Flippin' punctures!

Dano

Dano

Dano

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Not one, but both wheels today :(

500 odd miles on the bike since getting it a few months back and today 7.5km into my 11km ride home I noticed the back end suddenly feeling very loose as I went round a tight corner, hopped off and sure enough the back tire was very low on pressure, oh well just a few km left to walk home, about a km and a half later the front was flat too, assuming I did both at the same time and simply a lack of weight on the front stopped it from going down as quickly as the rear, blooming annoying though.

I was made up by the fact that out of the four cyclists that passed me while walking two of them quite happily offered to help and fix it on the spot, bloody marvellous :D

New tubes and a repair kit ordered, will get it sorted by the weekend I hope. How much grief is it going to be getting the tube done on a real hub motor bike? I guess I'll need to disconnect the motor to remove the wheel fully?

Do you all carry spare kit with you when riding or just deal with the fallout when it happens? I guess at some point I'd just decided that wherever I am in my ride I'm at most 5.5km from either my place or my mothers where I leave it locked up in her garage when I go for a swim so it's no massive issue to walk however far is needed.
 
invest in decent tires. What tires are you running?

when I used to commute, 5k miles a year through all weathers in london, I'd get 3-5 punctures a year. But, decent tires were the reason, always invest in good rubber.
 
It's currently got WTB Nano Comps on it: https://www.wtb.com/products/nano-40c

I suspect I've just been unlucky today, like I said over 500 miles without issue and I've definitely ridden over stuff that might have been an issue before today, I'll have a proper look when my tubes turn up and see if I can work out what caused it.
 
Dano said:
It's currently got WTB Nano Comps on it: https://www.wtb.com/products/nano-40c

I suspect I've just been unlucky today, like I said over 500 miles without issue and I've definitely ridden over stuff that might have been an issue before today, I'll have a proper look when my tubes turn up and see if I can work out what caused it.
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Yea looking online they’re not great.

I personally run https://www.merlincycles.com/hutchinson-caracal-race-tubeless-gravel-tyre-700c-328868.html

And have had no punctures. They’re really fast rolling with enough knobs on the side to grip on dirt.

Puncturing both also possibly points to you running low pressures which could result in pinch flats when hitting sharper bits of tarmac.. or things like manhole covers etc.
 
When I used to commute I had anti puncture tyres and carried patches and manual pump. That changed to two tubes and gas cylinder or two. Rarely had a puncture. Had two on the same wheel once. Missed a bit of glass caught in the tire.
 
grudas said:
Puncturing both also possibly points to you running low pressures which could result in pinch flats when hitting sharper bits of tarmac.. or things like manhole covers etc.
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Fairly certain they weren't pinch flats.
 
On mine I used to get glass shard in the tyre the anti puncture tyre wouldn't let it though but then you'd hit another bump or such and it would punch the shard through.

Used to avoid known routes with glass (past pubs and clubs)..
 
Can confirm they weren't pinch punctures, both tyres had super fine needle like thorns in them, I've put new tubes in (I'll patch the old ones and keep them as spares) and also threw in some anti flat liners and took the opportunity to give the bike a clean as well, hopefully I didn't mess anything up and it'll be back to riding as usual when the weather is clear next time I'm off for a swim :D
 
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