Thread: Pinch flats?
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Old 03-09-17 | 08:36 AM
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Leebo
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
'Snakebites' are my most common flats. Usually caused by hitting camouflaged rocks or pot holes. They're not from each side of the rim punching through the tube, they're from one side bottoming out and in the process 'folding' the tube over on itself and then punching through both sides of the fold.

The last one I got occurred right on the rim's seam, and broke the seam on that side.
Incorrect. Pinch flats are caused by an under inflated tire. Such as in mt biking. Both side of the rim bottom out against a sharp edged rock or such. The rim on each side hits against the hard object and pinching both sides of the tube. Fact.
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