Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
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Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby Goovna » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:21 pm
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby CommuRider » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:40 pm
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby sogood » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:04 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby lethoso » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:20 pm
yeah, now that I think about it I was going hard in at least 3/5 punctures I can remember copping last year. I think it's because when I throw the bike around the sidewall is more exposed.sogood wrote:Powering over a glass field has been successful in generating quick flats in my experience.
I can't see that having one heavy pannier would make any difference at all compared to two light ones, a few kg of weight off centre isn't going to be much of a difference when you take bike & rider weight into account.
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Postby sogood » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:59 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby il padrone » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:02 pm
I've been carrying lots of stuff in heavy panniers (25-30kg touring loads) and had no punctures for the past 15000kms
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby sogood » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:15 pm
Pete, make sure you carry a spare tube in good condition tomorrow.il padrone wrote:I've been carrying lots of stuff in heavy panniers (25-30kg touring loads) and had no punctures for the past 15000kms
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby il padrone » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:41 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Postby Goovna » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:46 pm
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby lethoso » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:06 pm
check your spare hasn't perishedil padrone wrote:Alwas do..... just never used it for about 3-4 years.
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Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby LHT » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:49 pm
With quality hoops though, probably not.
It's one of those things.
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Postby tnt » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:55 am
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby ghettro » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:48 pm
To me, the logical thing to do is to run sensible tyres. You can't expect to run silk tubulars and not puncture because of pure skill in dodging glass. I have randonneurs on my roadster as well and have not have one puncture in the whole year and a half I've been riding on them.
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Re: Can heavy panniers increase your chance of punctures?
Postby trailgumby » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:50 pm
I've found I've suffered an increase in pinch flats. Usually from the lip on the wheelchair accessway where the road transitions to the footpath, and hitting it too fast. Often from panel joins in footpaths as well (yes I know I'm not supposed to ride them, but I'll cop the fine from a polite cop over being deliberately hit again when traffic gets in "that mood").
Keeping my rear tyre over 95psi has helped stop that happening (80kg male).
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