Fixing Punctures / Puncture Repair / Exploding Tubes

I figured I'd get the obvious HTFU response, but i needed to use the lever for that last bit and it broke my heart to re-puncture my tube. But for peace of mind i thought I'd ask if I'm the only one to heve ever done this.

Puncture repair fail.

Many millions of people have tried to ride and repair bike in many millions of different ways. Unless your name is Senft, you are unlikely to ever be the first.

Get tubs.

Go tub yourself!

Get tubs.

Rather you than me...

With pleasure...

they're alright, I suppose. sniff

I use a bead jack for the trickier ones, yet to pinch a tube.

A liitle, um, 'gaudy' VB...
;-)

I know that punctures are standard fare but had the strangest situation last night

Was riding along nr Bank and noticed that my rear wheel was 'phumping' every few revolutions it slowly got worse and by the time I got to Old St (maybe 500 meters) it was pretty bad. Got off the bike, and inspected wheel and tyre was deflating. By the time I got home the tyre was empty

Now I know about slow leaks, snake bites & blowouts and had my fair share of these. But this was different. Any idea of what my have caused the puncture/leak

Things to note:
1 – had a few beers but not enough to have ridden 500m on a full flat
2 – only replace the tube the previous day
3 – ‘phumping’ = not sure how best to describe it, basically like riding over a bump in the road whilst on a smooth surface

Bulging defective tube, or you may have got the tube a bit stuck on the edge causing a pinch flat.

Any idea of what my have caused the puncture/leak

Something sharp or maybe a ghost.

tube not sitting correctly in rim - tyre beading pinching tube.

Brake pad not intermittently touching the actual tyre sidewall?

cheers guys - that's what happens when you get your housemate to help change a puncture, think the tyre-beading-pinching-tube advice from DFP & tomasito sounds bang on

now lets kill this thread as puncture chat should be left to the search vaults

i agree with tynan, def a supernatural entity of some sort.

valve not seated right when tube was last fitted causes the tyre casing to lift a bit around this area symptons are a "phumping" sound usually followed by a blow out as it pinches the tube....you were lucky! always push the valve in & out before pumping up as this beds it in the beading properly

terrorists

or yeh..twisted/pinched tube.... but im sticking with my first answer

Yep, it's definitely aids.

maybe you were so drunk you picked up a stray raleigh lizard without noticing??

Slay, have you seen anyone with regards to your obsession with Raleigh Lizards? :-P

Have done a search but couldn't find anything, so hope this has not been covered too much before!

Being new to road bikes (charge plug) I just wanted to know if it is ok to bunny hop (onto kerbs, over potholes etc.) without killing the tyres/wheels

I ask because I did it yesterday without thinking over one of those annoying car counter rubber things in the road next to some road works and had a puncture within about 3 minutes, I guess it may not have been related, but it seemed like a coincidence.

My tyres are 700X28 not not that thin or fragile looking, and they were around 75-80psi (is this correct? they say max 85 on them, but I gather that the max ratings are just for legal arse covering reasons)? Might be worth mentioning that I am not lightweight either at circa 15 stone.

What say you all?

Simon

If it was a pinch puncture it would look like a snake bite.

what sort of hole was in your innertube?
was it a snakebite?

err yeah, like Tommy said

I am around 16 stone 9, I bunnyhop, wallride, and drop stairs/ledges etc on my bike, which also has 700x28 tyres, mine are however rated to 120psi, which I regularly check to ensure they stay at that pressure, i've never had a pinch flat, only punctures from shit you pick up on the road.
Personally I would get some better tyres that can take higher pressures, I doubt you've managed to pinch flat from hopping a tiny bit of hard rubber piping. Problem is with some tyres if you pump them up too far beyond their rated pressures the tyre will unseat from the rim, so if you want higher pressures, get tyres designed rated to higher pressures.

what tyres do you have James?