Commuting - I actually got a flat?!?!

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PatrickMcCabe
06-14-06, 11:08 AM
I am certain this is due to all of the tire and flat tire threads I have read this past month! :D

I was leaving my office last night and while walking my bicycle down the recently painted hallway
I notice my tires seemed extra squeaky. I looked down and to my amazement my rear tire was all
flat like, I looked again to make certain, I stopped walking, and felt it to make doubly sure.:eek:
I have just a pinch under 700 miles on my Armadillo Nimbus tires and over 3500 miles on my
last set of Armadillos all without incident, yet fate had managed to find me.... I repaired the hole,
picked the culprit out of my tire (glass), put it all back together, and rode home thinking I got a flat,
I actually got a flat, puncture resistant not puncture proof...


rs_woods
06-14-06, 11:48 AM
Same. Rode for years without getting a flat, then finally got one, alone, on a two-day unsupported tour. Mind you, my patch kit that I've been carrying around for years was not well maintained, and I had never fixed a flat before, so it took quite a bit of ingenuity and borrowing of bike pumps from the locals to fix it. I used to have a lot of confidence in my puncture resistent tires. Now, I'm not so sure.