Puncture's, tips, ideas, avoiding ?

[J4CKO]

I think my problem is unmade roads, little used roads etc, the ones with cars on are generally free of crap as the two tonne leviathans pick all the crap up yet on car free roads it just sits there.

 

[Tynan]

I had three in five days last week, after months of nothing, sometime your route is bad and you get unlucky, you can have heavier tyres that are more resistant but it's always a chance, you can only have a repair kit and a way of getting the tyre hard again, it's not rocket science

 

[hackbike 666]

The Bow Flyover has been covered in crap all week.

 

[Origamist]

The Topeak Road Morph is a good pump that can get to a 100psi comfortably.

 

[ianrauk]

Looking at the video for tubeless tyres, what is the point? it seems a right palaver and takes a long time to do... is there any reason why you would want to go through all that?

 

[hackbike 666]

It is,that tyre wont last forever.Why can't they invent a puncture less tyre?

 

[jezhiggins]

I had three in five days last week, after months of nothing, sometime your route is bad and you get unlucky, you can have heavier tyres that are more resistant but it's always a chance, you can only have a repair kit and a way of getting the tyre hard again, it's not rocket science

I'm currently 3 in 3 outings. Pinch flat on the back, pinch flat on the front, flat again on the back - don't know why yet. If it's another pinch I'm wondering if I should take my shiny new wheels back to the shop ...

 

[col]

It is,that tyre wont last forever.Why can't they invent a puncture less tyre?

Then they would lose out on profit from sales of tubes and puncture kits. Im sure there could be solid rubber tyres with different pressure rubber density that would work. Sort of an aero bar consistancy and no inner tubes.
Dragons den anyone?

 

[mickle]

Thorn resistant tubes (thick rubber on the tread side) are horrid and merely slow down the ingress of the thorn, you'll still get a flat, just farther down the road. In the meantime they'll slow you down.

Most manufacturers market a decent puncture resistant tyre these days. They use a steel mesh, Kevlar or, more usually these days, a polyurethane band under the tread which is designed to intercept foreign objects before they reach the tube.

I've had good results with Continental Supersonics, Schwalbe Blizzards. Others will recommend their personal favourites I'm sure, there are lots of great tyres available now.

We have had really good results from Stan's no tubes. It's designed to be used with tubeless tyre systems but we use it inside tubes, squirting a few fluid oz in through the Shrader valve before inflation. Not only does it repair holes in the tube caused by foreign objects it also reduces the tube's porosity which means you can go longer between inflations. Much much much longer. My A-bike's nasty cheap tubes used to leak 10% per day, now it's like 10% every six months! Wicked gear.

I use the belt and braces approach (Puncture resist tyres with Stan's) on any of my bikes which don't feature QR skewers. I never get punctures.

 

[4F]

Marathon +

The only real solution. 3000 miles now

 

[palinurus]

Then they would lose out on profit from sales of tubes and puncture kits. Im sure there could be solid rubber tyres with different pressure rubber density that would work. Sort of an aero bar consistancy and no inner tubes.
Dragons den anyone?

Such things already exist. I've got some on a cheap cargo trailer I use to lug heavy stuff around locally. They work fine for that but on bikes the general opinion is they are heavy, roll poorly and lead to weird handling. They might be acceptable for bikes used only for short local trips (I'd be interested if anyone has tried them).

Here's an example, there are others.

 

[palinurus]

While waiting for the kettle to boil I carried out a literature review.

Sheldon is scathing. There are some contented users over at bikeforums.

 

[hackbike 666]

I don't think this has been mentioned before.Thicker inner tubes.

 

[mickle]

I don't think this has been mentioned before.Thicker inner tubes.

Thorn resistant tubes (thick rubber on the tread side) are horrid and merely slow down the ingress of the thorn, you'll still get a flat, just farther down the road. In the meantime they'll slow you down.

 

[hackbike 666]

Thorn resistant tubes (thick rubber on the tread side) are horrid and merely slow down the ingress of the thorn, you'll still get a flat, just farther down the road. In the meantime they'll slow you down.

Oh that must explain why im so slow.

Think I have to stick with them if they can virtually guarantee im going to get to work,albeit it a bit slower.

Ironically I just pinched the tube while putting new tube and tyre on.Am I useless or what?

I think the "thorn" but is just wording (covering themselves)I do believe they are puncture resistant compared to what I had before..

I also check the tyres every now and again for p%nct%r%s...seems like the rear tyre is the biggest problem with this.