Six Garage Flats in a Row
The flat gods sure work in mysterious ways. The last six flats I've had have all been garage flats. Two were big punctures that must have happened in my gravel driveway, one was a very slow leak in one of my patches, and here's today's:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39...rePuncture.jpg I guess fixing a flat in the kitchen is easier than in the cold rain by the highway. |
Nice Wire....
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How jammy can you get?
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I thought I was living right by having my last two flats as indoor experiences. One was a valve stem failure and the other was a tube simply dieing of old age; it literally fell open in my hands as I removed it. The funny thing was that I laughed at the directions on the new tire I had recently put on that said one should always replace the tube when replacing the tire.
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gives a whole new meaning to ride (fly) by wire
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You've got tire worms!
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Good thing about those wire thru the tire punctures is - patching can be done without removing the tire or the wheel.
You say a patch was leaking on a previous flat, was it a new-fangled self stick press-on patch? |
Good thing about those wire thru the tire punctures is - patching can be done without removing the tire or the wheel. You say a patch was leaking on a previous flat, was it a new-fangled self stick press-on patch? |
Nice work. You can patch yourself on the back
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I'd much rather fix a flat while dripping with sweat, on the edge of the road and being swarmed by mosquitos. The very idea of fixing one while sitting on a chair, in the shade with a floor pump to re inflate gives me the hee bee jee bees.
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You should be OK after your post. The flat gods every now and again pick some poor unsuspecting rider and punish him or her until the cry for mercy is shared with other riders. This is just their way of letting us mortals know who is in charge. We see one of our fellow riders go through this and say "thank, God it wasn't me." So, thanks for being the most recent target of their wrath and for taking the bullet for the rest of us.
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I think the Flat gods get us all now and again. It seems they come in cycles. To brake the last cycle I replaced my Gator Skins and finally I got shuck of the Flat gods.
There is a section of road on one of my routs that seems to have a disproportionate amount of those wire shards from radial tires and whenever I take that route I seem to get flats. |
Clearly the lesson learned here is to never keep a bike in your garage.
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Originally Posted by Louis
(Post 12126208)
Good thing about those wire thru the tire punctures is - patching can be done without removing the tire or the wheel.
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The location is known. You just remove one bead of the tire,pull out that section of tube and patch on the bike.
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Good thing about those wire thru the tire punctures is - patching can be done without removing the tire or the wheel. |
Originally Posted by XR2
(Post 12128597)
The location is known. You just remove one bead of the tire,pull out that section of tube and patch on the bike.
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Even though it is more comfy to repair them at home, it is just as irritating to discover a flat just as you are all geared up to go. The ones I dont mind are the ones where I picked up a thorn, nail, screw or whatever 25 yrds from my door.
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Originally Posted by TromboneAl
(Post 12128664)
I actually always try to locate the puncture before removing the wheel (feel for object, pump up and listen for air), and succeed about 20% of the time.
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Al,
Now you know what happened to the garage door opener antenna :D. |
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