I bought a Ridgeback Cyclone about three months ago, and have been commuting 16 miles 4-5 days a week. About 800-1000 miles in total. I have had no punctures until cycling home on Thursday night the pucture fairy visited the rear wheel. The offending piece of glass was removed, and the inner tube replaced. Saturday night I the puncture fairy visited the front wheel with a thorn or stone or something similar. Then last night the rear was nearly flat when I got home. (I have not investigated the cause yet).
Is this just bad luck, or do my tyres need replacing, they do not look worn. I would have thought that they should last longer than 800-1000 miles.
I believe the tyres are Continental Contact Sports. On my Trek for the same commute I was using City Jets, which lasted at least 4000 miles.
Is this just bad luck, or do my tyres need replacing, they do not look worn. I would have thought that they should last longer than 800-1000 miles.
This sounds like bad luck - bad luck happens! The roads have been pretty grotty with all sorts of debris over the last few days here - what with wind and lots of rain, ideal conditions for rubbish to come out of hiding and getcha! I tend to see sidewalls going before I have problems with punctures as a sign of wear on commuting / touring bikes.
Is this just bad luck, or do my tyres need replacing, they do not look worn. I would have thought that they should last longer than 800-1000 miles.
If they don't look worn then it's probably just bad luck. I once had 3 in a month with perfectly serviceable tyres, followed by about a year on the same ones with nothing.
When they do wear oit consider something with a kevlar belt to keep the worst out. Some things will get through those, but it's noticeably rarer.
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Is this just bad luck, or do my tyres need replacing, they do not look worn.
Just bad luck and the time of year with all the wet. I had my first puncture of the year on Friday. Didn't discover it until I left for the train this morning. Quick puncture repair and then a 5 mile gasp and pant hoof to the main station instead of the local to catch the next fast train with 4 minutes to spare got me back on schedule. Memo to self: Check tyres on a Sunday night.
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When they do wear oit consider something with a kevlar belt to keep the worst out. Some things will get through those, but it's noticeably rarer.
The other thing (I expect you're already aware but neither of us is clairvoyant) is keeping tyre pressures up. This reduces the road contact area so reduces the probability of a spike doing its dastardly business. Kevlar belt protection doesn't extend to the side walls and gets thinner at the transition from tread bit to side wall.
In my limited experience a puncture will go flat within an hour but a slow leak, as per your third annoyance, suggests a valve or not very good patch.
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Sandy's being a little unfair. He not only gets other people to do
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mileage, he charges them for the privilege.
Charges are very reasonable - see the website and don't comment on the colour:-(
I think your website must have a puncture. I have text and pictures all overlaying each other in an orgy of mutual obliteration. Tried it in both Firefox and IE7 with no difference in either.
-- Tony
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
I think your website must have a puncture. I have text and pictures all overlaying each other in an orgy of mutual obliteration. Tried it in both Firefox and IE7 with no difference in either.
I had a total computer crash recently and hadn't checked it since then. It's now on the list of things to do!
The other thing (I expect you're already aware but neither of us is clairvoyant) is keeping tyre pressures up. This reduces the road contact area so reduces the probability of a spike doing its dastardly business. Kevlar belt protection doesn't extend to the side walls and gets thinner at the transition from tread bit to side wall.
That theory has to be balanced with the one that says higher pressure increases the chance of an object penetrating in general.
Kevlar belting in tyres tends to be so minimal that you might as well forget about it.
I bought a Ridgeback Cyclone about three months ago, and have been commuting 16 miles 4-5 days a week. About 800-1000 miles in total. I have had no punctures until cycling home on Thursday night the pucture fairy visited the rear wheel. The offending piece of glass was removed, and the inner tube replaced. Saturday night I the puncture fairy visited the front wheel with a thorn or stone or something similar. Then last night the rear was nearly flat when I got home. (I have not investigated the cause yet).
You don't need to do anything. Punctures come in three's, and you're lucky enough to have had your allocation all in one hit :-)
