Fyxation Makes your Bike Look Better
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:33 pm
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Kingfisher wrote:I have Fyxation green tyres on cheap white deep v wheels at the moment. I think I have had to change the tubes maybe 6-8 times, I assume due to the tyre not seating properly, and as a result I get tubes bursting. Tubes have all been replaced at the LBS and I have never inflated over the PSI specs which is 110 max. The only way these seem to work on deep v's if you inflate at 80psi, anything more and you get the nasty sound of the tube popping. Has anyone else experienced or heard of this? I googled it and found 1 post in a blog with the same issue. Trying to work out whether I upgrade to better rims and keep the Fyxation tyres, or just get different tyres.
HLC wrote:Kingfisher wrote:I have Fyxation green tyres on cheap white deep v wheels at the moment. I think I have had to change the tubes maybe 6-8 times, I assume due to the tyre not seating properly, and as a result I get tubes bursting. Tubes have all been replaced at the LBS and I have never inflated over the PSI specs which is 110 max. The only way these seem to work on deep v's if you inflate at 80psi, anything more and you get the nasty sound of the tube popping. Has anyone else experienced or heard of this? I googled it and found 1 post in a blog with the same issue. Trying to work out whether I upgrade to better rims and keep the Fyxation tyres, or just get different tyres.
Sounds like you or your LBS need a lesson in how to seat tyres. Or you have crap wheels/rim tape.
I have occasionally run fyxation tyres before (on a large variety of different wheels including, Velocity B43's, Shimano WHR540's, Velocity Deep V's, H+Son TB14's, Miche Pistard's, Mavic Ellipse's and a Campagnolo Shamal) and never had a problem with pinch flats or tubes over-inflating/bursting or anything like that. The only time I ever punctured one was when I skidded through the tyre ripping a hole in the tube.
OR, you were putting a 23c tube in a 28c Fyxation tyre (which is more like a 32c) which means the tube is stretching more than designed, the walls are thinner and more prone to punctures.