A puncture first for me

prj45
prj45 Posts: 2,208
edited April 2009 in Commuting chat
Tow path riding, THREE punctures in one go, a bit of glass and two stone chips, all discovered in sequence after breaking my thumbs putting the tyre back on and pumping up a bit.

Now my thumbs hurt and my elbow's killing me.
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Sympathy - I put a new tube on the other day after a struggle - the Marathons are a pig to get on and off - only to discover that I'd pinched the tube and it was flat the next morning so I had to go through it all again - throbbing thumbs and grease all down my work shirt - plus I broke a finger nail :cry:
  • doog442
    doog442 Posts: 370
    nowt since the bontrager hard case race lites last august at £10 each... and i do 6 miles off road on 25mm tyres...on an 18 mile round commute

    they are looking slightly peppered however
  • DiggingDeeper
    DiggingDeeper Posts: 225
    Ah the joy of kevlar armoured tyres, lovely till you have to get them on & off

    It should be much easier next time.....and there will be a next time, but hopefully not for a while
    [1]Ribble winter special
    [2] Trek 5200 old style carbon
    [3] Frankensteins hybrid FCN 8
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    DiggingDeeper wrote:
    Ah the joy of kevlar armoured tyres, lovely till you have to get them on & off

    Or until you want to ride in the wet, or until you want to ride quickly...
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  • doog442
    doog442 Posts: 370
    DiggingDeeper wrote:
    Ah the joy of kevlar armoured tyres, lovely till you have to get them on & off

    It should be much easier next time.....and there will be a next time, but hopefully not for a while

    do they shrink then..ive replaced tubes on both (for better valves) without a problem
    Or until you want to ride in the wet, or until you want to ride quickly...

    do both.. intrigued as to the ride quickly bit

    am i missing something here :?:
  • DiggingDeeper
    DiggingDeeper Posts: 225
    To qualify my statement ........................................

    I have a combination of Armadillos on my various bikes , 23, 25 & 38's (2 roadies & 1 hybrid)

    I find that the initial fit & first puncture has been utterly miserable getting the b*ggers on and off. The inflexibility is nasty. They also spring on with a ferocity that cause pinch flats.

    By puncture two they have lost a lot of the rigity and make changing tubes much easier.

    As for Biondino's wet comment.....thoroughly agree, especially the 38's. Had my last serious off on those, front wheel shot out from under me.

    Speed wise I am not too bothered about, especially on the 23's
    [1]Ribble winter special
    [2] Trek 5200 old style carbon
    [3] Frankensteins hybrid FCN 8

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