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How many flats did you have in '07

Old 01-11-08, 02:35 PM
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3 flats...too many!
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I didn't keep track, but seemed to be having a recurrent problem with probable pinch flats with one particular tire. Changed it, but then got a stick through the tread. Also a pinch flat on a rental bike. The shop had the nerve to charge me to replace the tube even though they had put a 700 tube in 26 inch tire! Unfortunately, I wasn't dropping the bike off myself and could argue with them about not paying for their error.
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None since October.
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Originally Posted by acroy
You folks posting Zero or ONe flat, quit it. you make the rest of us feel bad & think maybe you're lying.

Eving if you're being truthful, you probably just jinxed yourself
Yeah, I can't think of a better way to tempt fate than brag about having 0 flats all year! For the record though I only had 2. Now that I've said it anyone care to place a wager on if I'll get a flat on the way home tonight?
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I biked around 6000mi last year, but spread out among 3-4 bikes. I had at *least* 6 flats. I can't even remember exactly. When I am on my winter commuter, I actually rarely get one (1 1/4in tires) but on my bianchi's, and my ocr2 is the worst, I get them pretty easily. The roads around here also kind of suck. On a rainy day, if I brought my nice commuter by accident, its harder to see the potholes.

I have been pretty lucky lately, no flats in a few months.
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One pinched tube
One rim strip
Three on a damp metric just a couple ticks above freezing: Two Glass, on Snakebite. Serfas tires, it turns out, are water soluble.

4600 mi. I think there might have been one other on a garage sale bike I was messing with, but I kind of expect those and don't get wound up about it.
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Old 01-15-08, 12:10 AM
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Zero flats. I ride on Conti gators in the warm months (Got a 3/4 inch slice across the rear tire two years ago but no flat and still ride on them) and Nokkia studded tires in the winter ( currently in my fourth season on those) Love both sets and will replace with similar should that become necessary.
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Old 01-15-08, 08:37 AM
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16 flats - but I logged a lot of miles for 2007.
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Old 01-30-08, 02:48 AM
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I had 20 in a 1000 miles.
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I had more than 10 in 2007 until I switched to Armadillos. Since then (1300 miles) I haven't had a single flat.
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Old 01-30-08, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
I had 20 in a 1000 miles.
that would be enough to make me quit cycling. or at least throw that bike off a cliff (chuckle)
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zero flats on Schwalbe Marathons... replaced them with Marathon Racers this week... thinner, lighter, faster tires... but will they be as tough for me? Stay tuned!
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actually, the tires are fatter, but the casing is thinner on the Marathon Racers...
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None for the past five years, on Marathon Plus with Mr. Tuffy. On the other hand, I got one on my car. Does that count? Is there a Law of Conservation of Flats that states that eliminating them from the bike causes them to migrate to the car?

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Old 01-30-08, 06:02 PM
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None in 07, but 2 in the last week.
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Old 01-30-08, 06:25 PM
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zero commuting flats.....one flat right after the Lancaster covered bridge metric......
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only one. I rode over a nail, without knowing so, and I didn't discover it until a couple of days later as i was waiting at an intersection, happened to glance down at my tire, and I pulled it out. Fssss, oops, had to walk the rest of the way home
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Two if I remember correctly.
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Zero flats in '07. Maybe the same for '06, but I can't really remember.

The biggest problem I have is forgetting to bring a clean pair of shorts to work...

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Had 2 on my commuter 1 which I had to replace the a new tire because of a large glass cut and none on our tandem in 07"
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Zero flats in over 4,000 miles since I started riding regularly in April. I cannot reccommend Marathon Plus tires enough. There, now I've hexed myself.
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2007 saw the demise of first commuter bike, a Pacific Bikes Schwinn mtb. Worst bike wheels in the world. They have this deep channel that affords the inner tube no support. I had to fill the space with some sort of automotive neoprene tubing as a super heavy duty rimtape alternative. I solved that problem in early 2006.

My commute has to be one of the most bizarre challenges of all. The entire length of roads are littered with glass, to include the mup that parallels the BusWay South. I ride north in the South bound lane until a bus approaches and then, move over to the path. I put a Schwalbe Marathon on the rear and the flat rate went down. I finally went with a set of Mr Tuffy liners and the flat rate decreased again, this time to about once a month. My tires have attracted the most spectacular objects the roads around here offer. Staples, bolts, big hurricane anchoring screws.

The big hurricane anchoring screw finally dealt the death blow to the Marathon. It punched through the tire, kevlar belt, Mr Tuffy, both sides of the innertube and finally stopped, impaled on my extra heavy neoprene tubing rim tape. I almost needed a wrench to unscrew the thing from the tire. The hole was so large that air pressure bulged the tube, Mr Tuffy and tire so that it bumped when it hit the ground. I saw the yellow donut of kevlar death at the point of entry.

New bike late May. 29'r rims Nashbar Cyclocross frame and Pasela TG 35mm tires.

My second or third day out, ride home at dusk and front tire decides to attack unkown, unseen thing in path. This was an exciting moment in my cycling history. The mtb as bad as it was, never lost air in a tire like this. In less than a second, the front tire is really flat and I am still trying to slow down avoid damaging the Mup with an uncontrolled landing.

Mr Tuffy set is ordered for new wheel size upon returning home. I had used my one C02 cartridge for my new inflator on nearly the inaugural ride of new bike, wheels and tires. The rear tire now starts to plot against me. Upon installing the Mr Tuffies, riding home the first night, it finds the perfect needle sharp piece of metal and hurls itself upon it with vengeance.

Bottomline, lots of flats. 22 mile roundtrip everyday, never take bus or drive to work. When I ride, I am never late to work, the commuter's first imperative.

Kevlar helps some, Mr Tuffy liners help a little more. Riding home at night increases the probability of not seeing the death spike. Entering intersections, day or night, will keep my eyes off the road surface.

A couple of weeks ago, Sunday morning, at dawn I saw a trio of hot air balloons pass directly over heading north. I decide to give chase just for grins. Big mistake. Front tire with kevlar belt and Mr Tuffy still does not stop evil from entering the holy vessel of pneumatic premises.

2007, too many to count. 2008, off to good start of 3 I can recall so far.
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Old 02-01-08, 03:09 PM
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2007 was ok. When I got flats, I was certainly annoyed, but now I can't remember. Jan 2008 was particularly terrible. I've had 4 flats so far. One morning I flatted my front and my rear--of course in the pouring rain.
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One, plus one where I stupidly broke the presta valve while pumping.
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Old 02-02-08, 12:59 AM
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Two. I didn't get one today, however, I did have a major tire problem. I kept feeling a "bump-bump-bump." I thought maybe my back wheel was out of true. On the commute in, I thought my back wheel slid out on ice. However, on the commute home, I was feeling some handling issues also. I got off the bike and spotted a huge bulge in the sidewall of my tire. I decided to get back on and take it slow to the bikeshop. It was 6 miles away. When I got there, the owner and I looked over the tire. It looked like it was seperating from the rim. He told me that the kevlar bead was breaking. The tire was useless. I had to replace it. The tread was pretty much worn anyway... 2300 miles on the back tire. It was a continental grand prix 4 seasons. I replaced it with a specialized all condition armadillo (the only 28mm tire in stock)

I guess that almost counts as a flat... but I was able to keep riding, although... slow and carefully.
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