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Am I going to go through all of this and get a puncture straight away?
No tyre of any kind can resist plain bad luck.
However, FWIW the knowledgeable (and I'm including Ken Ryall, who imported those 'Nations' tubs) used to say that new tubs should be given time (at least a week) to settle on their rims after fitting and before using. Ken said he had had no end of riders who complained to him that they'd punctured on newly fitted tubs. Barry Hoban used to have a garage almost full of wheels with tubs 'settling'.
I think we must be starting to see that this is a big subject, and that having one pair of sprint wheels is just the very beginning.
Next topic: maturing tubs - is it necessary?
clubman
How's the puncture resistance on the Vittoria 's? Am I going to go through all of this and get a puncture straight away?