Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Odds are your flats were caused by poor mounting technique, and not the rim tape.
That’s very possible. I’m a complete novice when it comes to installing tubes. My current method is prying one bead of the tire onto the rim, then sort of haphazardly cramming the tube in while prying over the other bead. That being said, when I removed the rim tape, there were little pin holes where some of the nipples hit the tape. Also, the holes in the tube were on the inside, and similar in size and location to those on the tape. Would it be a waste of time/stupid to try and file down the sharp edges of the nipples?