RustyKipper
100 W
Hey all,
I'm having a bit of a time trying to keep the wind from escaping from my tires. I'm running Swarble marathon mondials with ultra thick alpine thorn resistant tubes (about 3mm thick), I have a 28 mile per day commute to an industrial city and back in the North of England, the roads are littered with broken glass and Sharp bits of metal, this is just some of the bits that have caused punctures in the last 2 weeks!
The tire lever is just for scale.
I have destroyed 2 brand new swarble puncture resistant tires when 4 inch nails have gone in through the tread and out of the side wall catching on the frame scratching the paint and tearing the tires!
Even cars have a job not getting punctures so a bike has no chance. In the summer its not a huge issue but in the depths of winter changing a glass and dog poo encrusted tire by feel down a completely dark country lane in the pouring rain with cars flying past is something less than fun and will ultimately get me killed so I'm trying to find if anyone has experience of solid tires, once the mornings and evenings start getting lighter I can swop back to wind filled tires, I just need a solid on the back, I often run a studded ice tire on the front in winter.
Annoyingly the punctures are ALWAYS in the rear tire which makes getting the wheel off and back on REALLY difficult even in ideal conditions as I have to line up the brake pad slot and torque bracket.
I'm having a bit of a time trying to keep the wind from escaping from my tires. I'm running Swarble marathon mondials with ultra thick alpine thorn resistant tubes (about 3mm thick), I have a 28 mile per day commute to an industrial city and back in the North of England, the roads are littered with broken glass and Sharp bits of metal, this is just some of the bits that have caused punctures in the last 2 weeks!
The tire lever is just for scale.
I have destroyed 2 brand new swarble puncture resistant tires when 4 inch nails have gone in through the tread and out of the side wall catching on the frame scratching the paint and tearing the tires!
Even cars have a job not getting punctures so a bike has no chance. In the summer its not a huge issue but in the depths of winter changing a glass and dog poo encrusted tire by feel down a completely dark country lane in the pouring rain with cars flying past is something less than fun and will ultimately get me killed so I'm trying to find if anyone has experience of solid tires, once the mornings and evenings start getting lighter I can swop back to wind filled tires, I just need a solid on the back, I often run a studded ice tire on the front in winter.
Annoyingly the punctures are ALWAYS in the rear tire which makes getting the wheel off and back on REALLY difficult even in ideal conditions as I have to line up the brake pad slot and torque bracket.