Puncture Fairy Goes Ape in Sheperds Bush
prj45
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She got me (for it is a she) and three others this morning, one guy pulled up next to me and we changed our tubes on the crossing at the bottom of the motorwayey bit on the roundabout.
Whacking great piece of flint I had in mine, could've butchered a woolly mammoth with it.
I saw another guy changing out a tube just up Holland Park Avenue.
Funny thing is, I got home on my half pumped up tyre, put my bike against the green cabinet in the dining room (drives the missus mad) and then about five minutes later heard this hissing sound, (which I initially thought was a jacket potato letting out steam in the oven) and watched as my tyre deflated again all by itself. Turns out the glued patch had given up and air has squeezed out the side. Never seen that before.
Quite why it didn't do it on the rest of my commute in or my 14 miles home I'll never know.
Whacking great piece of flint I had in mine, could've butchered a woolly mammoth with it.
I saw another guy changing out a tube just up Holland Park Avenue.
Funny thing is, I got home on my half pumped up tyre, put my bike against the green cabinet in the dining room (drives the missus mad) and then about five minutes later heard this hissing sound, (which I initially thought was a jacket potato letting out steam in the oven) and watched as my tyre deflated again all by itself. Turns out the glued patch had given up and air has squeezed out the side. Never seen that before.
Quite why it didn't do it on the rest of my commute in or my 14 miles home I'll never know.
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The puncture fairy is a fickle beastie - as for making it home with a knackered patch I guess she was looking out for you.
When I first got my TT bike I had the puncture fairy grant me sweet luck - London Olmpic tri 2007; got the new bike and as a matter of course changed tyres and tubes before the race, nice set of 120psi tyres. went out with 130psi in them, did the race with a single spare tube.
Got home after the race, racked the bike, got half way out of the room and the back tube went and blew the tire off the rim. While replacing the back tube the next day the front tube went the same way. Last time I ever use that brand of tubes!FCN: 50 -
I had my first P******* in 12 months this morning
Took the bike out of the garage and had to fix it on the drive.
Still the tyre has done approx 3500 miles without a problem, can't be that bad."Impressive break"
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How big was the initial hole in your inner ? I think over a certain size they can gradually extend under a patch once the tube is reinflated. Anyway at least it wasn't your next journey in0
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emdeef wrote:How big was the initial hole in your inner ? I think over a certain size they can gradually extend under a patch once the tube is reinflated. Anyway at least it wasn't your next journey in
Yeah it is quite big (like four mil long) and pretty much this looks like what happened.
Fascinating.
I've pur-chased some proper patches with glue and all, If that don't fix it it looks like this piece of rock has killed my inner tube.0 -
Mate got a visit on Friday - PF very angry. It appears that Marathon + tyres may be bomb proof but not London Street proof. Another guy at work with £30+ tyres also had a puncture on Monday. I've decided to make a sacrifice to the PF god, the next squirrel of urban fox that crosses my path.... :evil:Pain is only weakness leaving the body0
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The Chingford Skinhead wrote:Mate got a visit on Friday - PF very angry. It appears that Marathon + tyres may be bomb proof but not London Street proof. Another guy at work with £30+ tyres also had a puncture on Monday. I've decided to make a sacrifice to the PF god, the next squirrel of urban fox that crosses my path.... :evil:
I've got conti gator skins and after a fair few weeks they still looked new, not a cut or a split.
Of course now they've got something that resembles the Ares Vallis, I swear Nasa are planning to send some rovers to it.
The guy that pulled up next to me had marathon pluses, he looked quite shocked he had a puncture.0 -
I bet he did - you pay an extra £10 over the Marathon tyre price because you're told they are bomb proof! To discover that they are not is a tad painful.prj45 wrote:The Chingford Skinhead wrote:Mate got a visit on Friday - PF very angry. It appears that Marathon + tyres may be bomb proof but not London Street proof. Another guy at work with £30+ tyres also had a puncture on Monday. I've decided to make a sacrifice to the PF god, the next squirrel of urban fox that crosses my path.... :evil:
I've got conti gator skins and after a fair few weeks they still looked new, not a cut or a split.
Of course now they've got something that resembles the Ares Vallis, I swear Nasa are planning to send some rovers to it.
The guy that pulled up next to me had marathon pluses, he looked quite shocked he had a puncture.
I've got conti gator skins on my roadie - which Digging Deeper is pursuading me to adopt as my commuting bike rather than the marathon plus booted hybrid. Glad they seem strong.Pain is only weakness leaving the body0 -
I bet he did - you pay an extra £10 over the Marathon tyre price because you're told they are bomb proof! To discover that they are not is a tad painful.prj45 wrote:The Chingford Skinhead wrote:Mate got a visit on Friday - PF very angry. It appears that Marathon + tyres may be bomb proof but not London Street proof. Another guy at work with £30+ tyres also had a puncture on Monday. I've decided to make a sacrifice to the PF god, the next squirrel of urban fox that crosses my path.... :evil:
I've got conti gator skins and after a fair few weeks they still looked new, not a cut or a split.
Of course now they've got something that resembles the Ares Vallis, I swear Nasa are planning to send some rovers to it.
The guy that pulled up next to me had marathon pluses, he looked quite shocked he had a puncture.
I've got conti gator skins on my roadie - which Digging Deeper is pursuading me to adopt as my commuting bike rather than the marathon plus booted hybrid. Glad they seem strong.Pain is only weakness leaving the body0 -
I realise this is tempting fate (and the PF) big time, but I've never yet had a puncture commuting - or in fact at all on my road bike in 4,500 miles.
Look out for my post tomorrow when I'll tell you about the 5 punctures I'm now bound to get on my next ride in!
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I bet he did - you pay an extra £10 over the Marathon tyre price because you're told they are bomb proof! To discover that they are not is a tad painful.prj45 wrote:The Chingford Skinhead wrote:Mate got a visit on Friday - PF very angry. It appears that Marathon + tyres may be bomb proof but not London Street proof. Another guy at work with £30+ tyres also had a puncture on Monday. I've decided to make a sacrifice to the PF god, the next squirrel of urban fox that crosses my path.... :evil:
I've got conti gator skins and after a fair few weeks they still looked new, not a cut or a split.
Of course now they've got something that resembles the Ares Vallis, I swear Nasa are planning to send some rovers to it.
The guy that pulled up next to me had marathon pluses, he looked quite shocked he had a puncture.
I've got conti gator skins on my roadie - which Digging Deeper is pursuading me to adopt as my commuting bike rather than the marathon plus booted hybrid. Glad they seem strong.Pain is only weakness leaving the body0 -
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prj45 wrote:(this board's gone f****g nuts!)
an overflow error on the drivel buffer. It happens all the time.
The Shepherd Bush Southern Roundabout is a well know 'flint accumulation zone'. When the water tower was being built it was even worse.
The other horror point in West London is outside the Red Back Tavern in Acton - except the problem there is glass shards.0 -
Gavin Gilbert wrote:The other horror point in West London is outside the Red Back Tavern in Acton - except the problem there is glass shards.
Go past both of those. Also the Walkabout on Embankment, I swear it doesn't bother washing the glasses and just chucks them out in the road.0
