Fixed bike

[jack]

On Saturday, I finally fixed my bike again. Let's see if it can go more than a week without getting another puncture.

It's really nice to be able to go to the pub and have a drink, though, and also to get some fresh air before cloistering myself in an office all day.

Comments

[damerell]

Frequent punctures suggest a defect inside the rim. If you don't have cloth rim tape, I recommend replacing the rim tape you have got with cloth.

[lnr.livejournal.com]

Or worn out tires and not enough air in them?

[gareth_rees]

I agree with David: frequent punctures usually indicate some kind of unfixed problem. A defect inside the rim is one possible cause, but there are others. Back in December I punctured three times in succession one morning. After the third puncture I searched really really carefully for the cause and found that there was a tiny sliver of glass completely embedded in the tyre, so that it was invisible both from the outside and from the inside.

[damerell]

Not to be Captain Obvious to poor old jack, but... when I remove a tube, I am careful not to rotate the tyre on the rim; then when I find the hole I know both whether it is outwards towards the tyre or inwards towards the rim, and which bit of the tyre to be fondling if need be.

[naath]

Fixed bikes ftw.

[damerell]

Until you want to stop pedalling, ha ha.