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Nickzx6r
Guest
Today I finally got around to watching the P-R from
last week.
It seems quite common in pro road races for riders to get
flat tyres, but I can't figure out why that should be.
At the risk of angering the tyre gods, I'll admit that in
about 40000kms of riding, I've had less than 10 flat tyres -
and three of those were caused by worn out rim tape.
Presumably the pros tyres are new and unlikely to be worn
out, and the pressures correct. I realise P-R is
particularly rough over the cobbles but even in 'normal'
road races they seem to puncture quite often.
Am I just lucky to have not had many flats? Do the pro road
racers use singles instead of clinchers?
It just doesn't make sense to my feeble mind
Thoughts?
Cheers.
--
Nick
last week.
It seems quite common in pro road races for riders to get
flat tyres, but I can't figure out why that should be.
At the risk of angering the tyre gods, I'll admit that in
about 40000kms of riding, I've had less than 10 flat tyres -
and three of those were caused by worn out rim tape.
Presumably the pros tyres are new and unlikely to be worn
out, and the pressures correct. I realise P-R is
particularly rough over the cobbles but even in 'normal'
road races they seem to puncture quite often.
Am I just lucky to have not had many flats? Do the pro road
racers use singles instead of clinchers?
It just doesn't make sense to my feeble mind
Thoughts?
Cheers.
--
Nick