Hey, just letting off steam so please don't be offended!

Grrr - I've just had another flat tyre on my back wheel with an average frequency of almost once a week, and four times in the last two! I'm getting pretty pissed off with it...

After reading through this forum I figured I wasn't pumping the tyre enough because I got a lot of snake bite flats. So now I've been pumping it up so that it's almost rock hard (my cheapo track pump doesn't have a pressure gauge). However, I've still been getting flats and they're almost always in the same area (farthest away from the valve) and facing the tyre. I've checked the rim, tape, and tyre (Continental UltraSport) loads of times and can't find anything wrong. Also, I replace the inner tube so that there's no apparent pinching. I normally use the cheapo Bontrager inner tubes, but have also tried several Continental inner tubes with no joy.

I've tried taking a different route that is almost twice as far but mostly flat road, but still got flats! Months ago I had no problems taking my normal route through mostly pot-holed roads and dirt track with a couple of cattle grids, but now it's almost impossible...

So now I've ordered a wider tyre (700x25c) and a Slime inner tube and will give that a go. In the mean time, I think I'll start re-patching (rather than replacing) the inner tube and hope those patches will do the trick...