In additon to all of the above, I like to put a little bit of air in the new tube prior to putting it in so that it doesn't get twisted. Just enough to hold its shape. Don't screw on the locking nut too much if you use them, it'll stress the valve stem. Take your time and sit down and be methodical. I don't like getting flats so I have Schwalbe Marathon Supremes. I don't have many flats on my bike but have had plenty on my family's bikes to repair. BTW I patch all my tubes - some more than once. And ride with them. On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:11:36 AM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey all! > I just threw on Schwalbe Marathon Winter tires (700x40) on the Atlantis. > Sad to see the Shikoros all deflated and and sitting in the corner, but it > was either they take a timeout or I don't ride to work. Easy choice. > > So I've been riding as an adult over a year now and started with an > affordable Linus with 28mm tires and promptly got a flat my third or fourth > time out on it. I took the wheel over, unseated the bead, got the tube out, > patched it, put it back in, reseated the bead, yadda yadda yadda, BOOM. No > issue. Had another flat this last summer and had to repair it while on the > way home from picking up a crowler of beer...very stressful, almost lost my > wrench, but got it done, not a problem! > > Later this last summer as piece-by-piece Riv'd up my Linus, I wen to 35mm > tires. Took off the old ones, did all the steps, and as I was pumping up > the front tire, the tube blew out (some tube was under the bead...DOH!). So > I laughed it off, changed the tube, did the rear wheel, and went out for a > ride. All was going well, then on a fast descent, when I started breaking I > heard an awful thud-thud-thud-thud that was getting louder and BANG! I > screwed up the back wheel, too! So re-did both tires, used soapy water, > thought about using talc, but I couldn't find any locally and Sheldon Brown > says it does nothing...I never had another problem. > > So I guess I'm wondering this (if you've managed to read this far)...at > what point can you be absolutely sure that tube is not pinched between bead > and rim? Can you ever be sure? is my bike a ticking time bomb? :) > > Just wanted to share my neurotic thoughts as I rode to work, traversing > ice for the first time ever! > > Ben "IT'S GONNA BLOW" in Omaha > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dcae177c-770e-4eb9-a264-3db2ff57f200n%40googlegroups.com.
