Racing roadkill
Guru
This morning I grabbed my bike, and set off for Basinggrad. 4 miles in, the worse than rubbish Continental GP 4 seasons punctured
(Yet again). So tyre comes off, tube comes out, tyre gets checked, a tiny piece of glass has gotten through the outstanding puncture protection (yet again). So I hooked it out, checked for anything else, put it all back together, inflated, and just as I was about to set off, BANG. WTAF. The new tube has blown up. Start again, just about to set off, BANG. Oh really FFS. Check the tyre ( yet again), oh there it is, side wall thread damage is buggering every new tube. Some kind souls stopped and asked if I needed a new tube, unfortunately due the utter crapness of the GP4 seasons, that wasn't going to help. So a nice 4 mile walk home was in order. Not to be defeated, I grabbed the bike with the actually superb Schwalbe D+ tyres on it, and took myself off for a ride, to replenish my tube supply, and buy some Decathlon Puncture resist tyres. I don't know if they are any good, but anything is better than the utter horse poo Continentals. I'm having a beer before heading home.
(Yet again). So tyre comes off, tube comes out, tyre gets checked, a tiny piece of glass has gotten through the outstanding puncture protection (yet again). So I hooked it out, checked for anything else, put it all back together, inflated, and just as I was about to set off, BANG. WTAF. The new tube has blown up. Start again, just about to set off, BANG. Oh really FFS. Check the tyre ( yet again), oh there it is, side wall thread damage is buggering every new tube. Some kind souls stopped and asked if I needed a new tube, unfortunately due the utter crapness of the GP4 seasons, that wasn't going to help. So a nice 4 mile walk home was in order. Not to be defeated, I grabbed the bike with the actually superb Schwalbe D+ tyres on it, and took myself off for a ride, to replenish my tube supply, and buy some Decathlon Puncture resist tyres. I don't know if they are any good, but anything is better than the utter horse poo Continentals. I'm having a beer before heading home.