Had another visit from the blasted p*ncture fairy

[Lee]

Hello!

Yep, its happened again, although there was a gap of a few
weeks in between this p*ncture and my last!

This was an odd one tho. I knew my front tube had been
deflating slowly as I had to put in air most mornings, i got
back from work on Thursday and knew i wouldnt be using my
bike till Monday (today) but i had a sneaking suspicion that
the p*ncture was going to get worse so i checked it out on
Sunday - flat as a pancake.

Tyre off, tube out, check in water - no p*ncture as such,
just a slight flow from my valve (and i mean slight). So i
put the tube back in and pump it up to be sure - then i can
hear air gushing out of a hole in my tyre (so i need a new
tyre to) - weird cos there was no hole or object in the
inner tube!!!!

So, bus to work today (takes 20 mins longer) and a trip to
halfords at dinner to get a new tube & tyre - might also
pick up some new brake pads whilst i am there.

Ho hum, still, ALL the above will cost me roughly £20
whereas in a car..... £50-£60? if im lucky.

I love this cycling malarky (although i REALLY missed the
ride in this morning!)

Lee

 

[Richard Goodman]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hello!
>
> Yep, its happened again, although there was a gap of a few
> weeks in
between
> this p*ncture and my last!
>
> This was an odd one tho. I knew my front tube had been
> deflating slowly
as
> I had to put in air most mornings, i got back from work on
> Thursday and
knew
> i wouldnt be using my bike till Monday (today) but i had a
> sneaking suspicion that the p*ncture was going to get
> worse so i checked it out on Sunday - flat as a pancake.
>
> Tyre off, tube out, check in water - no p*ncture as such,
> just a slight
flow
> from my valve (and i mean slight). So i put the tube back
> in and pump it
up
> to be sure - then i can hear air gushing out of a hole in
> my tyre (so i
need
> a new tyre to) - weird cos there was no hole or object in
> the inner
tube!!!!
>
> So, bus to work today (takes 20 mins longer) and a trip to
> halfords at dinner to get a new tube & tyre - might also
> pick up some new brake pads whilst i am there.
>

Pick up some tyre liners while you're there too and you can
virtually say goodbye to punctures as well.

Rich

 

[Lee]

"Richard Goodman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Pick up some tyre liners while you're there too and you
> can virtually say goodbye to punctures as well.
>
> Rich
>
>

See, i tried them and they didnt work - got a puncture on my
first ride....

might give em a 2nd shot ;-)

 

[Brianw]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hello!
>
> Yep, its happened again, although there was a gap of a few
> weeks in
between
> this p*ncture and my last!
>
> This was an odd one tho. I knew my front tube had been
> deflating slowly
as
> I had to put in air most mornings, i got back from work on
> Thursday and
knew
> i wouldnt be using my bike till Monday (today) but i had a
> sneaking suspicion that the p*ncture was going to get
> worse so i checked it out on Sunday - flat as a pancake.
>
> Tyre off, tube out, check in water - no p*ncture as such,
> just a slight
flow
> from my valve (and i mean slight). So i put the tube back
> in and pump it
up
> to be sure - then i can hear air gushing out of a hole in
> my tyre (so i
need
> a new tyre to) - weird cos there was no hole or object in
> the inner
tube!!!!
>
> So, bus to work today (takes 20 mins longer) and a trip to
> halfords at dinner to get a new tube & tyre - might also
> pick up some new brake pads whilst i am there.

Always check tubes bought from Halfords before leaving the
shop. One I bought had an inch diameter hole in it!

> Ho hum, still, ALL the above will cost me roughly £20
> whereas in a
car.....
> £50-£60? if im lucky.
>
> I love this cycling malarky (although i REALLY missed the
> ride in this morning!)
>
> Lee

 

[Lee]

"BrianW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>

> Always check tubes bought from Halfords before leaving the
> shop. One I bought had an inch diameter hole in it!

Well, ive got the stuff and it all seems ok.... guess the
inflation test later will tell all.!

