Bicycle Mechanics - set it and forget it???

sick of changing tubes :mad:

talking about mtn bike btw. give me suggestions please!:beer:

Ron Popiel says by using his tubes, you can simply 'pump it & forget it!'

i knew somebody would bring that up haha

Originally posted by tFUnK
"set it and forget it???"


sick of changing tubes :mad:

talking about mtn bike btw. give me suggestions please!:beer:



You make absolutely no sense.

Are you getting flats to often or what? Please elaborate further.

Originally posted by Hunter
Are you getting flats to often or what? Please elaborate further.
He's obviously looking for Ron's tubes...

Specialized Armadillos.

yes i've been getting flats almost every time i ride. can't afford new tubes every weekend and dislike the hassle of changing/patching tubes for every ride. now am i making sense?

i've tried slime, which prevents thorns but i've gotten two pinchflats on both my slime tubes that were $7 apiece. believe me i ran a high enough pressure it's not like i don't know wtf i'm doing. going to order bulk pack of tubes but that doesn't solve the hassle of changing tubes every f***ing ride.

should i go tubeless or what? but tubeless aren't thorn resistant, and heavier, and calls for new wheelset. that's why i want to hear some suggestions... like how about those thicker tubes? do they help at all? would non-kevlar tires prevent pinchflatting, etc etc.

basically just REALLY sick of getting flats, am i making sense now???

Are the majority of your flats pinch or puncture?

Have you tried replacing your rim tape?

What tyres are you running (do they have reasonably tough sidewalls?)?

Wel tFUnK,
I run tire liners and inject my tubes with True Goo. I have done this to over 150 customers bikes and have only had two come back in so far. I have been ofering this service for over 17 months now. However there are some here who will scoff at the added weight, but I have only flatted once since I did it to my own, and I ride through ungroomed trails. Since there are no groomed trails in my area inside of 30 square miles alot of my riding is following game paths, and catttle trails, not to mention dirt roads.

Sounds like you riding on noting but glass, nails and such junk. Examine the inside of your tire; a sharp object could be stock there from a previous puncture and causing all others. Check the spokes; make sure they are not protruding and causing you flats. Richard D is right, you should check your rim tape also.

thanks guys, actually i've checked for spoke protrusions and rim tape and inside of tires multiple times. it's not like i pump it up and it flats, it's during the rides.

if it's not one thing, its another. i mean if i dont slime, i get thorns. if i slime, i get pinchflats. i am suspecting the quality of those pre-slimed presta tubes. when i had shraeder tubes and i slimed them myself, i ran them for years without a flat. now i am more aggressive but i truly believe that pre-slimed presta's are weaker.

should i go tubeless? if so then how can i prevent thorns?
should i run tire liners? i have one from a year ago that i barely used, partly because it was hard to install and partly because it doesn't seem to protect that much surface of the innertube.

how i popped my two slimed tubes: going up stairs, didn't hit the tire that hard, but went instand flat. the other was trying to hop onto a curb when going parallel to it, and my tire got squeezed and exploded with a bang. both times i ran adquate pressure.

If you got a pinch flat then you hit the tire too hard for the pressure you are running. The sharp corner of a stair concentrates the impact force to a small patch on the tire increasing the deflection as compared with similar impact against a flat object.

If you are going to be riding up and down stairs, you'll need to run higher pressures. If your tires won't go any higher, then you'll need some that will. Otherwise, you might look into tires with stiffer sidewalls.

this reminds me of some trials videos i was watching few weeks ago. they put their tires through hell and back, and they seem to hold up fine. what kind of tires/tubes do they run? and would that be a feasible solution for me, though i ride almost exclusively XC.