http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Tyre puncture resistance - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:44:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-47224 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:54:50 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 47224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Panic over. Diagram found, hub cable thingy reassembled and reattached, bike back in one piece and seems to be working :-)</p> <p>On the down side I now need a new knobbly for the MTB as I tried to check for thorns, etc, in it by turning it inside out, and now it won't flip back the way... Suspect that was a schoolboy error... Ah well, we live and learn. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-47221 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:49:14 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 47221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik: the punctures were in two different tyres/tubes on two different bikes. Neither had previously been punctured/repaired. Pressures were close to the top of the range.</p> <p>Have now put on the marathon and a new tube, but somehow the various plates on the shimano hub that the gear cable runs through and clamps to have fallen apart so I need to find a diagram that will show me (a) if anything has broken and (b) how to put it back together again.</p> <p> I'm not having a good day... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-47218 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:08:16 +0000 kaputnik 47218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's hard to tell IMK, potential things could be;</p> <p>A small piece of glass (or whatever caused original puncture) was left in the tyre and worked its way back into the tube. Running your hand around the inside of tube in region of puncture can help to locate. (this caught me out this week. I managed a 50 mile night ride on Wednesday with no issues but it was flat the next morning in the same place as the Tuesday puncture)</p> <p>Tyre's are at the lower end of the pressure recommendation?</p> <p>A knobbly doesn't offer any more or less protection from puncture than a slick really.</p> <p>Were the tubes replaced or patched? I've managed to patch tubes before without realising there were microscopic holes elsewhere in the tube that let the tyre deflate when given a good knock around.</p> <p>Of course it's more than likely that you're doing nothing wrong and it's just bad luck. Carry spare tubes and a pump and just bash on!</p> <p>Either that or like CB found, you've got an intruder <em>inside</em> the inner tube! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-47216 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:34:49 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 47216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So I headed off on the spare bike this morning to TBC to get a new Schwalbe marathon plus. A mile or so along the Silverknowes - Craigleith path ...I got another puncture! So that's two in successive weekends; two bikes are now sitting in the garage and will occupy me this afternoon. Question is: what, if anything, am I doing wrong? Both punctured tyres were freshly pumped up before heading off on their respective journeys, and the spare bike is an MTB with knobblies on that are far from worn. Am I just unlucky...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46403 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:13:59 +0000 crowriver 46403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Concur with Marathon Plus: solid as a solid thing. Not noticeably slow either.</p> <p>Only two of my bikes are without Schwalbe Marathons or Marathon Pluses: the Raleigh Twenty (weird rim size) and the Mike Kowal SS (tiny clearances). You just can't beat SMP for endurance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46402 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:31:42 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 46402@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@alibali: noted, luckily no grass on the commute, although wet leaves are pretty ubiquitous just now... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46394 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:31:39 +0000 alibali 46394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good luck with the MPs, they've been good for me. Just don't stray onto wet grass with them...other surfaces seem to be as you'd expect for a tyre like that IMHO </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46393 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:44:59 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 46393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The armadillos look a litle slick (if the pictures on the interweb are anything to go by) and I don't fancy tyres that spontaneously explode, so looks like the marathon plus is the way to go, methinks... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46392 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:31:01 +0000 kaputnik 46392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Continental GP4000 - good for 4000 miles then (quite literally) explode! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46391 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:31:20 +0000 wingpig 46391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Specialized Armadillo. They wear out after about 3k miles but admit no puncturings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46390 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:15:36 +0000 kaputnik 46390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let me be the first to advise Schwalbe Marathon Plus. Merits debated <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/search.php?search=marathon+plus">on other threads</a> but I think it's generally agreed that they do what they are meant to.</p> <p>I've had a Schwalbe Delta Cruiser in the past and didn't rate its puncture resistant qualities. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4402#post-46389 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:44:41 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 46389@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...we both had punctures today. My schwalbe road cruiser finally succumbed to the nedwit glass disposal facility that is the Craigleith-Silverknowes path. So I need a replacement. Something similar, ie. a sensible, non-slick, commuter tyre capable of dealing with a mix of tarmac and rough-ish stone chip paths en route to my work, but with maybe better puncture resistance? Does such a tyre exist? Advice, please... </p>