 

[Philo]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
> Yep, its happened again, although there was a gap of a few
> weeks in between this p*ncture and my last!
>
[Snip]
>
> So, bus to work today (takes 20 mins longer) and a trip to
> halfords at dinner to get a new tube & tyre

I hope that's not a Halfords own brand tube. I found my
incidence of punctures reduced dramatically once I stopped
buying them. I didn't go for more than a few weeks without a
puncture with them and since switching to any other tube,
now go several months.

PhilO (Who knows what's going to happen now)

 

[Lee]

"PhilO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I hope that's not a Halfords own brand tube. I found my
> incidence of punctures reduced dramatically once I stopped
> buying them. I didn't go for more than a few weeks without
> a puncture with them and since switching to any other
> tube, now go several months.
>
> PhilO (Who knows what's going to happen now)

ulp. it is - ill see how this goes and buy a dif brand
next time.

Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Kahn]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> So, bus to work today (takes 20 mins longer) and a trip to
> halfords at dinner to get a new tube & tyre - might also
> pick up some new brake pads whilst i am there.

The trick is to buy about half a dozen new tubes at once.
Carry one with you for use on the road and keep the others
at home. When you have a puncture replace the tube
immediately and when you get home pick up a fresh spare and
store your punctured one separately from the good ones. When
you have accumulated 3 or 4 punctured tubes you can have a
patching production line and then restore them to your stock
of good tubes.

--
Dave...

 

[David Martin]

On 22/3/04 3:22 pm, in article [email protected], "Lee"
<gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com> wrote:

>
> "PhilO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> I hope that's not a Halfords own brand tube. I found my
>> incidence of punctures reduced dramatically once I
>> stopped buying them. I didn't go for more than a few
>> weeks without a puncture with them and since switching to
>> any other tube, now go several months.
>>
>> PhilO (Who knows what's going to happen now)
>
> ulp. it is - ill see how this goes and buy a dif brand
> next time.
>
> Any suggestions?

Don't panic. Hlafords tubes are mostly fine. I'd suspect the
prime reasons people get punctures are:

1. riding too near the side of the road in all the bits of
gravel and glass
2. not pumping the tyres up enough.
3. poor quality tyres/rimtape etc.

<Tempt fate>The puncture fairy is a rare visitor to me. I
seem to average about one a year if that.</tempt fate>

..d

 

[Jon Senior]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Ho hum, still, ALL the above will cost me roughly £20
> whereas in a
car.....
> £50-£60? if im lucky.

The company car went in for service last week. VW approved
service ~£800 including ~£250 for replacement electric
window. Rust spots (3 small) will cost £1800 to repair.
(Treatment and respray of majority of car.)

1) Glad it's nothing to do with me. (I should clarify. It's
not "my" company car. It's driven by one of the
directors.)
2) Just think of the bike you could get for £2600. Hell, my
bike cost just less than the service.

Jon

 

[Richard Goodman]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Richard Goodman" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]
> ws.com...
>
> >
> > Pick up some tyre liners while you're there too and you
> > can virtually
say
> > goodbye to punctures as well.
> >
> > Rich
> >
> >
>
> See, i tried them and they didnt work - got a puncture on
> my first
ride....
>
> might give em a 2nd shot ;-)
>

Yebbut how, where? It's quite unlikely that anything would
pierce the liner so it might have been a pinch-puncture or
sidewall puncture or something on the inside of the rim? It
isn't going to protect against those. Or did you purchase
one for the right width of your tyre - they come in two
widths? I had one puncture recently caused by the liner
itself where the two ends overlapped, but that was only
after two years or so of puncture-free riding on that wheel
- and at the time I'd been riding around with the tyre
softer than I would normally ride.

