Tubless & snakebites

[Bos]

Ironic post' date=' Im riding xmarks with tubes but this is what happened -

 

Been riding with hardtail bike for ~800km with no puncture until last week, where I bashed over some sharp rocks getting a cut in the side wall.  I figured it was bound to happen, so didnt stress much.

 

Got my new full sus bike on Friday and went riding, saturday went well, sunday went well, then on Monday did 40km with some rocky areas on the way back.  Bam, down goes back tire. Looked like a pinch mark.  In with the spare and rode on. 5kms later, bam, down goes back again.  Same mark.  WTF?

 

Something different with these rims?  My new 'enthusiastic' riding style?

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Cant be.. I promise unless I happened to get the best one from the best batch with "angels inside" haha.  I treated that tire like a piece of sh*t, often gunning down the trail and accidentally riding over a headsised rock lying on its side, sharp edges exposed and hitting it so hard that my rim even "clangs".. I hope you just had bad luck never to be repeated.

 

 

Firstly, were you riding the LUST version? Cause though I have had good luck with my last "non tubless" one I have also Had a sidewall cut on a cheapie one long ago.

 

No two, If It is a UST.. TAKE OUT THE TUBES!!

 

Thanks For making me feel better. Hopefully we are just having a bad spell.

 

Using Crossmark 2.1 Kevlar.  Far as I know not UST.  Dude gave me a tip with my previous bike, coat tubes in baby powder or something similar, reducing the chance of pinches dramatically, I did so with the set on my old bike, but not with these...hmmm...

 

Ok. Ya I rode the same tire on the front when making all the above claims. might just have been lucky but I never had pinches. I did do a sidewall once though, wayback. Ive not heard of babypowder yet.. mabe I should use these on the trail, might be a bit more Gentle on my bike

 

As fot things to keep with you.. I had 2 bombs yesterday and a tube, but needed to borrow a pump because the 2 bombs wernt enough for 2 x  2.2 tires. and do get plugs.. makes sense. Brighter lights have a Homejob above. should be cheap. Im so bleak I had to chuck all the stans fluid.. bloody must be R100 bucks worth..

[IdeJongh]

Ironic post' date=' Im riding xmarks with tubes but this is what happened -

 

Been riding with hardtail bike for ~800km with no puncture until last week, where I bashed over some sharp rocks getting a cut in the side wall.  I figured it was bound to happen, so didnt stress much.

 

Got my new full sus bike on Friday and went riding, saturday went well, sunday went well, then on Monday did 40km with some rocky areas on the way back.  Bam, down goes back tire. Looked like a pinch mark.  In with the spare and rode on. 5kms later, bam, down goes back again.  Same mark.  WTF?

 

Something different with these rims?  My new 'enthusiastic' riding style?

[/quote']

 

Cant be.. I promise unless I happened to get the best one from the best batch with "angels inside" haha.  I treated that tire like a piece of sh*t, often gunning down the trail and accidentally riding over a headsised rock lying on its side, sharp edges exposed and hitting it so hard that my rim even "clangs".. I hope you just had bad luck never to be repeated.

 

 

Firstly, were you riding the LUST version? Cause though I have had good luck with my last "non tubless" one I have also Had a sidewall cut on a cheapie one long ago.

 

No two, If It is a UST.. TAKE OUT THE TUBES!!

 

Thanks For making me feel better. Hopefully we are just having a bad spell.

 

Using Crossmark 2.1 Kevlar.  Far as I know not UST.  Dude gave me a tip with my previous bike, coat tubes in baby powder or something similar, reducing the chance of pinches dramatically, I did so with the set on my old bike, but not with these...hmmm...

 

Ok. Ya I rode the same tire on the front when making all the above claims. might just have been lucky but I never had pinches. I did do a sidewall once though, wayback. Ive not heard of babypowder yet.. mabe I should use these on the trail, might be a bit more Gentle on my bike

 

As fot things to keep with you.. I had 2 bombs yesterday and a tube, but needed to borrow a pump because the 2 bombs wernt enough for 2 x  2.2 tires. and do get plugs.. makes sense. Brighter lights have a Homejob above. should be cheap. Im so bleak I had to chuck all the stans fluid.. bloody must be R100 bucks worth..

 

Oi BOS, just a bit of feedback, as the dude suggested I powdered the tubes (sounds kinda porn-ish) and rode 250km since last week with not as much as a rim fart.  So seems to have solved the problem, that or my luck has returned.

[Bos]

I havent touched my bike since last weekend. So Im going to have to get on it this week sometime. Might just put tubes in for a little while till I have the time to do the conversion again.

 

Glad the powder did its magic so far.

 

Happy trails bro.

[splat]

Got another pinch flat on Friday! AND dinged the rim properly.

 

I think my pressure was a bit low and I was riding like a tonsil.

 

Then, my rear hub seized up yesterday. What a fun weekend!

[Bos]

Thats madness!! We are all getting it all at once! Did you Pinch the Tire? or were you running tubes?

 

Think that shipment was Jinx'd