snapper_37
Barbara Woodhouse's Love Child
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9 punctures in 5 weeks... all in the same back wheel which was fitted just before it started. Shall I go back to the LBS tomorrow and give them hell???? 
No no no no ......
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Where are the punctures............. inside of tube or outside !
Dayvo
just passin' through
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snapper_37 said:9 punctures in 5 weeks... all in the same back wheel which was fitted just before it started. Shall I go back to the LBS tomorrow and give them hell????
I'd get onto the highways dept if I were you!
Tharg2007
Veteran
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- Manchester
are you riding in the gutter? are you going the same route every time? try changing, might be something on the road you havent noticed. With each puncture do you fix it yourself or do you take it to LBS? if you fix it do you do all the proper checks (check where hole is, then check rim/tire at that point)?
jayce
New Member
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- south wales
That would send me scatty touch wood ive never had a puncture with a road bike i think ive been very lucky as i use my bike every day
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
jayce said:
Let us know how soon after posting the above that you got your pu*@ture!
jayce
New Member
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- south wales
I was thinking that myself ..
Mr Pig
New Member
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- North Lanarkshire
Sounds to me like something wasn't right about what they did. That's a lot of punctures. Maybe the rim tape not covering a spoke properly of a burr inside the wheel. You really need to check.
Chuffy
Veteran
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- On the banks of the Exe
I think we need some more info.
Do you know what type of punctures they are? Are they consistent? If it's a snakebite then you haven't got your tyres hard enough.
I had a run of flats on my rear wheel recently. Turned out that there was a hole through the tyre and the edge of the 'ole was wearing through my inner tubes.
Do you know what type of punctures they are? Are they consistent? If it's a snakebite then you haven't got your tyres hard enough.
I had a run of flats on my rear wheel recently. Turned out that there was a hole through the tyre and the edge of the 'ole was wearing through my inner tubes.
Had a terrible spell once with a new wheel, the rim tape was rubbish, a couple of wraps of elctrical tape sorted it
Had three flats in a week a month ago, all seemed to be genuine flats from sharp things, had nothing since, same tyre, same tube, sometime it happens
9 in 5 weeks is absurd, get the tube and tyre off and scowl at the wheel, tape it yourself
Had three flats in a week a month ago, all seemed to be genuine flats from sharp things, had nothing since, same tyre, same tube, sometime it happens
9 in 5 weeks is absurd, get the tube and tyre off and scowl at the wheel, tape it yourself
Dave5N
Über Member
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Tynan said:
Ditto with the boy's bike, except three tubes went. two patches refused to take. As I was engaged eslewhere, even had other dads tape wheel and fit a tube. Nothing wrong, ever.
I'm not new to this, just seemed to be a bad week. Fourth tube in, (and they weren't batched) seems to be holding up.
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snapper_37
Barbara Woodhouse's Love Child
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- Wolves
Hi guys....
This divvy blonde (although I am not) bint has checked back tyre and it's .... *cough* shagged. I have also just checked the front to find 3 nasty small gashes. I was going to take the wheel to the LBS (I rang) but then, after taking the wheel off, I noticed all the damage.
I was just a little surprised as these are conti gators and less than a year old!!!
Thanks for all the replies though. I have ordered 2 new tyres so will see how I go.....
*shuffles off very enbarrassed but glad of the advice*
This divvy blonde (although I am not) bint has checked back tyre and it's .... *cough* shagged. I have also just checked the front to find 3 nasty small gashes. I was going to take the wheel to the LBS (I rang) but then, after taking the wheel off, I noticed all the damage.
I was just a little surprised as these are conti gators and less than a year old!!!
Thanks for all the replies though. I have ordered 2 new tyres so will see how I go.....
*shuffles off very enbarrassed but glad of the advice*
Chuffy
Veteran
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- On the banks of the Exe
Ok, when you say 'shagged'*, how bad are they, exactly? Gators have a reputation for cutting up badly, but they tend to collect small bits of flint, glass etc and, because of the way that they are built, push them back out again. If you've got nicks and cuts, that doesn't necessarily mean that the thing that caused it has gone all the way through or been the cause of your punctures. Baggy and I both run Gators, we ride on some pretty rough and crappy paths and our tyres generally last a good 5,000+ miles. Hopefully the new tyres will fix the problem, but don't rule out the possibility that they might not...snapper_37 said:
* - I do, of course, know that a lady of your calibre does have a fairly good idea of when something is well shagged.
Some like Gators, some hate them, me included, I gave mine away after two weeks, flats and cutting up like a maniac had attacked with a cleaver, that and loosing it in the wet
as for cutting up, hard to say, if you look close at tyres there'll be plenty of cuts and nicks, ride them until they wear thin or too many flats really
as for cutting up, hard to say, if you look close at tyres there'll be plenty of cuts and nicks, ride them until they wear thin or too many flats really
