al3xsh
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Hi all,
After managing to avoid getting punctures for ages, I've had two in the last week. :'(
Both have been snake bite punctures - the first after hitting a big pothole, but today I don't remember hitting anything particularly noticable. I pump my tyres up pretty much before every ride to 100 psi which I thought would be enough. I'm about 70kg, and running conti gp 4000 s2s. Both have been on the rear.
Does anybody have any ideas to reduce the chances of this happening again?
As an annoying aside, when I went to change the tube today the new inner tube valve core kept unscrewing when I took the pump off! Not something I'd ever encountered before but required a walk to the nearest farmhouse to borrow some pliers to tighten the core up!
Cheers,
Alex
After managing to avoid getting punctures for ages, I've had two in the last week. :'(
Both have been snake bite punctures - the first after hitting a big pothole, but today I don't remember hitting anything particularly noticable. I pump my tyres up pretty much before every ride to 100 psi which I thought would be enough. I'm about 70kg, and running conti gp 4000 s2s. Both have been on the rear.
Does anybody have any ideas to reduce the chances of this happening again?
As an annoying aside, when I went to change the tube today the new inner tube valve core kept unscrewing when I took the pump off! Not something I'd ever encountered before but required a walk to the nearest farmhouse to borrow some pliers to tighten the core up!
Cheers,
Alex