Well...that was a fairly horrid day out...........!

[RWright]

I recently went through a puncture epidemic. I was using a small pump but bought a CO2 inflator along with some tire liners. I have not had any flats since I got the liners (knock on wood). The pump seemed like a lot of work, I have not had a need to use the CO2 inflator yet, and hope I never have to but I think it will be much easier than a pump.

 

[mark c]

+3 for the Road Morph

 

[Dave 123]

Bontrager racelite hardcase tyres are good road tires

And make sure you've glue in yer tube before you go out....... says the man caught out last week!

 

[Alan57]

Hello Widge ,i`ve got a cheap Tesco pump that i`ve used on the pucture I had , it did the job . If ever you get a pucture out and want to get home , i`ve done this and it works, put grass in the tyre pack it in tight , it takes a lot but it`s better than walking .

 

[Peteaud]

Anoother for M+

I carry a couple of gas cans in the saddlebag, would not be without them now.

 

[compo]

Might be worth testing the pump at home from time to time.

Good advice. As tyres become more puncture resistant and our pumps get less use they can deteriorate. I have a Topeak mini pump, it does the job, eventually. I also have a Bluemels alloy frame pump, the one with the red white and blue bands around it. It was second hand when I bought it 30 odd years ago and it still effortlessly pumps up my hybrid tyres to 80 psi . About once a year I just give the washer a wipe of grease. I admit that cosmetically it doesn't do much for my bike but then neither do I, and I have had offers for the pump but never for me

 

[Red Light]

If ever you get a pucture out and want to get home , i`ve done this and it works, put grass in the tyre pack it in tight , it takes a lot but it`s better than walking .

File that alongside the take your teeth out, clamp your gums around the valve stem and get someone to jump up and down on your chest tips.

 

[Alan57]

File that alongside the take your teeth out, clamp your gums around the valve stem and get someone to jump up and down on your chest tips.

No, i`ve done it and it works and the tip came from a cycling mag a few years back .

 

[lulubel]

After some head scratching tryng to remember which way the chain ran through the jockey wheels

You don't have to take the chain off to remove the rear wheel. Just lift it away from the cassette when you take the wheel off, and back on again when you put the wheel back on. (You can even remove and replace the rear wheel without touching the chain at all with a bit of practice. I can do it now without getting my hands dirty.)

 

[Deanno1dad]

Schwalbe Durano Plus are good tyres with decent puncture protection..these are the ones just below the marathon plus and roll well.
Got the 700 x 23 on mine.

 

[Widge]

Thanks for all the advice, one and all.........I spent ages looking around for new tyres last night and finally settled on some Vittoria Rubino Pro folding clinchers at Wiggles and a Lezyne HP TechDrive mini-pump that looks solidly made and comes highly recommended by many. I was tempted by a larger one but really wanted something pocketable otherwise I could just see me not bothering to take it around or swapping between bikes etc. It has a screw on old-skool connecting hose which seemed a good idea. I never seem to get the hang of these wretched 'snap-on' nozzles...but that's just me?

I know how these things go...and everybody has thier own horror stories about the worth of probably these very items-but it's very confusing out there in the world of pumps 'n tyres! One mans meat is anthers poison etc. In the end you just have to go for it.....so I bought the red ones!

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