Flies and Bikes Blog

As I seem to have acquired a bit of a reputation as a repeat offender in the puncture stakes (at least with my racing wheels), I have decided to log these events for the 2008 season. This year I decided to switch back to clinchers (on H3 wheels) as the expense of replacing all those tubulars was becoming prohibitive.

Date	front or rear	Tyre	Tube	Notes
8/3/08	rear	Continental Supersonic	Michelin latex	This tyre had been ridden in two 10s, and two 25s, puncture was in Cranfield en route to the NBTC club '10'
30/3/08	front	Continental Supersonic	Michelin latex	This tyre had been ridden in four 10s, and two 25s, puncture was in Cranfield en route to the Icknield RC 30K
30/3/08	front	Continental Supersonic	Conti Supersonic butyl	This was the same tyre as above - it punctured near Stewkley on the ride back home
16/4/08	rear	Veloflex Record	Conti Supersonic butyl	Was riding to work (going to the club '10' straight from work this evening). Both tyres were changed to Records after the previous puncture - they had done two events before this puncture!
30/4/08	rear	Veloflex Record	butyl	Riding fom work to the club event at Stony.  No tyre levers - I had to use 50p coins!
21/5/08	front & rear	Veloflex Record	butyl	A pair of "garage punctures" - presumably each tyre picked up a flint and had a slow leak overnight!  Very slow in the case of the rear tyre.
26/5/08	front	Veloflex Record	Michelin latex	This happened after the '50' on Sunday - a gash several mm long through which the tube must have bulged.  I have no idea howI made it back to the race HQ on that tyre!  My third "garage puncture" in a week!
28/5/08	rear	Veloflex Record	butyl	The rear tyre went down after I returned to the club room after the NBRC champs '10'.  This tyre had only been used in one 50 and one 10!
6/9/08	rear	Veloflex Record	butyl	Slow puncture picked up on the way home from a club event at Astwood