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13-03.-2008, 11:42 AM
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Re: Never, EVER, tempt the puncture fairies
Boostland wrote:
> As I reached over to do this, the thing exploded off the rim, the tube was > destroyed but some how the tyre survived with only a little mark on the > bead. Ouchies! On tube popping stories... crit race last night a guy in B-grade turned his tyre inside out coming round a corner. There was a loud bang that caught everyone's attention... I thought it was a gun shot. He came down like a sack of the proverbial but noone else in the bunch was adversely affected (surprisingly). He was more than a bit sore though! |
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13-03.-2008, 01:28 PM
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Re: Never, EVER, tempt the puncture fairies
I'm allways getting punctures myself. I never know weather it is better to fill the tube with a liquid sealent or just keep repairing them. I'd sooner have a solid rubber tyre, but the ride wouldn't be so good. |
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17-03.-2008, 05:38 PM
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Re: Never, EVER, tempt the puncture fairies
Mate
here where I am (Finland) they bloody sprinkle tiny flakes of blue stone all over the footpath for grip in the spring time (when the slush freezes overnight) This seems to get caught in the finer tread grooves and then works its way through. I've had more punctures in 6 months than I've had in my entire life before. In article <30ee7d4f-0119-4c0e-8b13-a7b78c8ddb66@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Duncan <duncanmcrae@my-dejanews.com> wrote: > On this morning's commute, I was (stupidly) reflecting on the >recent lack of punctures I'd had.. probably due to the lack of morning/ >evening rain in Sydney over the last couple of weeks, I figured. > it would be more acceptable if the icy conditions were not actually created by the way they 'clear' the paths mumble See Ya (when bandwidth gets better ;-) Chris Eastwood Photographer, Programmer Motorcyclist and dingbat please remove undies for reply |
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18-03.-2008, 10:12 AM
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Don't mention them in usenet, either (was: Never, EVER, tempt thepuncture fairies)
Christ.. I promise never to speak ill of them again. Friday last week a colleague comes in to work with a sad face. "I've broken it!"... he managed to crack a lug on his headtube going home the night before; no face plants, just some strange creaking noises. Then that arvo going home, I get another flat.. no probs.. see a hole in the sidewall so slip in a sheet of plastic I keep handy for just such occasions. Half way home, the chain breaks... the connector link (which I must admit, is a few chains old) has snapped in two. No injuries, call the sag wagon. Sunday night, I change the tyre over and notice that my rim is about to fail big time; there's a 1/2-inch tear along the walls adjacent to one spoke hole (ie: the floor of the rim is peeling off the walls), and several other spoke holes have hairline cracks propagating from them. Not entirely unexpected, the rim has probably done 30k .. and I've been a bit too aggressive with the spoke tension. On the upside, I built my first rear wheel last night. A nice shiny open pro rim onto a new hub I've had lying around. Dished and trued in a hacked-together wooden stand. It survived this morning's ride in, staying true.. I'll check it again tonight. duncan |
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