Help!!! I keep getting flats
#1
Help!!! I keep getting flats
Two consecutive rides, two flats. The first was in the back, the second in the front.
I weight 183 lb.
Redstone tires,,, psi range 90 to 110.
Ive been riding them at 90 psi.
Roads are covered with scattered gravel, but smooth.
First flat seemed like a puncture. Second was a pinch.
I have just ordered some kevlar reinforced tires. What can I do to prevent these constant flats?
I weight 183 lb.
Redstone tires,,, psi range 90 to 110.
Ive been riding them at 90 psi.
Roads are covered with scattered gravel, but smooth.
First flat seemed like a puncture. Second was a pinch.
I have just ordered some kevlar reinforced tires. What can I do to prevent these constant flats?
#2
Could just be coincidence. At your weight, more pressure might help prevent pinch flats. I'm not familiar with the tires; what size are you using?
What Kevlar-belted tires did you order?
RichC
What Kevlar-belted tires did you order?
RichC
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Training: 2002 Fuji Roubaix Pro (105 triple)
Commuting/Daytripping: 2001 Airborne Carpe Diem (Ultegra/XTR, touring wheels)
Commuting/Touring: 2000 Novara Randonee (Sora/Tiagra/LX, fenders, lights)
Training: 2002 Fuji Roubaix Pro (105 triple)
Commuting/Daytripping: 2001 Airborne Carpe Diem (Ultegra/XTR, touring wheels)
Commuting/Touring: 2000 Novara Randonee (Sora/Tiagra/LX, fenders, lights)
#5
It sounds like you know what caused the puncture (glass? nail?) and sometimes there's nothing you can do. A pinch flat would come from an installation error (tube caught between rim and bead) or from hitting something hard enought to compress the sidewall and tube against the rim. More pressure, bigger tires, stiffer sidewalls.
It really is possible that you would have had the same flats with any tire under the same circumstance. And it really is possible to go thousands of miles with no flats and then have a cluster of them, all for reasons that can be diagnosed but not avoided, with any tire.
I didn't even know Serfas made tires. I couldn't find any review on them, but the look like they have potential.
RichC
It really is possible that you would have had the same flats with any tire under the same circumstance. And it really is possible to go thousands of miles with no flats and then have a cluster of them, all for reasons that can be diagnosed but not avoided, with any tire.
I didn't even know Serfas made tires. I couldn't find any review on them, but the look like they have potential.
RichC
__________________
Training: 2002 Fuji Roubaix Pro (105 triple)
Commuting/Daytripping: 2001 Airborne Carpe Diem (Ultegra/XTR, touring wheels)
Commuting/Touring: 2000 Novara Randonee (Sora/Tiagra/LX, fenders, lights)
Training: 2002 Fuji Roubaix Pro (105 triple)
Commuting/Daytripping: 2001 Airborne Carpe Diem (Ultegra/XTR, touring wheels)
Commuting/Touring: 2000 Novara Randonee (Sora/Tiagra/LX, fenders, lights)






