I keep getting flats!!!!

[zerogravity]

So i rode today at the Fullerton Loop(5th ride) and was going on the fastest pace i have ever rode there, not getting off the bike to climb all the hills. :clap: Finally, i get a flat on one of the single tracks on a turn and my tire folds under and i eat it scraping my knee. This is teh 4th time getting a flat. This is the first time i actually crashed because of a flat..surprisingly im kinda sore too! :-s The flats are due to thorns. Am i just having bad luck with thorns or am i doing something wrong? My '91 Avalanche has a solid fork and am running the Kenda Smallblock 8's. I would suspect that it's the rigid fork, but i have also gotten a flat on the back tire as well. Any thoughts?

 

[Dino Brown]

Pretty sure most of us have flatted at the Loop...

Option 1: Self-healing (SLIME) tubes!

Option 2: If Slime tubes aren't your thing, you could always try tire liners!

 

[Racer X]

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[zerogravity]

Thanx Dino..Ill try both. Im still learning! See ya Tomorrow night! I will be bringing a couple of friends with me! 6pm right?

I'm on a rigid old GT as well. I use Mr Tuffys and haven't had a flat yet. I'm using Panaracer Fire Pro XC tires though. Try liners and add thorn proof tubes as well if you want. Our old bikes are already heavy.

THanx RacerX...i agree they are on the heavier side...still having a blast though! Ill goto the LBS and ask for the tubes and liners. I really don't mind the weight though..i don't really know any better. IT's the only bike i have ever rode/owned for the trails.

 

[rojomas]

I gotta say that out of the 15+ that years I've been riding, I've only gotten a flat from thorns maybe five times. Usually it was because I rode of the trail. A well used trail usually wont have any thorns on it.

On the other hand it is the Fullerton Loop and you gotta expect the unexpected.

 

[Dino Brown]

Ill goto the LBS and ask for the tubes and liners. I really don't mind the weight though..i don't really know any better. IT's the only bike i have ever rode/owned for the trails.

The Thursday night ride STARTS at 6:30pm! :wave:
(most will arrive around 6:15pm)

*A two-pack of tire liners should prevent most flats (total cost: $15-$22)
*Two slime tubes should prevent most flats (total cost: $20)
*If you REALLY want to protect yourself, I suppose you can purchase both (total cost: $40) 8-[

 

[lucky13biker]

Or top what Dino said and go tubeless! Did this and never am going back


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[mfoga]

Kenda SB8s are pretty thin tires so thorns are going to puncture the tire pretty easy making it easier to puncture the tube.

 

[zerogravity]

Kenda SB8s are pretty thin tires so thorns are going to puncture the tire pretty easy making it easier to puncture the tube.

Wow..didnt know that. Ill try the tube thing first then ill consider another tire. I am really happy with these though...

 

[El Presidente]

Tubes suck! Go tubeless! I have not had a flat in 2 1/2 years!

 

[Mongo]

I use caffe latex in my tubes and haven't flatted since.

 

[Bryguy17]

you can always find tubes that have a removable valve core, and fill them with some stans. lighter than slime tubes, but will still seal most every puncture hole (I've been running tubeless with stans and havnt gotten a thorn related flat in years). i use the syringe from an old avid bleed kit to inject it into my tubeless tires, but it would work the same for tubes

 

[zman]

Go Tubeless and never look back

 

[El Rolo]

Check your rim tape. An exposed spoke can cause repeated flats and frustration.

 

[zman]

When you get a flat get the tube and air it up , find the hole and determine if the puncture is a pinch flat ,spoke or something in the tire
then fix it

 

[jcw]

The flats are due to thorns.

Thorns, what thorns?

 

[XTC29er]

You tend to see alot more thorns this time of the year. I believe that is the case until the rains begin.

 

[Mbarley]

I am loving my Stans tubeless after a few months now..

Haven't had a flat since, and the lower PSI is kind of nice too...

 

[thebeast64]

I put Stan's in my tubes just over two months ago and I haven't gotten a flat since. But before then I was flatting on pretty much every other ride..... It was starting to get pricy so I broke down and bought the big bottle of Stan's and Ive never looked back.

 

[jankie matt]

Slime works good I ride through thorns EVERY day my tubes must have hundreds of hole by now but they are still up.
Sunlite brand presta valve tubes can un-screw so you can fill them if not I just prepare a spot to patch cut a tiny hole
fill with slime and then patch.

$27.00 for a gallon of slime at walmart it will last all year if not longer.