Rich

 

[Brianw]

"David Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC84C12E.103EB%[email protected]...
> On 22/3/04 3:22 pm, in article
> [email protected], "Lee" <gnippernospamp-
> [email protected]>
wrote:
>
> >
> > "PhilO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >> I hope that's not a Halfords own brand tube. I found my
> >> incidence of punctures reduced dramatically once I
> >> stopped buying them. I didn't go for more than a few
> >> weeks without a puncture with them and since switching
> >> to any other tube, now go several months.
> >>
> >> PhilO (Who knows what's going to happen now)
> >
> > ulp. it is - ill see how this goes and buy a dif brand
> > next time.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Don't panic. Hlafords tubes are mostly fine. I'd suspect
> the prime reasons people get punctures are:
>
> 1. riding too near the side of the road in all the bits of
> gravel and
glass
> 2. not pumping the tyres up enough.
> 3. poor quality tyres/rimtape etc.
>
> <Tempt fate>The puncture fairy is a rare visitor to me. I
> seem to average about one a year if that.</tempt fate>
>
> ..d

Riding on a road where Farmer Giles has decided to cut his
hawthorn hedge...

I get p***ed off with hawthorns. Usually you don't notice
until the next day!

Brian

Brian

 

[Lee]

"Dave Kahn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> The trick is to buy about half a dozen new tubes at once.
> Carry one with you for use on the road and keep the others
> at home. When you have a puncture replace the tube
> immediately and when you get home pick up a fresh spare
> and store your punctured one separately from the good
> ones. When you have accumulated 3 or 4 punctured tubes you
> can have a patching production line and then restore them
> to your stock of good tubes.
>
> --
> Dave...

Sounds like a plan - know any good roadside pumps tho - all
the ones i found were a bit naff

 

[Lee]

"Jon Senior" <jon@restless_REMOVE_lemon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> The company car went in for service last week. VW approved
> service ~£800 including ~£250 for replacement electric
> window. Rust spots (3 small) will cost £1800 to repair.
> (Treatment and respray of majority of car.)
>
> 1) Glad it's nothing to do with me. (I should clarify.
> It's not "my"
company
> car. It's driven by one of the directors.)
> 2) Just think of the bike you could get for £2600. Hell,
> my bike cost just less than the service.
>
> Jon
>
>

Jeez, £2600 would be a few bikes for me i think!

 

[Lee]

"David Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC84C12E.103EB%[email protected]...
> Don't panic. Hlafords tubes are mostly fine. I'd suspect
> the prime reasons people get punctures are:
>
> 1. riding too near the side of the road in all the bits of
> gravel and
glass
> 2. not pumping the tyres up enough.
> 3. poor quality tyres/rimtape etc.
>
> <Tempt fate>The puncture fairy is a rare visitor to me. I
> seem to average about one a year if that.</tempt fate>
>
> ..d
>

Well, i managed to put 2 holes in the tube putting in in! so
my new tube has a patch already!

The fairy must love me - she visits regularly but there
again, i do cycle on cycle paths!

Lee

 

[Lee]

"BrianW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Riding on a road where Farmer Giles has decided to cut his
> hawthorn
hedge...
>
> I get p***ed off with hawthorns. Usually you don't notice
> until the next day!
>
> Brian
>
>
> Brian
>
>

Thats what i hate most - i cycle to work, get off, get on at
night and my tyre is flat - if you are gonna go down, go
down when i check you in the morning damn you!

 

[Dave Kahn]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> Sounds like a plan - know any good roadside pumps tho -
> all the ones i found were a bit naff

No, but I know some good roadside pubs.

You should carry a pump or a CO2 gadget with you except when
riding trivial distances, and use a track pump at home.
There, see how good I am at spending your money?

--
Dave...

 

[Jon Senior]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Jeez, £2600 would be a few bikes for me i think!

Mmmm. <goes dreamy eyed> Titanium + Dura-ace.

Jon

 

[Philo]

"Lee" <gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverymuch.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "PhilO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > I hope that's not a Halfords own brand tube. I found my
> > incidence of punctures reduced dramatically once I
> > stopped buying them. I didn't go for more than a few
> > weeks without a puncture with them and since switching
> > to any other tube, now go several months.
> >
> > PhilO (Who knows what's going to happen now)
>
> ulp. it is - ill see how this goes and buy a dif brand
> next time.
>
> Any suggestions?

I need long valve tubes so that limits my choice, but I find
Specialized work fine for me. May just have been
coincidence, but I never had much luck with Halfords' own
(although others seem to find them OK).

Cheers PhilO