On 16/02/2011 5:04 AM, Geoff Lock wrote:
On 15/02/2011 5:08 PM, Rob wrote:
On 15/02/2011 4:52 PM, Geoff Lock wrote:

Both punctures on the rear tyre. Serves me right for not checking the
inside of the tyre after the first puncture cos I found a piece of glass
embedded on the outside of the tyre the second time round - about 2mm
long sitting flat and barely noticeable/"feelable".

I don't like to feel tyres/tubes knowing the area is full of glass when
I ride on those cycle ways, hate cut fingers.

Know whatcha mean. I have sliced my finger once about two years ago but
there is really no other way I know of to figure out if the inside of
the tyre wall is clean. Nowadays, I tend to feel a bit slower and try to
use the digits on left hand as the sacrificial digits.

I only have a pump and a repair kit so its imperative that I check where
the hole is and what the cause was, there is a limit to the number of
patches in one's kit.

How do you check for holes when you are on the road? I find it easier to
just swap the tube and than do the hole repairs when I have some water
handy to do the bubbling test.


I pump up the tube and run my wet hand over the tube to find the hole.
Then I look at the tyre for the problem.

Its not much use placing a new tube in if you don't check just to get
another hole from the in bedded problem, checking it this way just pin
points where to look with more accuracy without running your fingers all
around the tyre..