Tip for finding the glass in your tyre.

[Hyslop]

I'm glad you posted that......I'm a Sauvignon Blanc man myself but even I know that Watneys make a lovely pint of bitter.

When I worked in a shop that sold inner tubes.... a bloke bought one back and said it was rubbish as it kept going down he had bought the wheel and tyre into to demonstrate how S***t it was.... I took the tyre off and CAREFULLY (thats the secret) ran my fingers around the inside of the tyre and found the thorn that had caused the original and new inner tubes punctures..... "So your not going to replace it then?"..... "Nope, but I'll sell you another"..... He said "stuff that" and stormed out.....

Sounds as if you did exactly the right thing-and got the right response!Thats the sort of customer who would have returned with every" c**p" item that doesnt work,that they dont understand,or that they didnt need in the first place.Pests,the lot of them.

 

[Apollonius]

I had a massive blow-out last Tuseday, that could be heard throughout the entire club run. Big hole in the tyre and a big and ragged hole in the tube. No sign of the offending sharp thing. I wonder if the pressure (I ride on about 7 BAR) can blow the sharp bit out again.

 

[ufkacbln]

This always sounds sad and obsessive

All tyres have the name on the side, choose a letter and ALWAYS align this letter with the valve.

That way when you get a puncture you can lay the tube on the tyre and pinpoint the position on the tyre of the offending object

Saves a lot of time (and fingers)

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I fnd that when the tyre is off, just working your way around its circumference, squeezing it at regular intervals, can help find some of the embedded glass fragments.

@Pale Rider , any tips on how to turn a wire-bead tyre inside out? I must admit I wouldn't know how to start doing that.

 

[cosmicbike]

This always sounds sad and obsessive

All tyres have the name on the side, choose a letter and ALWAYS align this letter with the valve.

That way when you get a puncture you can lay the tube on the tyre and pinpoint the position on the tyre of the offending object

Saves a lot of time (and fingers)

+1 for that, but do make sure you align both front and rear tyres the same or it looks wrong. Not that I'm obsessive or anything..

 

[andrew_s]

I had a massive blow-out last Tuseday, that could be heard throughout the entire club run. Big hole in the tyre and a big and ragged hole in the tube. No sign of the offending sharp thing. I wonder if the pressure (I ride on about 7 BAR) can blow the sharp bit out again.

If it's gone BANG, it means that the intact inner tube has escaped from inside the tyre, rather than having been punctured. It will have been either something that put a cut in the tyre without damaging the tube, or damage from some previous puncture caused the tyre to fail under your 7 bar.

 

[MrPie]

One should get one's butler to do these sorts of things

 

[Cyclopathic]

I thought the tip was going to be something more original but I'm afraid that is a very old tip

New to me.