Edogawakikkoman
Maximum Pace
- Jan 14, 2007
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Had to deal with 5 PUNKS lately.
PUNK #1: Caused by wet roads: Wet rubber picks up grime, dust and broken glass. Glass gets hammered into the rubber resulting in a PUNK!
PUNK #2: Caused by replacing PUNK #1 with old tube you've had in your back pocket for about 3000km because you rarely get PUNKS. This tube also a fomer PUNK that you have repaired. It lasts a few kms before PUNKING!
PUNK #3: Upset at all this time wasting you break open your new tube and put it in as fast as you can as you are keeping your team mates waiting. In your haste to show off your quick tyre changing skills you don't do it as thouroughly as you would if you were having a beer in front of the TV and you pinch a portion of the tube between the rim and the tyre. This PUNK comes quickly. That is PUNK #3.
PUNK #4: You have put in another perfect new tube. You have done it properly. You feel good. This time however a new piece of glass PUNKtures your very old worn thin tyres that have done about 10,000km and should have been replaced a few months earlier.
PUNK #5. You have bought two new tyres, new tubes, checked for dirt in the rims and done a perfect tyre change over with new tubes... back and front.
Why is the tyre flat the next morning? This PUNK I will put down to a faulty new tube sometimes you get a bad one. Closer inspection shows a small hole above the valve. I get a lot of PUNKS near the valve. Did I put too much pressure on this area with my hand when I was pumping up or is the valve area prone to PUNKS?
Do you know any other PUNKS?
I met all these guys within the last 2 weeks.
When I first got my bike in 2004 I didn't get any PUNKS for almost 2 years.
My Carbon Mavic wheels have never had a PUNK.
My Bontrager wheels are pretty old and a few minor wobbles. I may put in some lining tape that they sell to make the insides smoother for the old wheels....
PUNK #1: Caused by wet roads: Wet rubber picks up grime, dust and broken glass. Glass gets hammered into the rubber resulting in a PUNK!
PUNK #2: Caused by replacing PUNK #1 with old tube you've had in your back pocket for about 3000km because you rarely get PUNKS. This tube also a fomer PUNK that you have repaired. It lasts a few kms before PUNKING!
PUNK #3: Upset at all this time wasting you break open your new tube and put it in as fast as you can as you are keeping your team mates waiting. In your haste to show off your quick tyre changing skills you don't do it as thouroughly as you would if you were having a beer in front of the TV and you pinch a portion of the tube between the rim and the tyre. This PUNK comes quickly. That is PUNK #3.
PUNK #4: You have put in another perfect new tube. You have done it properly. You feel good. This time however a new piece of glass PUNKtures your very old worn thin tyres that have done about 10,000km and should have been replaced a few months earlier.
PUNK #5. You have bought two new tyres, new tubes, checked for dirt in the rims and done a perfect tyre change over with new tubes... back and front.
Why is the tyre flat the next morning? This PUNK I will put down to a faulty new tube sometimes you get a bad one. Closer inspection shows a small hole above the valve. I get a lot of PUNKS near the valve. Did I put too much pressure on this area with my hand when I was pumping up or is the valve area prone to PUNKS?
Do you know any other PUNKS?
I met all these guys within the last 2 weeks.
When I first got my bike in 2004 I didn't get any PUNKS for almost 2 years.
My Carbon Mavic wheels have never had a PUNK.
My Bontrager wheels are pretty old and a few minor wobbles. I may put in some lining tape that they sell to make the insides smoother for the old wheels....