Flat on trainer
01-22-12, 08:12 PM
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Flat on trainer
I just had a flat tire on my trainer. I was making sure the tires were at the correct PSI and the valve broke off of my front tire. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Yes, I still check the PSI on the front tire on the trainer. I don't want to have it get low and end up with a pinch flat later from the weight on the tube on the block.
Yes, I still check the PSI on the front tire on the trainer. I don't want to have it get low and end up with a pinch flat later from the weight on the tube on the block.
01-22-12, 08:52 PM
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meh, it happens. better it happened at home than if you were on the road.
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01-22-12, 09:23 PM
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The flat really had nothing to do with the trainer. But sure sometimes you kill a valve. I ride 6 days a week and check pressure before every ride. In the last 10+ years, I could count on two fingers the number of valve fails I've had. So it's not a regular thing.
Also chances of pinch flatting on a front wheel on a trainer are pretty much non-existent.
Also chances of pinch flatting on a front wheel on a trainer are pretty much non-existent.
01-22-12, 09:27 PM
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The flat really had nothing to do with the trainer. But sure sometimes you kill a valve. I ride 6 days a week and check pressure before every ride. In the last 10+ years, I could count on two fingers the number of valve fails I've had. So it's not a regular thing.
Also chances of pinch flatting on a front wheel on a trainer are pretty much non-existent.
Also chances of pinch flatting on a front wheel on a trainer are pretty much non-existent.
01-22-12, 09:31 PM
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Back in the 80s, I only had a frame mounted pump. Once of those that attaches directly to the valve. I had the valve positioned at the floor. Bike tipped over and the valve snapped. I purchased a floor pump and even now I position the valve at the top of the wheel where the physics of levers is less likely to bite me.
01-23-12, 10:54 AM
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yeah...trainer had nothing to do with it. Valve just finally had enough and that's the end. Get some new tubes and ride more. Youre fine.
01-23-12, 09:19 PM
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HAd it happen on a ride to work once. For some reason I had no spare. Had to call the wife for a ride to work.
01-24-12, 08:02 AM
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Be happy it was on the trainer. Same thing happened to me in a mountain bike race last year. Pinch flat - change tube - kill valve - punch self in face - run 3 miles back to the start with my bike. Tubelsss MTB now.
