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05-17-04, 06:22 PM
Last Sunday I went on a 50 miles ride, and 10 miles into it, I suddenly hear the dreaded pffff, pffff, pfffff, pffff, a flat in the rear wheel.. I was with my 2 biking buddies, so between us we have we have a tube, a pump, and tools.. 10 minutes later (man, it is hard to use those hand pumps) we were on our way..
Less then one mile later, pffff, pffff, pfffff, pffff, another flat, same wheel! this time I actually remove the tire all the way and inspect it, and then the rim, and there I see that the tape moved or was applied wrong, but one of the nipple openings is exposed. The tires I am using (Conti Grand Prix Supersonic) are rated 145psi, so now when I inflate the tires, the tube gets pushed into this exposed nipple opening and breaks.. I used some patches to cover the hole and replaced another tube, and we were on our way.
20 miles later, pffff, pffff, pfffff, pffff... Now my riding partners look at me funny.. we are down to the last tube, I delayed us for 30 minutes.. this time I use my buddies tube which was a heavy duty tube,a nd we made it home..
today I opened the wheels and here is what I saw:
http://www.litman.com/bikes/wheel1.jpg
http://www.litman.com/bikes/wheel3.jpg
BTW, the wheels are Mavic with 105 hubs that came with my Giant OCR1. I assume that Giant built those wheels.. Do your selves a favor and next time you open your wheels, take a look at the tape, and make sure it is of good quality and it is installed right.
Less then one mile later, pffff, pffff, pfffff, pffff, another flat, same wheel! this time I actually remove the tire all the way and inspect it, and then the rim, and there I see that the tape moved or was applied wrong, but one of the nipple openings is exposed. The tires I am using (Conti Grand Prix Supersonic) are rated 145psi, so now when I inflate the tires, the tube gets pushed into this exposed nipple opening and breaks.. I used some patches to cover the hole and replaced another tube, and we were on our way.
20 miles later, pffff, pffff, pfffff, pffff... Now my riding partners look at me funny.. we are down to the last tube, I delayed us for 30 minutes.. this time I use my buddies tube which was a heavy duty tube,a nd we made it home..
today I opened the wheels and here is what I saw:
http://www.litman.com/bikes/wheel1.jpg
http://www.litman.com/bikes/wheel3.jpg
BTW, the wheels are Mavic with 105 hubs that came with my Giant OCR1. I assume that Giant built those wheels.. Do your selves a favor and next time you open your wheels, take a look at the tape, and make sure it is of good quality and it is installed right.