Just got a road bike. Already had 2 flats. Is being overweight a factor?
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FWIW, when I started cycling I also bought a Motobecane that came with 23mm Conti Ultra sports. I started getting flats with only about 600 miles on the tires. I thoroughly inspected the tires to ensure that nothing was embedded in the tire to repeat the punctures. I was running approx. 100psi. The punctures weren't pinch flats but punctures. I then purchased Conti Gatorskins and increased the width from 23mm to 25mm. The tires were more comfortable and went 3000 miles before suffering a flat. I have since lost weight and gone to a different bike (a lighter carbon fiber) and I still buy Conti Gatorskins to handle the mediocre pavement I ride on here in VT. No real knowledge or insight to impart just relating my experience.
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FWIW, when I started cycling I also bought a Motobecane that came with 23mm Conti Ultra sports. I started getting flats with only about 600 miles on the tires. I thoroughly inspected the tires to ensure that nothing was embedded in the tire to repeat the punctures. I was running approx. 100psi. The punctures weren't pinch flats but punctures. I then purchased Conti Gatorskins and increased the width from 23mm to 25mm. The tires were more comfortable and went 3000 miles before suffering a flat. I have since lost weight and gone to a different bike (a lighter carbon fiber) and I still buy Conti Gatorskins to handle the mediocre pavement I ride on here in VT. No real knowledge or insight to impart just relating my experience.
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I had some of those tyres, found them very poor. Get some continental gator skins. Very reliable puncture resistant tyres0
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Rear tube went PPHHHSSsssphsssst.t....t..... on the ride home from work. Its been a while since I had one on the old road bike. Hope this isn't the start of a trend. I thought immediately of m1xm0d3!
Yes...the guts of my old Fuji splattered like roadkill on the side of the road. Thankfully, the old pocket rocket and a spare tube got me home...a bit late though.
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I'm about 270lbs and have my tyres running at 110-120psi. I use Conti Gatorskins and rarely get a puncture (touch wood). When I have got one, it's because I've been running too low on psi or it's a pinch flat.0
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Figured I'd take tire off at leisure tonight before I commute again with it tomorrow and I figured out what gave me the rear flat last week. At some point earlier in the year when I put on some new tires, I must have squished the cloth rim tape over a little bit off one of the spoke heads when muscling on the new tire, since I found a crease in the tape and an exposed spoke head where the tube punctured. Guess it isn't hard to do as they don't have much adhesive. I put some new cloth tape on (a little wider gauge too) so hopefully all will go well. So I guess that is something else to be careful of: if you take your tire and/or tube off, don't shove over a little section of rim tape or rim strip as it will doom your tube eventually!0
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Puncture resist tyres were like a godsend for me. I was getting flats every week, twice a week, sometimes on consecutive days and it was really depressing. I got two Armadillo puncture resist tyres and they are so good. I do still occasionally get flats, but now it's about 2 or 3 times a year, rather than 2 or 3 times a week!0
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The year I had 7 flats, I switched to Gatorskins with the reinforced sidewalls. I believe using them has reduced my incidence of flats. I keep my air pressure at the max or even a few lbs. over. Riding in wet conditions seem to increase the risk of flats as the crud adheres to a wet wheel. I already got a flat from hitting a sharp stone. Awareness helps. I usually wipe my tires off after a ride. That removes any crud that is stuck on my tires so as not to allow it to produce a puncture on the next ride.0
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So far, so good. No flats since the velox tape was installed.0
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I have been riding with weights of 275-350 and have not experienced flats. I did have a blowout this past week. The tires showed some dry rot but the culprit was probably under inflation. My pump has a built in gauge and when I checked it the pump showed 15 lbs less pressure then the tire gauge I just bought, so I"m pretty sure that is what caused my sidewall to go. Of course my bike is used and they may have been the original tires from 1998 for all I know, so they were due to be changed. I should have changed them when I bought it.0