I must be the unluckiest cyclist ever ....

[PurpleMoonlight]

After picking up a puncture after the first week of my new bike, I now have a second after three weeks. Two in 144 miles.

I stopped using the canal toepath after the first one too and have been using the road.

Off to get some puncture resistant tyres tomorrow.

[wades]

I'm sure anyone ever dragged up a dual carriageway by an HGV would disagree and just think of all the practice you've got repairing/changing tubes!;)

Slime liners/ tubes?

[Gooby]

before we went tubeless we had 7 punctures in 15 miles...

[Al Wyn]

Why oh why am i typing this... no punctures at all to date in 634 miles on new bike

[bint]

My other half had a spate of punctures and replaced the tyre lining tape (can you tell I'm up on the technical jargon....). This resolved it and he hasn't hd a puncture for months.

[amnesia182]

Al Wyn said:

Why oh why am i typing this... no punctures at all to date in 634 miles on new bike

2000+ miles with no punctures

(guess what's gonna happen tomorrow !)

[CoolC]

Went for a ride out with a mate a few weeks ago, 7 punctures in 11 miles

[Roop]

Over 3000km and no punctures. That's Specialized Nimbus Armadillos for you







They are a bit worn out now though

[yellowjack]

PurpleMoonlight said:

After picking up a puncture after the first week of my new bike, I now have a second after three weeks. Two in 144 miles.

I stopped using the canal toepath after the first one too and have been using the road.

Off to get some puncture resistant tyres tomorrow.

AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOW-path. It's a bloody TOW-PATH. Build one canal, in the days before small efficient motive power, and fill that canal with water. Build a boat. Call that boat a BARGE, but don't fit it with an engine because it is impractical and not financially viable. Your barge, and it's cargo, are now unable to move anywhere. Search for a solution which calls for a rope (or chain) and a horse. Call it a TOW ROPE if you will. Now all you need to do is to clear a space alongside the canal that allows the horse to pull the barge. Let's call it, for arguments sake, a TOW-PATH. Bingo! You are now in the canalboat cargo business, and can make a tidy living carrying the materials required to build the railways that will eventually put the canal out of business, but it's a TOW-PATH, always was and always will be.

[anonymous-user]

I find that running the correct tyre pressure on a roadbike is the most important thing to avoid punctures...

[Chicane-UK]

OE tyres on cheaper road bikes can be a real lottery.

A friend of mine has basically never had a puncture out on the road with the bikes he's bought, but I got them a lot on my first two road bikes - a Specialized Allez and a Trek 1.5... as soon as I upgraded the Trek to improved tyres the punctures stopped happening.

So I just think cheap tyres have a lot to answer for!

[PurpleMoonlight]

I decided to repair the puncture in the end.

Last chance though, if I get another quickly I'll get a set of the puncture resistant tyres.