Originally Posted by
Andy_K
Yesterday, I hit a patch of broken glass about 15 yards long in the morning and a matching patch about 5 yards long on the other side of the road in the evening, both covering the bike lane from one side to the other. There was nothing I could do but ride through it. Fortunately, it wasn't raining, and my Maxxis Re-Fuse tires have maintained their spotless record.
OK, this is very quickly ceasing to be funny. You see that description of glass in the road I just quoted? Well, today it rained and, despite my e-mail to the city's public works department yesterday, it didn't get cleaned up. So, my RiBMos sustained their third puncture in three weeks.
This one was just a tiny piece of glass. I picked it up in the morning and got to work without losing any pressure at all. When I came out in the evening, I was down to about 15 psi. I looked, but couldn't find the problem so I decided to try pumping it up and heading home. About 2 miles in I could fell myself starting to bounce. I checked again and this time with the tire wet I found bubbles and then a tiny little thing wedge of glass, not more than 1/16th of an inch deep. I pulled it out and psssssssss......the last 20 psi bled out.
At this point, I've lost all faith in my RiBMos. Did crossing the 2000 mile mark really do this? Has a bad run of luck caused me to lose faith in a decent tire? Or did I just have a really long run of good luck between 150 and 2000 miles?
Have I mentioned that it has rained 37 of the past 55 days?
BTW, you people just aren't getting into the spirit of pontificating. No wonder Facebook and Twitter have killed the blogging movement.