Puncture, Puncture, Puncture

[MonsterEnergy]

I have re - pumped the tyre up at 4:45pm, and it is still pumped up how it was. I went for a test ride round the block and all seems fine. So that's about 5hrs it's been pumped up. What do you think. Should i still take it into halfords tommorow or just leave it?
If it was a slow puncture how long would it stay up for, untill it goes flat again?

 

[DRM]

How long is a piece of string, it could be flat in an hour, maybe soft overnight, I would learn to remove the wheels, then tyres, check the tyres for sharp things and how to patch a tube, then reassemble the lot, have a look for Park Tool and GCN how to’s on you tube.

 

[itboffin]

Punctures are a funny one, when I first started commuting by bike 34 miles a day in my first year I had 50 so I started searching and trying different tyres eventually I found Rubino pros and now schwalbe pro ones worked best for me, I don’t want to jinx myself but I maybe get 1-2 a year now, although I no longer commute I still do pretty high annual mileage on terrible country roads, what I have done is lowered my tyre pressures loads and use thicker cheaper inner tubes

 

[classic33]

Just change it then, I doubt you can patch a slime tube

You can!
Hang it so that the slime moves flows away from the puncture before starting to fix it, in the usual way.

 

[weareHKR]

Hang on tho... isn't the point of having slime tubes so they self seal in case of a puncture?
So why does it need a patch... 🤔

 

[MrGrumpy]

tubeless that is all

 

[Mo1959]

eventually I found Rubino pros and now schwalbe pro ones worked best for me,

My favourites too. I know there's obviously a bit of luck involved, but been very good so far.

 

[ianrauk]

in my first year I had 50

50? Really? Wow. I don't think I have had 50 punctures in the 45+ years I've been cycling.
Most I've ever had in a years commute (with a daily average of 25 miles+) is 3

 

[weareHKR]

tubeless that is all

Ha yes, my bad! I see the thread got sidetracked with someone else discussing slime tubes...

 

[vickster]

Punctures are a funny one, when I first started commuting by bike 34 miles a day in my first year I had 50 so I started searching and trying different tyres eventually I found Rubino pros and now schwalbe pro ones worked best for me, I don’t want to jinx myself but I maybe get 1-2 a year now, although I no longer commute I still do pretty high annual mileage on terrible country roads, what I have done is lowered my tyre pressures loads and use thicker cheaper inner tubes

The OP has a mountain bike - those might be road tyres?

 

[vickster]

Ha yes, my bad! I see the thread got sidetracked with someone else discussing slime tubes...

That's what the OP has...NOT tubeless
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/slime-self-healing-mtb-inner-tube

 

[oldworld]

I always seem to get punctures in 2s and 3s. I can go months without getting one then after fixing it I get another.
I really do check the tyre before refitting the tube but on occasions miss a tiny thorn such as now. I've finally fixed the puncture after 3 tries. That my record for one tiny thorn.

 

[itboffin]

The OP has a mountain bike - those might be road tyres?

Nope my first commuter was a Halford BSO and then a Ridgeback storm hybrid come MTB then a Trek road bike, oh and then a 1980s steel turned into a single speed (that hurt) so i've been through a lot of combos of bike types and tyres. In all there forms Conti tyres have hands down been the worse for punctures, schwalbe the best.