2010 Flat count
11-16-10, 05:49 PM
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2010 Flat count
I searched for an existing thread to no avail. First flat was last week. Damn goat heads in the rear tire. 2 puntures requiring patches and the tire is running low this morning.
11-16-10, 06:11 PM
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four or five in total, one during commuting (which was a full blowout, had to replace tire and tube). Mine happened all in the spring.
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11-16-10, 06:38 PM
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I have had 3 during group rides, and 3 while commuting. I've had Mr. Tuffy liners in for 2 weeks, none with those yet...
11-16-10, 06:47 PM
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Oh, this is depressing. It's been a while since I looked at my flats chart. I've had 9 flats this year on 7 different tires in about 3500 miles, including a pinch flat in a CX race.
11-16-10, 06:50 PM
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None this year but then I haven't been biking all that much due to school. More like about 3k miles this year.
11-16-10, 07:04 PM
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Last flat was September '09 (actually 3 flats on my birthday ride that month). Somewhere between 3K and 4K miles since then.
11-16-10, 07:09 PM
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Last week was my first on my vittoria randonneurs -- construction staple through the tire 
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Have about 6,000 miles though -- so not too bad.
. Have about 6,000 miles though -- so not too bad.
11-16-10, 07:50 PM
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Been a lucky year for my bike: 0 flats. I did fix three this summer for co-workers, and one on the lady's bike this fall.
11-16-10, 08:18 PM
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2 in 2010... wait. 3.
11-16-10, 08:19 PM
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I was getting them with depressing regularity, one every couple hundred miles. Same thing caused the flat every time, tiny stainless steel wires from truck tire debris on the side of the rural highways I ride. I put Continental Gator Hardshell tires on in early summer and have gone around 3 K miles without problems.
11-16-10, 09:03 PM
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Zero flats in as long as I can remember. I'm car light (one car for the family), I ride my bike every day. I've experimented with different flat resistant tires. My bikes all wear different versions which include: Schwalbe Marathon Plus', Panaracer Urban Max, Continental Gatorskins, and Hutchinson Urban Tours. Best bang for the buck would be the Hutchinsons or the Panaracers. I pump the tires up to max PSI before every ride.
11-16-10, 09:20 PM
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Two, once off-roading on birms separating cornfields on my old hybrid, goathead. The other time ran over a bush of them, and out of the hundred or so I pulled out later, only one had made it in. I haven't had to stop on the road to fix any yet, that bike has goo in the tires. Haven't had any on my new, goo-less bike that I bought in August. Probably around 1200 miles on it.
11-16-10, 09:24 PM
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I haven't been keeping close count, but I'm going to put the estimate at 15 in ~5000 miles this year. Almost always large glass shards, and a couple staples. I think most east coast residents think you deposit glass bottles in the gutter for refunds.
11-16-10, 09:25 PM
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I did Tour De Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn and rode 1410 miles and 0 flats so far in a year and half
11-16-10, 09:38 PM
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1 flat, 2000-3000 miles maybe
11-16-10, 09:53 PM
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I managed three, two to goat heads one to a drywall screw that required a tire repair new tube and new rim liner
11-16-10, 10:25 PM
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One so far, on a Kojak. Maybe Two. That other one might have been the Year before on a Pro Race3: can't remember. Running about 7500 Miles so far this Year. I've used Schwalbe Kojak, Marathon Plus, Marathon Supreme, Ice Spiker Pro, Conti Four Season, Sport Contact, Contact City, Travel Contact, Nokian Hakkeplitta A10 and Michelin Pro Race2.
Favorites are Conti Four Seasons, Travel Contacts and Sport Contacts.
Favorites are Conti Four Seasons, Travel Contacts and Sport Contacts.
11-16-10, 11:23 PM
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I'm not going to tell you my score... Talking about this stuff is likely to anger the flat gods...
11-16-10, 11:30 PM
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One due to a faulty tire installation (my fault). None due to road debris, - and I ride on skinny 23s most of the year.
11-17-10, 01:12 AM
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4, and all have come in the last few weeks. Three were in a 7 day period, and the fourth just happened a few days ago.
11-17-10, 04:23 AM
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0 flats, but only riding since august. Also 3 sets of tires so haven't put all the miles on 1 set.
But I am ready as of last week for the 1st time since august. Carry a spare tube, co2, and tire levers. Any time before that, would of been screwed.
But I am ready as of last week for the 1st time since august. Carry a spare tube, co2, and tire levers. Any time before that, would of been screwed.
11-17-10, 06:13 AM
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I don't think I've had any flats this year after 5,600 miles. But that is just making up for the previous year during which I surely set a record for the most flats. I didn't count them, but trust me, I got the record.
So the zero flats this year is just regression to the mean.
So the zero flats this year is just regression to the mean.
11-17-10, 07:16 AM
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I refuse to answer this question lest it bring me bad bad flat karma 