First Flat this Season
10-18-08, 02:24 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 178
Bikes: 2007 Schwinn Fastback Elite
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
First Flat this Season
I had my first flat in a long time last week. I was on the return leg of my commute when my front tire blew. I was lucky...two minutes earlier I was going pretty fast down a hill. The inner-tube had a hole at the base of the presta valve. I think I might have tightened the nut too much and stretched the rubber. I carry a spare tube and tools so I was good to go (just a little out of practice, plus the first time I used a frame pump). The great thing was that 4 cars stopped to ask if I needed anything.
10-18-08, 02:33 PM
#2
Out fishing with Annie on his lap, a cigar in one hand and a ginger ale in the other, watching the sunset.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South Florida
Posts: 16,056
Bikes: Techna Wheelchair and a Sun EZ 3 Recumbent Trike
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 22 Times
in
17 Posts
Keep the nut loose, if you even bother to use it. I do on my road bike, but once I have enough [ressurte in the tire that it isn't needed, I loosen it up to prevent this occurrence, exactly. On my fixed, I don't even bother, since I'm not using a deep section wheel on the FG.
__________________
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
10-18-08, 02:36 PM
#3
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Greenwood Indiana
Posts: 2,805
Bikes: Surly Crosscheck
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1542 Post(s)
Liked 868 Times
in
521 Posts
I got so much practice changeing flats this year I can do it without stopping now, if the traffic aint too bad. I bet I had, I dunno, 10 busted spokes and maybe that many flats. Since I got my new wheels and gatorskin tires I have had one flat, no spokes. Probably getting close to the same amount of miles. And that one flat was my fault. I said all that to say how nice it is not having flats all the time.
__________________
Good Night Chesty, Wherever You Are
Good Night Chesty, Wherever You Are
10-18-08, 03:53 PM
#4
Galveston County Texas
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: In The Wind
Posts: 33,221
Bikes: 02 GTO, 2011 Magnum
Mentioned: 19 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1349 Post(s)
Liked 1,243 Times
in
621 Posts
I air up my tires every morning.
I put the valve nut on the inside of the rim.
This keeps the valve from moving when the pump head is pulled off.
I put the valve nut on the inside of the rim.
This keeps the valve from moving when the pump head is pulled off.
__________________
Fred "The Real Fred"
Fred "The Real Fred"
