Commuting - Good while it lasted

Well after riding since last spring without a flat it has finally happened. FLATS and lots of them! I knew that i would get some when i switched to a narrow, high pressure tire but i've had three in the past week! Well it's time to pay the piper and boy am i paying.:(

I've dealt with 3 in the last month and a half. One was my own fault for putting too much air in the back tire. The others I blame on the plethora of glass shards that line the sides of the road.
The last instance, I found 3 different holes in one tube! Needless to say, I am becoming a patch master.

Dave

Originally posted by Andre
I knew that i would get some when i switched to a narrow, high pressure tire but i've had three in the past week! Well it's time to pay the piper and boy am i paying.:(
Do you know what caused them? Could they be pinch flats due to possible trouble installing the new kind of tire? Just a thought...

I think that is exactly the problem.

Originally posted by Andre
Well after riding since last spring without a flat it has finally happened. FLATS and lots of them! I knew that i would get some when i switched to a narrow, high pressure tire but i've had three in the past week! Well it's time to pay the piper and boy am i paying.:(
JonR makes a point. If you have recently switched and are suddenly getting an ununsual number of flats, there might be a connection.

I would sometimes get "pinch flats" on higher pressure tires if I didn't religiously keep the tire pressure close to maximum every day. A "pinch flat" is also called a "snake bite," since it looks like two fangs have bitten the tire. It is actually caused by the rim pinching the tube on rough pavement.

Also check the rim tape on the inside of the wheel. If that is wearing it will cause problems (I once had 4 flats in 10km because of this).

Chris has made a good point !!!

I recently renewed my rim tape on my rear wheel, a short time later "puncture" . repaired it, short time later another "puncture" this happened four times straight off and was begining to drive me mad, as on each occasion i thoughrly investigated for possible causes, I finaly resorted to a trip into the bike shop.
The guy immediatley spotted that when replacing the tape I had overlappped the two ends which had created a slight indent into the tube and the slight abrassion of the tape end was puncturing.