Make her stop!

iPete

I'm being haunted by the puncture fairy.

Puncture last Friday after 5 miles, turned around and worked from home.

Fridays puncture haunted me on Monday, 3 on the way in, figured my Gatorskin was on the way out after 3000 miles.

Purchased Armadillo roubaix 'bullet proof' elite.

Wednesday, slow puncture, managed to get home (17 miles) it was that slow.

Thursday, fresh tube added, sharp stone inflicted another puncture.

Am I just unlucky or am I picking the wrong tyres!! :evil:

Do I have to do a silly dance and throw salt over my shoulder?

jzed

She got me for the first time in 6 months a few days ago. Hopefully she'll get fed up soon along with the Millbank Wall of Wind who seems to back.

cjcp

Appease the Gods and buy Durano Pluses.

Gazzaputt

Had 4 punctures on Tuesday all different. Wasn't a happy bunny.

ride_whenever

Buy a bottle of stans sealant and stick some in your tube.

Adds some weight but massively increases puncture resistance.

gtvlusso

Suggest you sacrifice a tyre to the dark, black hearted queen overlord....

Jay dubbleU

Anything from Schwalbe - they have the PF under contract

iPete

Think I'll stick a Durano Plus on the back and move the armadillo to the front, most my visits come on the rear tyre!

If that fails, its slime time..

SimonAH

WesternWay

iPete wrote:

I'm being haunted by the puncture fairy.


Am I just unlucky or am I picking the wrong tyres!! :evil:

Do I have to do a silly dance and throw salt over my shoulder?

I had a fortnight like that at the end of last year after pretty much no punctures all year, I really thought something had gone badly wrong.

Nothing since though, so I am hoping that we are all well again :-)

Butterd2

iPete wrote:

If that fails, its slime time..

Not sure I'd recommend slime. Firstly I think it only really works on low pressure MTB tyres, the tubes are very heavy and if you do get a p******* they are impossible to fix.

iPete

SimonAH wrote:

When you put it like that, she can visit whenever she wants! :twisted:

Gazzaputt

gtvlusso wrote:

Suggest you sacrifice a tyre to the dark, black hearted queen overlord....

I sacrificed both the bloodys tires when I got home. Pile of shite they were.

iPete

Gazzaputt wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Suggest you sacrifice a tyre to the dark, black hearted queen overlord....

I sacrificed both the bloodys tires when I got home. Pile of shite they were.

Id do the same if it wasn't spanking new :evil: :evil:

Was flat this morning, had to get the effing train, thats half the cost of a new Schwable tyres on its own! Stripping the wheel down at the weekend to cover all possibilities!

cjcp

iPete wrote:

Gazzaputt wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Suggest you sacrifice a tyre to the dark, black hearted queen overlord....

I sacrificed both the bloodys tires when I got home. Pile of shite they were.

Id do the same if it wasn't spanking new :evil: :evil:

Was flat this morning, had to get the effing train, thats half the cost of a new Schwable tyres on its own! Stripping the wheel down at the weekend to cover all possibilities!

Buy the Duranos. Pound for pound, probably the best bit of kit on my commuter.

vorsprung

Hitting a stone and getting a flat is "fairy nuff" (pun intended)

Finding it flat in the the morning is either a missed sharp in the tyre carcass, a rim tape problem or a pinch flat gained when inserting the new tube. The rim tape could have moved while you were doing the change. A pinch flat when doing the change is unfortunately your own fault. It's so easy to do this if you have to use tyre levers to get the tyre on

This time of year punctures are more likely due to all the rain. Rain washes sharps into the road and then lubricates them to aid punctures

iPete

Thanks, going to take the wheel apart and look for nasties & probably place durano plus on the rear.

Gazzaputt

Hit a great sodding pot hole hidden by a puddle last night.

I hope the 4 new tubes I bought arrive today.

Extralight

It's been a bad week for me too, with 3 punctures so far (2 on one ride). The roads are trashed after all the ice and snow, and there's loads of grit and flint that's shredding the tyres.

Still, despite this, and the relentless rain, I'm loving being on the bike instead of in the car.

Let's hope that given how busy the puncture fairy's been recently, maybe we'll all be spared further visits for the next few months... :roll:

dilemna

Errrr ....... there is no such thing as a Puncture Fiary or any other similar euphemism.

You need to:
1) Keep your tyres properly inflated ideally at a pressure just below their max rated pressure
2) Get some decent tyres
3) Look where you are riding.

Extralight

Thanks for enlightening us with your insight Dilemna!

iPete

Yes thanks, because running a brand new 'puncture' proof tyres at the recommended PSI and avoiding pot holes is not doing all of the above

cjcp

dilemna wrote:

Errrr ....... there is no such thing as a Puncture Fiary or any other similar euphemism.

You need to:
1) Keep your tyres properly inflated ideally at a pressure just below their max rated pressure
2) Get some decent tyres
3) Look where you are riding.

Next, you'll be telling us there's no Father Christmas.

You've done it now - she's gonna be after you. I'd start sacrificing chickens.

vorsprung

cjcp wrote:

dilemna wrote:

Errrr ....... there is no such thing as a Puncture Fairy

You've done it now - she's gonna be after you. I'd start sacrificing chickens.

Yeah, you're DOOMED.

Even if you are doing 2 miles a day on dry roads with Marathon Plus, there is no escape

Gazzaputt

dilemna wrote:

Errrr ....... there is no such thing as a Puncture Fiary or any other similar euphemism.

You need to:
1) Keep your tyres properly inflated ideally at a pressure just below their max rated pressure
2) Get some decent tyres
3) Look where you are riding.

Thank you for your wisdom.

The words grandmother sucking and eggs come to mind. :roll: