Originally Posted by
banerjek
This stupid thread jinxed me. For the first time in years, I didn't carry a flat kit.
Of course I got a flat and will actually have to fix it at a shop. Ugh.
This thread got me too.
I got brand new tires.
Put one on, pumped up the tube and plffllfflflftlftlftftfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff............................ tire went flat
Oh well....I had a brand new spare tube. Figured I'd patch the flat one and make it my spare and put the brand new tube on.
Put the tire on...pumped it up...plfflltsffftttfffftfffffffffffffffffffffff..............................brand new tube flat.
I'm not even sure what happened. I can't find any protrusions or sharp edges in the wheel. Best I can figure is I pinched the tube with the tire lever when fighting to get the tire on (tire did NOT want to go out). And I did it twice. Which means this thread is to blame.
Now I have to burn the new tire while doing a tribal dance in sacrifice to the cycling gods to rid the wheel of the bad juju.