On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 07:03 -0700, Patrick in VT wrote: > On Mar 23, 8:34 am, ewb <ebons...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Do you have any tips to help prevent pinch flats? > > Are you sure it was a pinch flat? I imagine it would take the mother > of all potholes to pinch flat a 50mm tire - even a somewhat > underinflated 50mm tire. Given the second flat, I'd be checking the > tire or rim for something that might be nicking the tube.
I thought of that, and also considered the OP might be misusing the term "pinch flat" (the way so many seem to do these days) to describe getting the tube caught under the tire bead during installation. > > If it was the mother of all potholes (which it's not, because that > particular pothole is in Vermont) that caused it, get a good light to > help spot those suckers when you're riding around at night. they can > cause more damage than flat tire, for sure. I was on a club ride once where the woman riding immediately to my left rode into a pothole like that and ended up doing a header right onto her face. It took a lot of reconstructive surgery to put her back together again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
