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How many punctures do people get?
I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
having my last puncture .
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
>
Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
I must've done about 1200 miles or so in total (not quite as many as you but im getting there!)
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
I'd had none in around 10k miles since I put kevalar tyre liners in, until I put on a new tyre
without it and got a puncture again within a week. Now the liner is back in and all has been
fine since....
Rich
I've heard other say that the gp 3000's are good but I've had a couple of punctures on mine this
year. Perhaps it's just bad luck and would maybe have got them with any make. My first tyres were
axial pro's and I found them to be better for puncture resistance. I suppose it's just luck - you
can do thousands of miles and not get a puncture and then get several a few miles apart. "Drinky"
<mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
Drinky wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
Too bleedin' many :-( Possibly a corollary of using poncy race tyres (Schwalbe Stelvios) for
commuting, mind. But I've decided to give the Speedmachine a long-overdue service, so I've been
using my Nimbus-shod MTB for a day and a half now. So far I have escaped the attentions of the
P+nct+r+ Fairy...
--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
===========================================================
Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter
http://www.bhpc.org.uk/
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"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
Two so far this year (about 12000 miles)
Both were in my Conti Gator Skins. I've also used Michelin ProRace and Panaracer Fire XC Pro for a
fair proportion of that mileage. However the Panaracers have slime liners and I have had to bin a
Michelin because it got cut so badly.
Regards Simon
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
>
Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
I must've done about 1200 miles or so in total (not quite as many as you but im getting there!)
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
When I buy a new bike I tend to get 2 or 3 punctures in the first week, and then none until it
gets nicked.
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
I'd had none in around 10k miles since I put kevalar tyre liners in, until I put on a new tyre
without it and got a puncture again within a week. Now the liner is back in and all has been
fine since....
Rich
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?
Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
--
Cheerful pedalling John Mallard
I've heard other say that the gp 3000's are good but I've had a couple of punctures on mine this
year. Perhaps it's just bad luck and would maybe have got them with any make. My first tyres were
axial pro's and I found them to be better for puncture resistance. I suppose it's just luck - you
can do thousands of miles and not get a puncture and then get several a few miles apart. "Drinky"
<mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
Drinky wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
Too bleedin' many :-( Possibly a corollary of using poncy race tyres (Schwalbe Stelvios) for
commuting, mind. But I've decided to give the Speedmachine a long-overdue service, so I've been
using my Nimbus-shod MTB for a day and a half now. So far I have escaped the attentions of the
P+nct+r+ Fairy...
--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
===========================================================
Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter
http://www.bhpc.org.uk/
===========================================================
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
Two so far this year (about 12000 miles)
Both were in my Conti Gator Skins. I've also used Michelin ProRace and Panaracer Fire XC Pro for a
fair proportion of that mileage. However the Panaracers have slime liners and I have had to bin a
Michelin because it got cut so badly.
Regards Simon
Drinky wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
None for about 10 years, apart from a couple of tubes that ripped around the valve.
I once had 5 in a single ride though - it was thorn season.
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
When I buy a new bike I tend to get 2 or 3 punctures in the first week, and then none until it
gets nicked.
"Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
If you'd asked this yesterday, I'd have said none in the two and a half years since my last set of
new tyres. But guess what happened today?
Probably time for a new rear tyre then. And _must_ remember to keep them rock hard.
--
Cheerful pedalling John Mallard
Drinky wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
None for about 10 years, apart from a couple of tubes that ripped around the valve.
I once had 5 in a single ride though - it was thorn season.
I got one on my turbo trainer a f ew days ago %-/ On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:01:58 +0000 (UTC), Drinky
<mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
>
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I got one on my turbo trainer a f ew days ago %-/ On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:01:58 +0000 (UTC), Drinky
<mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote:
> How many punctures do people get?
>
> I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> having my last puncture .
>
>
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"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>typed
> "Drinky" <mark_drinkwater@coldmail.com> wrote in message news:bqid1m$i0f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> > How many punctures do people get?
> >
> > I know I'm tempting fate here but I've done around 4,000 (on Continental GP3000's) miles since
> > having my last puncture .
> >
> >
> Ive never had a puncture (touch wood) - on my MTD (normal nobbly tyres) OR my new Raleigh X1.
About 1 puncture per 1000 miles on average, but could go several thousand miles between punctures
and then have a run of quite a few.
--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.
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