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saracen fan
Joined: 08 Sep 2009
Posts: 130
Location: thetford, norfolk
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 Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:24 pm |
I got Continental mountain king 2.2's, running at 50PSI, I weigh 16st.
Ride mostly road 3miles a day to and from work, with a couple of dirt/gravel tracks.
Got 4 punctures in as many months. I like the tyres because there light and seem quite fast, but there seems to be no punchture resistance and im fast getting fed up with wipping the tubes out for repairs......am I unlucky or is there a tyre that will offer more 'punchture resistance'?
its those chuffing thorns.....
Ride it like you stole it
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robertpb
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
Posts: 427
Location: Cranham Essex
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:42 pm |
If you were getting 4 per day then there would be room to complain.
But 4 in 4 months most of us would think that the puncture fairy was looking after us.
I've had as many as 6 in one day.
Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card" |
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missmarple
Joined: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 900
Location: London, UK
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:47 pm |
Make sure you've got your rim tape fully covering the rim, same thing happened to me and it was due to my ignorance with the rim tape. Failing that, do you use the same brand tubes? Does it happen in the same area?
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sailor74
Joined: 24 May 2009
Posts: 21
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:48 pm |
mountain kings are more puncture prone than other tires i have used
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Raymondavalon
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 609
Location: Between the chair and monitor
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:49 pm |
I weigh the same and have had my fair share of flats, including my commuter which uses Schwalbe Big Apple tyres lined with Panaracer Kevlar anti puncture gators
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S_J_P
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 733
Location: Kent, England
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joshtp/mbukman
Joined: 15 May 2008
Posts: 871
Location: the place you drive 4 hours to, WALES! Swansea
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:47 am |
4 punctures in 4 MONTHS! thats nothing! id be chufed if i got that few!
"oh dear, i seem to have hit a tree."
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.blitz
Joined: 02 Sep 2008
Posts: 1982
Location: Dick Slee's Cave
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:14 am |
| saracen fan wrote: | | its those chuffing thorns..... |
No tyre is thorn proof. You could put some sealant in or go tubeless but it will deflate eventually.
While I understand how annoying it is, four flats in four months is pretty good for a mostly tarmac commute. Earlier this year I got a weapons grade ring-pull thing stuck in the rear tyre of my R1. The tyre had done about 700mi and cost £100+ arrrrrrrrrrrggggghhh...
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Surf-Matt
Joined: 22 Apr 2008
Posts: 4199
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:26 am |
That's bad!
I have (not on the bike) the same size Conti MKs but Protections - I still used to get too many flats and ran the sameish pressures (and I'm only 11.5 stone!)
Now running 1.8" Spesh Sauserwinds (with no puncture proofing gubbins) and get hardly any.
Also had one Conti go completely porous in the sidewall - very weird!
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Jenks66
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 23
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 pm |
Used to have some IRC tyres which were rubish for punctures, think the ruber was about the same thickness as on a condom!
Got so bad that in one ride the slime tube I was running used up all it's slime trying to fix the holes.
So yes tyres can make a diferance as can where you ride.
Now run tubless with sealant just pump the pressures up now and then.
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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
Posts: 208
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:05 pm |
And it 's pain in the baws when the council cut hedgerow s and the fkin thorns are lying over the road
And not a mini road sweeper in sight ...
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Mccraque
Joined: 10 Jul 2009
Posts: 110
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:10 pm |
I used to average 1 or 2 a ride...got to the point where it was beyond a joke. Traded up to a Zesty and have been running Tubeless since July. And some bonty juice in the tyres.
Not had a single flat since.
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NitrousOxide
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
Posts: 636
Location: Southampton
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:49 pm |
No instant deflations in over 18 months... Marathon Plus 700x25 and 26"x1.75"
They easily cope with mild offroad tracks too...
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JamesBrckmn
Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Surrey
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:04 pm |
i've had no punctures at all in about 3 years!
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robertpb
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
Posts: 427
Location: Cranham Essex
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Schmako
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 1742
Location: Midlothian, Scotland
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slimboyjim
Joined: 03 Oct 2008
Posts: 80
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:30 pm |
I picked up a Maxxis freeride tube for my rear which is running Conti Race Kings. I've gone from regular punctures (1 a fortnight) to none since I fitted it (approx 2 months). I've not been to Wales on them yet but they doo seem MUCH better. Cheaper than buying a number of standard tubes too.
I also found a slightly higher tyre pressure helped - my punctures were of the pinch variety rather than thorns. Search the forums for details of which is which and how to tell the difference... (Basically, if you get the punctures going up kerbs/across trail features it's likely to be pinch - where the inner tube is 'pinched' between the tyre and the rim)
Alternatively, if you buy Continental tubes (and Schwalbe I believe) they have a presta core that unscrews from the cylinder - you could always buy some tubeless sealant and pour it in for self sealing tubes.
Lastly, you could go full tubeless although it is a little more expensive...
Best of luck!
James
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bike-a-swan
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Posts: 38
Location: North and South Downs and back in Leicester/Derby/Nottinghamshire
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Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:50 pm |
i managed to get a group of 10 many miles round normandy for two weeks with only one puncture between us on the last day (obviously!). i had managed to destroy a nobby nic on it's first outing just before, and shortly afterwards finished off a razer, so i think i'm even with the fairies.
i'd also like to nominate the most punctures in any single moment as being the five my mate got coming down the broken road on mam tor- a double pinch and normal puncture, for a total of 5 holes
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accrington guy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 114
Location: land that time forgot
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Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:38 pm |
I got 23 puntures in both wheels in one go last summer - came along a road and into what the farmer had left lying after cutting his hedges - my tyres looked like an early version of a wheel such was the amount of twigs/thorns stuck to them..and it was the day where I had only 1 spare tube and mobile left at work....  man was that walk home a pain in the ars*!
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pte1643
Joined: 25 Jul 2009
Posts: 243
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Posted Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:56 pm |
Not had a single "Off-Road" puncture, in approx 18mths of proper off road riding.
Was out with my Daughter a couple of weeks back, cycled down the seafront, and copped a puncture from the Tarmac cycle path! 
Only thing was, I never bother taking spares/tools while out with my daughter, as we only cycle along the coast wall. Had to walk back 3 miles.
Bloody Typical. 
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