!!!POP!!!

[garrilla]

I was drwaing up to some lights this morning easing on the brakes when POP the front deflated rapidly.

No problem, I thought, I've got a spare tube etc in the sack and the weathers good.

I QR the wheel, check the tyre and it seems ok, replace the tube, pump up and return to the forks. Before I'm even on the bike, POP again.

No problem, I thought, I've got a repair kit in the sack but I must check the tyre more carefully.

Wheel off, check the tyre again and all seems ok. Try to inflate the tube to find the puncture. No inflation so I look for the puncture, find a 1cm gash in the tube. recheck ther tyre, a 1cm gash in the wall of the tyre just by the beading. Bugger!

Fortunately, I was 10mins walk from an Halfords although i had to wait half an hour for it to open and buy a new tyre. Used the time well, repaired both tubes while waiting.

 

[MacB]

being a lazy bugger I should remember this, people repair tubes. When I get punctures I'll save up the old tubes and offer them, unrepaired, FOC to folks.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Agggh, i've been visited twice this week by the fairy! Last night was bad though as I thought the rear wheel spokes had gone but was infact a chunky 1" screw!! I hate them! What a noise though! 120 psi to 0 psi in seconds and the rattling of the screw on the rim and road!

I repair my old inners but this ones had it, along with the tyre!! grrrrrr!

 

[hackbike 666]

What time did you start work then midday?

I'd have to dump the bike and i've done that before.Even left it unlocked at Bow Road Tube a few years back.(By accident)

No p*nct*r*s this year.TIA.

 

[cyberknight]

I was going to say similar

no shops open at 6am except small corner shops and i would not get my hopes up that they stock inner tubes ...................

In fact my better half hefted my bag i strap to the rack and said "thats heavy ". Should be the amount of st00f i lug in case of a puncture/repair.

Just this week had to do a repair to the rack as one of the screws had come out , thank frell for tools and a spare screw from a water bottle mount