Originally Posted by
gauvins
I've tried TPU again this year. 4 flats : three consecutive within 20kms, on the first day of my trip, a fourth, slow leak, apparently from the valve after deflating/inflating the tire, the next week.
Back to butyl. TPU are tantalizingly small but, my experience, unreliable on tour.
noted, and in my mind, just not worth the hassle.
Multiple flats like that would really piss me off.
Is it possible you were not careful with tire levers when installing the tires?
Could the tubes have been treated roughly in your bags--poked with something, or chaffing or something?