. It makes all those little sharp things on the road stick to your tires more and gives them more of a chance to puncture you. In the dry you just role over them.

Cobbles can give you a pinch-flat. Happens a lot in P-Roubaix.

On a different note, does anyone know if LA had a flat this year? If he didn't, he will have ridden 7 Tours in a row without a flat tire. That's pretty remarkable in itself!

it must be the dope! :eek:

:p

What ? He had plenty of flats in the past..... including a nasty one in 2003 and 2004...... but was always helped to rejoin the peleton........

spokeking said:

Cobbles can give you a pinch-flat. Happens a lot in P-Roubaix.

On a different note, does anyone know if LA had a flat this year? If he didn't, he will have ridden 7 Tours in a row without a flat tire. That's pretty remarkable in itself!

cheapie said:

it must be the dope! :eek:

:p

I was thinking the same thing !!!!!! Examine his tires!!!!!! Subpoena his mechanics !!!!!!!! Start a thread titled " Lance's tires are illegal !"....... Look for used tires in dumpsters..... Write books on exposing LA and his tires !!!! I knew there would be a life for this forum after the TDF was over.

Did I hear it right that the race clock was stopped with 3 laps to go because of the number of crashes and punctures?

Tonto said:

Did I hear it right that the race clock was stopped with 3 laps to go because of the number of crashes and punctures?

I thought it was because of the rain-slicked conditions that started to happen? Maybe I was out to lunch on that?

cheapie said:

it must be the dope! :eek:

:p

hell i nearly fell off my chair. That was too funny!!!!

According to one of the pre-race shows about Armstrong and Discovery team, the team races on six or seven year old tires. Apparently aged tires are a bit more supple and puncture less. On that show they also mentioned Armstrong getting through all the tours without a puncture, which is at odds with a previous post here. (I found a news article mentioning a puncture on the last stage of 1999, so it would seem the "no punctures" statement is just a myth.)

Anyone know if other racing teams do this too? Or is this something postal discovered?

Michael

I know they're doing it in Roubaix. In 2004 someone used boyaux that they weren't any more on sale!!!!