Punctures

ronbyrne2005

Keep getting punctures cycling round city. Whats best way of preventing them . I have a MTB. Is a lining thing you put between tube and tyre sufficent to stop all these punctures from glass? With all the cheap beer offers broken bottles litter the streets all the time now, should be plastic type bottles like i have seen abroad.

BostonB

IMO

1. Pick a different route with out glass on the road
2. Get puncture resistant tyres.

Liamo08

If you're constantly getting punctures it might be worth checking the rims to make sure that the punctures not coming from a spoke poking through the rim.

rottenhat

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Is a lining thing you put between tube and tyre sufficent to stop all these punctures from glass?

I used them for a while (Mr Tuffy was the brand name) and they are very effective. The one thing you need to watch out for is that if you accidentally fold the liner strip you can create a point sharp enough to cause a puncture.

That said, I think puncture resistant tyres (Specialises Armadillos, Conti Gatorskins etc) these days are good enough that you probably don't need to go that route. I haven't had a flat in nearly a year.

Money Shot

rottenhat wrote: »

I used them for a while (Mr Tuffy was the brand name) and they are very effective. The one thing you need to watch out for is that if you accidentally fold the liner strip you can create a point sharp enough to cause a puncture.

That said, I think puncture resistant tyres (Specialises Armadillos, Conti Gatorskins etc) these days are good enough that you probably don't need to go that route. I haven't had a flat in nearly a year.

+ 1 for the armadillos

BostonB

Money Shot wrote: »

+ 1 for the armadillos

+1 been great

ronbyrne2005

Ordered two of these
Any experiences?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24556

Acoustic

or maybe keep your tyre to the correct psi

ud be surprised how many people think there tyres are hard when there not

or dutchperfect puncture resistant

Idleater

Acoustic wrote: »

or maybe keep your tyre to the correct psi

ud be surprised how many people think there tyres are hard when there not

or dutchperfect puncture resistant

Agreed, or you could also try (depending on your wheels) getting a tubeless kit (available on CRC)

petethedrummer

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Ordered two of these
Any experiences?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24556

I have a different schwalbe tyre on a bike of mine and it hasn't punctured in 9 months of use, even through glass strewn streets of Dublin on a saturday night. Then again, neither has the cheap tyre on the front wheel.

Try to identify what is causing your punctures, buy a track pump if you don't have one and read this:- http://sheldonbrown.com/flats.html