http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Puncture - Recent Topics en Sun, 31 May 2026 03:15:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4432#post-46760 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:35:18 +0000 cb 46760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>- Last Monday 3 mins from the house, got a puncture on my 'station' bike.</p> <p> - Late wednesday night realising I needed bike for the next day, executed a hasty repair.</p> <p> - Thursday morning, tyre was flat. Grr. Grab track pump, inflate, ride to station.</p> <p> - Thursday evening, get off train and inflate tyre. Seems to go down a bit quicker on the way home; very soft by the time I get home.</p> <p> - Take the tyre off again (Schwalbe City Jet - absolute b***** to get off) find, locate and fix another hole. Think, 'that must be it', reassemble wheel (checking tyre and rim /again/ for sharp bits).</p> <p> - Next morning tyre is flat again. Wish I'd just stuck a new tube in, but having now invested /three/ patches I /will/ fix it.</p> <p> - Using basin of water find two more holes in random other locations.</p> <p> - Fix the latest holes, pump up tube and leave it for a bit.</p> <p> - Later on, the tube is still inflated. Great - prepare to do battle with the stupid Schwalbe again, but hang on...</p> <p> - ...tube now has a rattle - didn't notice that before! There's something inside.</p> <p> - With a heavy heart, take Stanley knife and make small cut in tube.<br /> Extract the following (no not the coin).</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/6348101863/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6348101863_da0302bae7.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/6348101863/">Puncture culprit</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39014236@N05/">ccbb7766</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>How did it even get in there leaving no visible trace in the tyre?</p> <p>Anyway it's fixed now and still inflated (and I put the Specialized Crossroads on the bike and condemed the City Jet to the cupboard). </p>