flat tyre overnight

[vimes]

hi all
put my bike away last night all was well this morning went to fit some lights to the bike ready for a ride to work and noticed the frount tyre was flat i ave pumped it up to see how long it will last today
regards
lee

 

[Arch]

Punctures often only make themselves known overnight, if they are slow ones. You may have run over something close to home and it didn't have time to show up.

For the quickest fix, stick a new tube in, and then find and fix the hole in the comfort of your home with a cuppa to hand.

 

[palinurus]

One of those odd slow ones, sometimes I've had this, inflated the tyre and it's lasted ages before deflating. Check for anything obvious stuck into the tyre.

 

[palinurus]

I reckon about half of my (fairly infrequent, I like to goad the fairy) punctures show up only after leaving the bike a few hours.

 

[zacklaws]

I injured my knee last weekend, so I had a few days of the bike, but I religilously check my tyres everyday whether I am riding or not so I don't get caught out. Four days I checked my tyres and they were rock hard, come Friday, I'm just about ready to go and find my front tyre flat as a todd. So I changed the innertube, pumped the flat one up to check it and its still not gone down

 

[vimes]

thanks guys
typical my mountain bike gets used and abused in the forest never had a flat
first day on a road bike i get a flat i think i my have to get a supply of inner tubes
regards
lee

 

[Arch]

thanks guys
typical my mountain bike gets used and abused in the forest never had a flat
first day on a road bike i get a flat i think i my have to get a supply of inner tubes
regards
lee

I've no experience of mountain biking in forests, but I'd assume the roads are far more likely to harbour glass and flints to puncture tyres - whereas in the forest, assuming your tyres aren't so low pressure that you get pinch punctures from the rim, the surface is fairly benign - leaves don't tend to puncture tyres....

Get some spare tubes, and carry one with you when you go any distance. Do a quick roadside swap if you need to, and fix the old one if you want to, later.

To reduce the risk, keep road bike tyres pumped up nice and hard, and avoid riding in the gutter where nasty stabby stuff tends to get swept. If you're used to looking ahead for tree roots and the like, transfer that skill to watching ahead for the glint of glass, or patches of gravel formed from potholes.

And NEVER, NEVER talk about how you don't get punctures. The fairy listens.

 

[DTD]

Went to work yesterday – thought I'd treat myself and leave the commuter at home and go on the best bike. Halfway there the back tyre went completely flat. Replaced the tube – can't find a thing wrong with it, didn't find anything in the tyre – made me feel paranoid all today.

 

[snorri]

, but I religilously check my tyres everyday whether I am riding or not so I don't get caught out. Four days I checked my tyres and they were rock hard, come Friday, I'm just about ready to go and find my front tyre flat as a todd. So I changed the innertube, pumped the flat one up to check it and its still not gone down

Anyone who gets a wee squeeze daily but never gets taken out is going to seek revenge eventually.

 

[Glover Fan]

thanks guys
typical my mountain bike gets used and abused in the forest never had a flat
first day on a road bike i get a flat i think i my have to get a supply of inner tubes
regards
lee

Don't start me, I may take out shares in an inner tube production company.

Have just bought a schwalbe inner tube as apparently they are pretty tough, but tbh there can't be that much of difference between inner tubes can there?

 

[david1701]

I'm cheap, I have a few spares and then patch them at home

 

[rjwilki3]

Get some spare tubes, and carry one with you when you go any distance. Do a quick roadside swap if you need to, and fix the old one if you want to, later.


And NEVER, NEVER talk about how you don't get punctures. The fairy listens.

one is not always enough, I had 3 punctures in the space of 30 miles on my first trip out, checking the inside of the tyre each time and finding nothing I try and always have 2, but am thinking now 3, I normally have a fairly big bag as cart my SLR around with me as well so no real need to worry about space/weight for me