Timeline for Best practice for patching snakebite pinch flats on skinny tubes
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| Jun 8, 2012 at 18:24 | vote | accept | Benzo | ||
| Jun 1, 2012 at 6:40 | comment | added | BillyNair | I got into the habit of bouncing my tires on the door frame (threshold?) or a curb on my way out of the house. After an innumerable about of snakebites I just got into the habit. I know it can get annoying to have to check it all the time, but it is so much easier than getting a flat in the middle of nowhere. The sad thing is that there really is no easy "GOOD" fix for a snakebite, they are usually so hard to patch to where they will stay, that I have given up and will just replace the tube. I came here hoping to find a "GOOD" answer but I have tried all of these with no luck... | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 3:48 | comment | added | Reid | This doesn't quite answer your question, but have you considered fatter tires? 23-25mm seems more appropriate for racing than commuting to me. I run 32-35mm for around town on my touring bike, and it came with 28mm. I think I've had one snakebite, and that was obvious abuse. | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 3:46 | answer | added | Reid | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 2:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/208381162807230465 | ||
| May 31, 2012 at 14:54 | answer | added | Daniel R Hicks | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 31, 2012 at 13:14 | answer | added | Matt Adams | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 31, 2012 at 13:02 | history | asked | Benzo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |