Puncture

[Altop1]

I got my 1st pucnture in years abit fed up because they were slime tubes,pre done ones, luckily not to far from home so walked abit.Now on my old cb bike i put the slime in myself and never had a puncture that i had to fix in 18 years.Any way removed the offending thorns that the council left on the path and used some self adhesive patches.Dont know if there any good.Maybe look at the tubless option one day.

 

[Gaz]

One puncture in 18 years is pretty good going

Gaz

 

[Mac_user82]

i don't think one puncture in 18 years is nothing to write home about even one puncture every 12 months is not bad really.

Someone i know who used their bicycle for work daily told me a couple of weeks ago that he had 5 punctures in one week

i did tell him to put some joes no flats in the tube to stop getting the punctures

 

[Altop1]

One puncture in 18 years is very good ..Just saying slime can be very effective.When not using slime years ago was getting punctures nearly every week.

 

[Steve A]

I got my 1st pucnture in years abit fed up because they were slime tubes,pre done ones, luckily not to far from home so walked abit.Now on my old cb bike i put the slime in myself and never had a puncture that i had to fix in 18 years.Any way removed the offending thorns that the council left on the path and used some self adhesive patches.Dont know if there any good.Maybe look at the tubless option one day.

BLOODY AMAZING!, or this is your first ride in 18 years

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I never had a puncture in 22 years on the bike I bought in 1988 and I never took any protection against punctures. No slime and just ordinary crap tyres.

It spent 16 years sitting in my shed and did a total of about 250 miles during the rest of the time I had it.

Before that, I hadn't had a puncture on a bicycle in 23 years. It might have been because I never rode a bicycle in that time. That makes 45 years without a puncture!

In other words, it's not years that count, it's miles.

 

[Mac_user82]

I haven't had a puncture for 2000 Miles


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[STEVEMANFA]

I had a go with the stick on patch and it wasn't any good, it just came off in a few days.
I just take a spare tube with me now.

 

[LeighPing]

I just take a spare tube with me now.

I had a couple of long walks home last year, due to large punctures in pre-filled slime tubes. Prior to that they'd been pretty good at sealing the smaller holes. The coke tin ring pull shard puncture, shown in the video, was too big to seal itself.

I like Steve's solution, as a quick, get me home fix. I was thinking about maybe getting one of those inner tubes that wrap around the wheel and plugs into itself. There's no need to remove the wheel.

Does anyone know what they're called?

 

[chris130256]

3 punctures in one day is my record. 2 new tubes then the last one had to be a repair. This was on Alpine mountain trails on a none emtb. I always have 2 spare tubes.

 

[Mac_user82]

I had a couple of long walks home last year, due to large punctures in pre-filled slime tubes. Prior to that they'd been pretty good at sealing the smaller holes. The coke tin ring pull shard puncture, shown in the video, was too big to seal itself.

I like Steve's solution, as a quick, get me home fix. I was thinking about maybe getting one of those inner tubes that wrap around the wheel and plugs into itself. There's no need to remove the wheel.

Does anyone know what they're called?

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That piece of metal that came out of that tyre should of been weighed in at the scrap dealer for the size of it

 

[jdallan]

I had a couple of long walks home last year, due to large punctures in pre-filled slime tubes. Prior to that they'd been pretty good at sealing the smaller holes. The coke tin ring pull shard puncture, shown in the video, was too big to seal itself.

I like Steve's solution, as a quick, get me home fix. I was thinking about maybe getting one of those inner tubes that wrap around the wheel and plugs into itself. There's no need to remove the wheel.

Does anyone know what they're called?

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Gaadi, as far as I can remember.

Jim

 

[LeighPing]

Gaadi, as far as I can remember.

Jim

@jdallan Thanks Jim.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-parts/inner-tubes/gaadi-tube

 

[Mac_user82]

After this youtube i am going to carry a spare tyre with me "Folding version"
and spare tube just in case because you never know what you are going to
encounter on the roads

i do very much depend on my bike to get me around places and sometimes i do need to get to appointments and this would pretty much stop me from getting to the appointments

A Spare tube and spare folding tyre is nothing much to carry just in case something did happen when on the road

 

[STEVEMANFA]

I just tape a tube to my frame.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Marathon Plus for the win. No punctures in 4000 miles despite having a three inch nail buried two inches into my tyre:

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/do-puncture-resistant-tires-work.20489/

It's a shame they don't grip.

 

[RobF]

I I was thinking about maybe getting one of those inner tubes that wrap around the wheel and plugs into itself. There's no need to remove the wheel.

Does anyone know what they're called?

Gaadi.

Available from a few retailers including Rose and Bike Discount.

I have one, but have never had to deploy it.

A member on here had one in each wheel with no problems.

http://gaadi.de/?lang=en

 

[Nealh]

Recently I got some ' No Joes ' put it in front and back tube, result went out on 50+ mile ride and had 2 punctures both I had to patch as the goo was next to useless. The only useful thing it did was to indicate where the P was.

 

[2Lazy]

My Ezee Forza has Marathon Plus tyres and I've only had one puncture in 1600 miles and even that was just bad luck - it was an industrial staple that went right through the tyre.

I was forever getting punctures on my Giant Roam 3 hybrid bike so I recently switched to Marathon Plus tyres and slimed tubes. I can definitely feel the extra weight but aside from that, so far so good, not a single puncture.

 

[E-Wheels]

My Ezee Forza has Marathon Plus tyres and I've only had one puncture in 1600 miles and even that was just bad luck - it was an industrial staple that went right through the tyre.

I was forever getting punctures on my Giant Roam 3 hybrid bike so I recently switched to Marathon Plus tyres and slimed tubes. I can definitely feel the extra weight but aside from that, so far so good, not a single puncture.

Isn't any puncture bad luck?