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Stephen Pridgeo
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"Vibrant" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<hmFY9.4095$pS2.236774@stones>...
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if some kind person here could give me some advice on how to avoid punctures this time
> of year?
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>
> I would be grateful for any advice or anyone has to offer.
>
> TIA
Don't ride a bike!
seriously, I use panaracer parselas on my commuting bike - they go down to 23mm, and maybe even
23mm. They are a good tyre, but I still get punctures. I don't think you can ever avoid them, they
are just part of cycling.
That said, you do sound like you are either a) going though an unlucky streak, or b) have a brake
block rubbing on the tyre, c) you are checking the tyres to remove all foreign bodies aren't you?
With Kevlar tyres it's easy to get sharp things stuck in the tyre body which don't get through the
kevlar until you fully inflate, or ride over something at a critical moment. When you take the tyre
off the sharp thing dissapears beneath the kevlar again, so you can't feel it. I've been caught like
that a couple of times.
HTH SteveP
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if some kind person here could give me some advice on how to avoid punctures this time
> of year?
snip woe
>
> I would be grateful for any advice or anyone has to offer.
>
> TIA
Don't ride a bike!
seriously, I use panaracer parselas on my commuting bike - they go down to 23mm, and maybe even
23mm. They are a good tyre, but I still get punctures. I don't think you can ever avoid them, they
are just part of cycling.
That said, you do sound like you are either a) going though an unlucky streak, or b) have a brake
block rubbing on the tyre, c) you are checking the tyres to remove all foreign bodies aren't you?
With Kevlar tyres it's easy to get sharp things stuck in the tyre body which don't get through the
kevlar until you fully inflate, or ride over something at a critical moment. When you take the tyre
off the sharp thing dissapears beneath the kevlar again, so you can't feel it. I've been caught like
that a couple of times.
HTH SteveP