Puncture nightmare today- why?
pastryboy
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Bike about six weeks old. Done 600-ish miles no problems.
On a normal flat path at average speed (having done about 7 miles) the rear wheel went bang and instantly deflated.
After all sorts of nightmares with my spare tube (it punctured and valve snapped) I ended up with the original tube back in and patched. There was a hole of about 1mm in there-far bigger than you'd normally get from a thorn or suchlike- no sign of any issues with rim/tyre.
Cycled the remaining 6 or so miles to work no problem. Later made sure it was well pumped up.
On the way home (done about 7 miles again) on flat path at a unspectacular speed there was a whoosh and the tyre deflated again.
I checked everything very thoroughly - there is nothing up with the rim and the rim tape definitely hasn't had a spoke go through it. Nothing embedded in the tyre either.
The hole (which looked like a very small tear) was about an inch away from the previous hole albeit higher up on the line of the tube.
I rode the 7 miles or so back home (pretty bumpy) and it was fine.
To top it off whilst I was dealing with these punctures I got bitten by numerous insects and my arms and legs are swollen and painful
I'm at a loss as to what's happened since nothing has changed since I rode the bike just fine on Wednesday. Help....I really don't fancy the next commute with the feeling the tyre could suddenly deflat on me on a junction
Any bright ideas?
On a normal flat path at average speed (having done about 7 miles) the rear wheel went bang and instantly deflated.
After all sorts of nightmares with my spare tube (it punctured and valve snapped) I ended up with the original tube back in and patched. There was a hole of about 1mm in there-far bigger than you'd normally get from a thorn or suchlike- no sign of any issues with rim/tyre.
Cycled the remaining 6 or so miles to work no problem. Later made sure it was well pumped up.
On the way home (done about 7 miles again) on flat path at a unspectacular speed there was a whoosh and the tyre deflated again.
I checked everything very thoroughly - there is nothing up with the rim and the rim tape definitely hasn't had a spoke go through it. Nothing embedded in the tyre either.
The hole (which looked like a very small tear) was about an inch away from the previous hole albeit higher up on the line of the tube.
I rode the 7 miles or so back home (pretty bumpy) and it was fine.
To top it off whilst I was dealing with these punctures I got bitten by numerous insects and my arms and legs are swollen and painful
I'm at a loss as to what's happened since nothing has changed since I rode the bike just fine on Wednesday. Help....I really don't fancy the next commute with the feeling the tyre could suddenly deflat on me on a junction
Any bright ideas?
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