Punctures

TrailDragon

Hi all,

I am currently doing a lot of riding in the apenine mountains in Italy and I have been getting sooooooooooo many punctures! Does any one have any suggestions for trying to lessen them?

Specialised Rockhopper Expert with Fast trak tyres.

Cheers

supersonic

Any particular type of puncture? Snake bites, thorns, flint?

robertpb

What size Fast Tracks and is the terrain rocky.

andy46

supersonic wrote:

Any particular type of puncture? Snake bites, thorns, flint?

at the risk of looking stupid, whats a snake bite puncture? :oops:

Stewwmb

Its when your tube gets pinched by a big impact that flattens the tyre against the rim.

You get two holes side by side hence snake bite.

Also called a pinch flat

andy46

Stewwmb wrote:

Its when your tube gets pinched by a big impact that flattens the tyre against the rim.

You get two holes side by side hence snake bite.

Also called a pinch flat

ah i see thanks!

ian220476

I had loads of punctures during the early part of the year - used a tubeless conversion kit (joes) and haven't had a single one since. Best £40 I've spent on the bike

chuckbiker

you could try filling the tyre with a bike puncture repair type thing (probably called slime) , you can buy it from nearly any bike shop, what you do is squirt it into your tyre untill it is full, then put the dustcap back on then whenever you get a puncture (depending on weather it isn't too big) it will seal the hole and you just carry on riding, oh and i almost forgot, you have to take the valve out when you put the slime in (the bottle should provide a valve remover) and put it back in when your done (then make sure its pumped up) and off you go, hope that helped
charlie