The PF league table

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,064
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
Come on people 'fess up how many visits from the PF had you had this so far this year?

itboffin
Jan = 3, Feb = 5, Mar = 6 :shock:
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
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  • FyPunK
    FyPunK Posts: 160
    I am not going to answer that coz I don't want to tempt fate!
    www.justgiving.com/aidyneal Cycling Manchester to Blackpool. Look out for number 1691
  • [Tim]
    [Tim] Posts: 64
    itboffin wrote:
    itboffin Jan = 3, Feb = 5, Mar = 6 :shock:
    [Tim] Jan=0, Feb=0, Mar =1 (1500km)
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    2008 = 0, 2009 = 0

    (actually I may well have had one on the Trek pre-June last year, but that's still 9 months and over 2,000 miles without, not bad)
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Jan = 0
    Feb = 1
    March = 2
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Ok, I'll tempt fate in massive fashion...

    Since I got my road bike in July I've had two punctures, one of which was a pinch flat caused by the drain incident two days after I got the SS. Granted, my weekly total commute is only in the region of 50 miles but I reckon that's over 800 miles per puncture.

    I really shouldn't have, should I?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Technically, none. However, I was visited by her big sister the rear-wheel explosion fairy. ;)
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
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  • steve-m
    steve-m Posts: 106
    None since replacing the mondo's on the Langster with Armadillos, think that was before Jan
    Fixed, commute: Langster 08, FCN6
    Road : Aravis (byercycles) Shimano 105 triple
    Hybrid: Trek 7.2 FX, unused / unloved
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    @ Biondino

    What tyres are you running? I may be ordering some!
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • c12345
    c12345 Posts: 99
    2008. 7000 miles . 2 pf (one flint, one tyre failure - was down to the fabric)
    2009. 1500 miles . 1 pf (flint again)

    I have more wheel failures than punctures.



    PS - If I get one on the way home tonight, I'm gonna personally find you and slap you for starting this voodoo.
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Zero! Usually I don't like games that have a similar scoring chart to golf, but in this case I do. :lol:
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    one last year, a screw managed to just get though all of the M+ took a while to deflate but it did, little so and so.

    been a while since i've had a fairy visit on the MTB, and i haven't had one on the old roadie yet, which i've had for about a year but 2008 was a busy year so it didn't see a lot of road to be honest!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    prawny - Schwalbe Ultremos. I love them. Having said that, after 1500 miles on the Focus, the rear tyre has developed some unhealthy looking bulges which I assume is to do with the fairly substantial cuts the tyre has acquired. I'll be changing it this weekend I think (for another Ultremo).
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Ooh, last october I think?

    I have noticed it's the fat lads who get them most.
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Since 1991 - one
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    since Sept 2008, only 2..... both within 2 days last week..
    "It is not impossible, its just improbable"

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    2008 - 7 (no special puncture proof tyres here....)
    2009 - just one so far..
    I like bikes...

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    linsen wrote:
    Since 1991 - one

    Oh shut up :lol:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • c12345
    c12345 Posts: 99
    Since 1991 - one

    armour? helium? yoga? sholin? faustian contract? solid tyres?

    (I tried the last one once, and suspect the pact with the devil would have been a better option)
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    c12345 wrote:
    Since 1991 - one

    armour? helium? yoga? sholin? faustian contract? solid tyres?

    (I tried the last one once, and suspect the pact with the devil would have been a better option)

    Linsen hasn't ridden her bike since 1991 :lol:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    None!! Woo Hoo.

    I'd like to thank my friends:

    Conti GP4000S - the only conti road tire you'll ever need!
    Michelin Pro Race 3
    Vittoria Rubino Pro

    @ ITB - if this has cursed me then I'm blaming you!
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    None since I changed tyres to the Marathons - now probably tomorrow if the PF is around :shock:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I repaired today's P with my Lidl kit, glue everywhere and a very dodgy looking lumpy tube now.

    No doubt it will be flat when I check later, does that count as two?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,714
    Since 2004: None.
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    Had none for bloody ages but then 4 in the last month!:

    a) away for a week. come back and the rear is flat. Find a cut and a puncture. Have a spare tyre so replace tyre and tube.
    b) descending a 1 in 10 hill, in the rain, in the dark, I hit a stone or something. WHOOSH!!!! scariness ensues as I try to stop the bike with the rear brake while avoiding stripping the completely flat front off the wheel. Change the tube at the roadside. Get home - hmm, the conti ultragator has done 7000 miles and is looking distinctly shabby. But I dont have a spare.
    c)Sure enough it is flat in the morning. The sidewall was so worn that the reinforcement in the tyre had puntured the tube. BAH. Cab to station. Buy new tyre.
    d) Decide that the tyres on my inner London station bike need some air. Take the dust cap off the rear and notice that the nipple of the Presta is missing. Hmmm. Attach pump, inflate, remove pump, WHOOSH!!! Not strictly a puncture but AGGGHHH

    After that I've decided my bikes deserve new tyres and tubes all round.

    J
  • TopSpin
    TopSpin Posts: 36
    I don't think I have ever had one! As a result I've no idea how to mend one either. I did have to replace a worn tyre last year but it never actually punctured.

    Have done roughly 500 miles this year, and probably about 2,500-3000 the year before.

    Am not superstitious!
  • benvickery
    benvickery Posts: 124
    My first puncture this year was when my front wheel went down a pot hole I couldn't see as it was filled with water. The rim was ruined as well :evil:

    Then last week I got 2 in the same day. I'd gone months without a puncture before Christmas. I think I need new tyres.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    2005 - one - tyre was slashed by would-be thief.
    2006 - none
    2007 - one - pinch flat.
    2008 - none
    2009 - none (not done much cycling yet though)

    8)
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Seven since 1 Feb, including two this week. :x
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    What are you people doing to get all these unscheduled deflations?

    Or, what am I doing to avoid them?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    My tyres have reached the end of the road.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."

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