Yet another thread from me lol..
Ok so wehn i got my racing bike, i have found that every few weeks i end up getting a puncture.. what a bummer, maybe its just a co-incidence, but i kept getting them. So i bought some new tyres with a kevlar strip in them, and belive it or not, it reduced them but didn't stop them.
So i have been out again and bought some "Slime" inner strips, a extra layer of lining for your tyres to stop thorns etc.
Now this has worked brilliantly for stopping punctures, i dare say - but im starting to notice a bit of a pattern.
When my inner tubes "do" get punctured, most of the time they are being punctures on a seam on the inner tube, not only that but the punctures are not circular, its more of a split down the seam.
Is this the slime strips that are causing this (i heard that they "can" pinch your inner tube?
Or being on a seam every time, is it more likely to be the brand of inner tube i am using is not very good?
Now i know i will never stop punctures having but i want to know what you people would recommend? Money is not an issue, i am willing to spend on a good set of tyres or good quality inner tube to resolve the problem a little.
Whilst im starting a new thread i might aswell add this in too rather than starting a new one again later - these canisters that are available for your tyres - is one of these canisters meant to fully compress your tyre from a flat or are you meant to pump it up yourself first then use it as a finish off?
I used it on my back tyre once and it made the tyre extremely solid ( a bit too solid) - as i arrived in the carpark of my work place (4 miles) my back tyre burst lol... there was enough air in it to get me all the way across the carpark, and i could hear it spurting out lol - this tells me that i shouldn't be using it to top it off, but when "should" i apply canister?
Ok so wehn i got my racing bike, i have found that every few weeks i end up getting a puncture.. what a bummer, maybe its just a co-incidence, but i kept getting them. So i bought some new tyres with a kevlar strip in them, and belive it or not, it reduced them but didn't stop them.
So i have been out again and bought some "Slime" inner strips, a extra layer of lining for your tyres to stop thorns etc.
Now this has worked brilliantly for stopping punctures, i dare say - but im starting to notice a bit of a pattern.
When my inner tubes "do" get punctured, most of the time they are being punctures on a seam on the inner tube, not only that but the punctures are not circular, its more of a split down the seam.
Is this the slime strips that are causing this (i heard that they "can" pinch your inner tube?
Or being on a seam every time, is it more likely to be the brand of inner tube i am using is not very good?
Now i know i will never stop punctures having but i want to know what you people would recommend? Money is not an issue, i am willing to spend on a good set of tyres or good quality inner tube to resolve the problem a little.
Whilst im starting a new thread i might aswell add this in too rather than starting a new one again later - these canisters that are available for your tyres - is one of these canisters meant to fully compress your tyre from a flat or are you meant to pump it up yourself first then use it as a finish off?
I used it on my back tyre once and it made the tyre extremely solid ( a bit too solid) - as i arrived in the carpark of my work place (4 miles) my back tyre burst lol... there was enough air in it to get me all the way across the carpark, and i could hear it spurting out lol - this tells me that i shouldn't be using it to top it off, but when "should" i apply canister?