2013 Black Cats Award
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby g-boaf » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:07 pm
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby mikesbytes » Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:08 pm
Gosh I've gone for 2 months without a flatmikesbytes wrote:+1 = 19
Another flat on the way home from the gym Friday morning. Caused by an intrusion and it typical fashion couldn't find the offending object so I'm assuming it got ejected. Hasn't gone down since
And I patched about 20 tubes the other day....
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby Strawburger » Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:51 am
+1
Glass, in the rear commuter near home so I rode on the rim.
start total = 8
8350 kms (2140 kms since last flat)
1x hybrid (1/0 unbranded)
1x racer (0/1 conti gp4000s)
7x commuter (1/6 conti gp4000s)
0x fixie (0/0 conti gp4000s)
New total = 9 (AT) 928kms per flat
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby Mustang » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:11 pm
On my road bike I have fitted Schwalbe Durano Plus, without incident,they seem to be more resistant to cutting (touch wood)
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby HiChris » Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:01 am
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby wombatK » Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:13 pm
This was on my less-ridden cannondale. The tyre (GP4000s) has done 3200 km since it's last flat, and 6700 km since new (3 flats all up, for an average 2200 km per flat). Pretty happy with that - wire's going to beat most defenses, especially in the wet.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby Cruiserman » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:33 pm
1986 Spokesman Model 11 Racing - Campag Nuvo Record - Stronglight - Shimano 600
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby cancan64 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:09 pm
1/ Noticed the rear was a bit low at work, pump was at home so going to work mates to pump it up and pinched the tube 500mtr from his house...got to pump up the new tube.
2/ Down at Hastings Point (NSW) for holidays and went for an very early morning ride....tack in the front wheel in the middle of nowhere...no mobile coverage, no spares or tools started walking and fortunately it was only a 5km hobble to a servo... managed to borrow a phone but wife was not happy...I had no idea where I was and had to try and explain to wife how to get to me....carry spares on all bikes now.
3/ 3rd ride after upgrading to expensive tubeless tyres, thorn in the front and the goo didnt stop it
4/ 4th ride after upgrading to expensive tubeless tyres, somehow got a small cut on the sidewall...expensive tubeless tyres have tubes in them now
5/ Purchased Ebay special to keep at work, took it on the road with me and tube pinched on spoke...didnt have any tape in there...was in a town with no bike shop so just patched the tube and went for quick ride
6/ Pinched the tube again from above quick ride (tyre went down overnight so didn't effect ride)
7/ Purchased tape when I was home on the weekend but new tube blew as I was pumping it up....made a good noise
That's it for the next couple of years...
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:13 pm
+2 = 21mikesbytes wrote:Gosh I've gone for 2 months without a flatmikesbytes wrote:+1 = 19
Another flat on the way home from the gym Friday morning. Caused by an intrusion and it typical fashion couldn't find the offending object so I'm assuming it got ejected. Hasn't gone down since
And I patched about 20 tubes the other day....
Bad luck comes in 3's, I got a broken spin and a flat on the same ride so I was on high taxi alert for the return ride, but luckily #3 was a second flat
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby mikesbytes » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:08 pm
Go to ride and the front us flat again. I'm in a hurry and I know it requires proper investigation, so I swap the wheel and head off. Later when I'm home I give it a really good investigation and find nothing so I put patches on the inside of the tyre where minor cuts appear. Replace the tube, pump it up and leave it overnight. In the morning it's still rock solid, so I swap the wheel and ride off. Later when home I check it and it's rock solid.
When I got up this morning it's flat. Far out. So after a seriously close investigation I find nothing. So I decide to put a new rim tape on over the old one and a new tyre
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby __PG__ » Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:58 am
Slow puncture on my rear. Pumped up the rear tire yesterday morning before the ride and noticed I was on 60 psi. This is my 'Sunday only' bike so I figured I would be OK to actually to ride on (i.e it had dropped from 100 to 60 psi in a week). I thought the bike felt a bit squirrelly in the last few km's yesterday, and when I got home and hung the bike up I noticed the rear tire was a bit squishy. It was flat by the evening. A quick visual inspection shows a small glass shard that seems to have been further embedded into the tire.__PG__ wrote: So that's 4 for me.
I suppose the lesson here is to check your tires at the end of the ride for debris.
So that's +5 for me.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby g-boaf » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:52 pm
Between the two of us riding, I used up my spare and puncture two other tubes as well. 2 punctures happened at once, hit a bump that was much bigger than normal and bang - PSSSSH! (cue expletives).
I really did upset the puncture gods I think.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby warthog1 » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:07 am
Just passed 16 k for the year. 2, maybe 3 punctures can't remember.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby jasonc » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:11 pm
that's 10 fro the year I believe
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby Dragster1 » Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:37 pm
+1 Just done over 2000kms not one all yearwarthog1 wrote:I don't know what the hell you blokes are riding over
Just passed 16 k for the year. 2, maybe 3 punctures can't remember.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby warthog1 » Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:53 am
Pretty impressed with those lithion 2 tyres overall though. They were dirt cheap and have lasted pretty well.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby Strawburger » Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:42 am
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:32 am
So that makes it's 24 for 2013
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby jasonc » Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:40 am
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby g-boaf » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:44 pm
Thanks to the guy in the ute who offered me a lift home if I needed it - that was very kind. I pressed on and had a great ride.
So with that, I suggest we open the 2014 Black Cats Award thread.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby queequeg » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:00 pm
Front tyre sidewall was sliced clean through, tube exploded. Dodgy patch with $5 note to get me home, tyre has been binned.
Marathon Supreme test over. Back to the Marathon Plus as soon as I do a c r c order!
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby jasonc » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:12 pm
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
Postby queequeg » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:20 pm
If the green guard is like the Supreme, I wouldn't bother. The sidewall on the Supremes is very flimsy. I was able to install the tyre from new with zero effort.jasonc wrote:^ am tempted to try the marathon greenguard
Today's ride exposes the sidewall for what it is - rubbish. I must have flicked a piece of glass just as I leant into the turn across the on-ramp. There was a massive bang and that was it. I was looking for the nail in the top and found nothing, then
saw the gaping hole in the sidewall.
I have put the remaining supreme on the front and hopefully it holds until I can get the SMPs delivered, along with more tubes.
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Re: 2013 Black Cats Award
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