What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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Took the dog out for her constitutionals the other day, after dropping down a new track, front felt a bit......squishy. Then it felt flat!
Pumped it up, lasted about 1/2 mile. Repeat til we get home.
Took the tyre off, 7 bloody great thorns in the tyre, 5 had gone through and nicked the tube.
May have to carry a spare tube from now on!
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Re: What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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Stand by for the 'should've gone tubeless' 😆
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Re: What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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1. Never more than 1.

We've seen 3 failures in the last year with tubeless, all involved teens, jumps amd bent rims. Other than that tubeless, 0
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Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:49 pm Took the dog out for her constitutionals the other day, after dropping down a new track, front felt a bit......squishy. Then it felt flat!
Pumped it up, lasted about 1/2 mile. Repeat til we get home.
Took the tyre off, 7 bloody great thorns in the tyre, 5 had gone through and nicked the tube.
May have to carry a spare tube from now on!
Had they been out doing a spot of the old hedge fauchage? Sometimes the road afterwards is just littered with really spiky hedge trimmings. :(
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:30 pm
Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:49 pm Took the dog out for her constitutionals the other day, after dropping down a new track, front felt a bit......squishy. Then it felt flat!
Pumped it up, lasted about 1/2 mile. Repeat til we get home.
Took the tyre off, 7 bloody great thorns in the tyre, 5 had gone through and nicked the tube.
May have to carry a spare tube from now on!
Had they been out doing a spot of the old hedge fauchage? Sometimes the road afterwards is just littered with really spiky hedge trimmings. :(
Not down this track! Not wide enough for a tractor

As for, should go tubeless, it's a trek 4800, I've had it for 12 years s/h. A set of t/less wheels would treble the value of the bike
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Re: What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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One.

Edit: OMG this is the cycling pages. Still one. Very very long time ago.
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Re: What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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The fewest I’ve ever had is none.
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edit
Trek 4300 aluminium frame disc, marrazochi bomber air forks.
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Re: What's your record for punctures in a single ride?

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4 or 5 on push bikes on Michelin elans (anyone remember them?)
Never had a blow out puncture on a motorcycle. I've picked up screws and nails but none that have caused immediate deflation.