No flats so far... 532 miles!
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No flats so far... 532 miles!
I'm dumbfounded. Got my first road bike 1.5 mos ago and while I've blown out my rear tube twice, I'm still rolling on the original front tube.
Is it normal to go so long w/o a flat?
Is it normal to go so long w/o a flat?
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I don't keep track to have real numbers, but I probably flat every 1000 miles or so on average? It's all luck, so sometimes more sometimes much less.
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Since you went and talked about it...
Make sure you have your repair kit with you tomorrow.
Make sure you have your repair kit with you tomorrow.
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Same thing happened with me except the front tube. It finally failed(exploded) while I was going downhill at 30mph.
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I haven't had a flat in over 6,000 miles. I'm probably due.
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5500 miles in nine months and only one flat - and that one was overnight so I changed the tire in the morning. Have never had to stop on the road yet to fix one of my own. I have stopped twice to help others, however. Good karma, I guess.
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No flats in almost 15,000 miles. I do use puncture resistant tires, though. GP4000 during the summer and Gatorskins during the winter.
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I started off on a cruiser bike with balloon tires, had periodic flats, and just assumed that was normal. I bought a new bike, which came with Vittoria Rando-cross tires (something like that). Anyway, i've got over 8,000 miles on the bike, and zero flats. Needless to say, I'm going to keep using that kind of tire.
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Some days are better than others. Flats happen on their own time
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I will give the OP the benefit of the doubt that he/she is a novice and not a troll.
Flat frequency depends on LOTs of variables, including tires, riding conditions, tire pressure, etc.
I typically get a flat every 2000-3000 miles. 80% of the time it's the rear.
Flat frequency depends on LOTs of variables, including tires, riding conditions, tire pressure, etc.
I typically get a flat every 2000-3000 miles. 80% of the time it's the rear.
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- Never mention not getting flats unless you are prepared to deal with the wrath of the flat tire gods
- Front tires flat a lot less frequently than the rear
- Two blowouts in such a short period in the rear is insane -- they should be much less frequent even than front flats. Something is almost certainly wrong
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Throw the stick!!!!
I was riding a couple of weeks ago and it occured to me that I hadn't flatted for about 2,000 miles. Thirty minutes later I was on the side of the road pumping up a tire.
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This year I've had 1 flat in 5,300 miles. 95% of those miles on road tubeless and the rest on Gatorskins (backup bike). And that flat could've been avoided had I missed the sharp rock while going around a corner. Saw it, but didn't successfully avoid it.
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I'm a few hundred miles short of 3000 for the year (since May) and have only had one flat. This despite running Conti GP4000s for the past several months on both road bikes.
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i havent flatted all year on either of the bikes i ride. not sure how many miles but about 2,000 miles on one of them.
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Jinx.
I'm going on 3,300 flat-free miles with a set of GP4000s.
I'm going on 3,300 flat-free miles with a set of GP4000s.
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i bought a co2 inflator early in the year and i still haven't fired it in anger yet.
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