Faith shaken

[MarkF]

It's been 7 years since I started using them, 3 years since I stopped carrying a puncture repair kit, but today I have been let down......................just like my tyre. Went to the garage to get my hybrid out for my shopping and, my M+ front is flat. Shook me rigid it did.

 

[Globalti]

Shocking. How dare it go flat?

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Your rigid shook and you weren't even sitting on the bike?
Impressive

 

[potsy]

Maybe the tube is so old and perished it just lost the will to keep air any longer?
Your faith in the tyre could yet be intact

 

[ScotiaLass]

It's been 7 years since I started using them, 3 years since I stopped carrying a puncture repair kit, but today I have been let down......................just like my tyre. Went to the garage to get my hybrid out for my shopping and, my M+ front is flat. Shook me rigid it did.

I am shocked for you!

 

[Scoosh]

Demand a refund ! Clearly unfit for purpose ...

 

[HLaB]

Its a bit late for a April Fool's Mark

 

[MarkF]

Will have a look tomorrow, I've had to sit down for while, I've checked twice since I first found it........ but it's still flat.

Had to use the old MTB for my shopping, took a pump and a repair kit, never thought I'd do that again, it's so disappointing. Used some spare panniers I recently got from Ebay, 2 bags with integral top bag, the zips broke on each side soon as I tried to zip up the shopping the very first bleedin time, it's like the butterfly effect.

 

[PeteXXX]

Stuff the tube full of grass clippings and wallpaper paste. Pop it back on the rim and it'll ride like a dream!!!

 

[swansonj]

I recall @srw reporting a puncture (indeed, if I recall, possibly a gash or a rip) in an M+ a couple of years ago. This is becoming a worryingly common occurrence.

 

[srw]

I recall @srw reporting a puncture (indeed, if I recall, possibly a gash or a rip) in an M+ a couple of years ago. This is becoming a worryingly common occurrence.

The entire history is:
M+ on a Brompton - punctured twice in half a dozen years by 6-inch nails; exploded once (in a wine bar) when utterly rotten.
M+ on a tandem - punctured once in about 4000 miles by a large stone chip which found its way around the protective strip; sidewall failed when very worn.
Durano plus on a tandem - exploded once under the force of a failed cheap tube.

As you say - shockingly common.

 

[MarkF]

I put 85psi in this morning at 8am, there is 85psi in it now, at 3pm, begining to suspect youngest son or daughter...............

 

[MarkF]

Still 85psi, panic over.

 

[fossyant]

It was me. Sneaked in and let it down. Hideous tyres.