Puncture on Tacx Trainer

[markstev27]

I've used my tacx trainer today and got a puncture

Any advice on how to overcome this

 

[geocycle]

Tacx! No I won’t go there.

What sort of puncture, I’m assuming it wasn’t a foreign body. Is it in the sidewalls or tread? if the former under inflation perhaps?

 

[markstev27]

Tacx! No I won’t go there.

What sort of puncture, I’m assuming it wasn’t a foreign body. Is it in the sidewalls or tread? if the former under inflation perhaps?

Nothing has gone into the tyre

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Make sure you calibrate the trainer.

 

[cougie uk]

First find the puncture and what caused it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm assuming it's a wheel-on trainer where you clamp your back wheel into the trainer.

That's something that never happened to me when I used one of those, so I find it unusual.

As @cougie uk says - find what caused it. Examine the tyre very closely in the region of the puncture. If you've removed the tyre and don't know exactly whereabouts the puncture was, examine the whole tyre. Dragging a bit of cotton wool around the inside of the tyre so it snags on any hard-to-see sharp thing is one method.

In all probability there was a tiny sharp embedded in the tyre that was pushed through into the inner tube by the roller. Find it and remove it. Then patch your tube.

Also, feel fortunate that this happened on the trainer in the comfort of your home and not on the road.

When using the trainer always check your tyre pressure and as @Ming the Merciless says, calibrate it before each session.

 

[stephec]

A puncture on a turbo?

I know that some of them are supposed to be quite realistic these days but that's going just a bit too far.

 

[ColinJ]

Dodgy rim tape? A sharp burr round the edge of the valve hole? Tube pinched by the tyre bead?

(I have had punctures from all three, but not when riding on a turbo trainer.)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Hedge cuttings from next door?

 

[cougie uk]

I left my bike in the kitchen one night.
Cat took exception to my using his space and sunk his claws right through the tyre. I had about three holes in one tyre.

Never dared bring it in since.

 

[ColinJ]

I left my bike in the kitchen one night.
Cat took exception to my using his space and sunk his claws right through the tyre. I had about three holes in one tyre.

Never dared bring it in since.

Keep the bike in and put the cat out...?

 

[cougie uk]

Keep the bike in and put the cat out...?

You misunderstand the power dynamic in my house. I'm just a servant for the cat.

 

[rivers]

I've had punctures a couple of times on the turbo. One due to just using an old tyre that had finally reached the end of its life. The other,a turbo tyre that had also reached the end of its life. Time for a new tyre.

 

[cougie uk]

Nothing has gone into the tyre

So where is the air getting out of the tube ??

If you don't know that you can't just replace the tube/tyre without risking the issue happening again.

 

[Proto]

I’ve had a puncture on a turbo, big blow out, ‘bang’. The tyres get really hot and I think the glue from an old repair had given way and ‘boom’. I didn’t investigate, tbh, but made sure I always used decent tubes after that.

Have to say, direct drive trainers are streets ahead.