Flat Tyre Woah's.

[Evanzie #23]

Hey everyone.. I got a mini bike.. Brand kinda un known (not ebay bike)

Anyway.. In the last 3 weeks i have been through 3 tubes in my back tyre. They just keep getting punctured after a few hours muching around.

No its not my spokes or anything on the inside of my rim or tyre. Anyone else suffering this curse?

12 inch rims by the way. Someone help me, its driving me nuts.

[Star Guitar]

Never had that problem before.. never even punctured a tube actually.. Are you sure their not pumped up too much so that when it gets any sort of pressure put on it it just bursts? Thats the only thing i can think off.. unless where u ride is really rocky or something but still i duno if thatd have any sort of major impact on the tube itself over the tire..

[No-Fear]

put a rim lock on & all your problems will be solved.

[i_am_number_001]

i had that problem with my old thumpstar.... and i put tape on the inside of the rim between the spokes and the tube.... and it worked fine...

dane...

[Evanzie #23]

I got the rubber spoke strip on the inside.. and i do have a rim lock.

[skywalker]

try puttin more air in the tube.

are the valves getting ripped off? or is it puncturing elsewhere?

[Evanzie #23]

Nah it puncters like half way up the wall.. And i run them at pretty much full pressure.

[ESD]

I had the same problem for ages until i got a rim lock for my bike and have never had the problem since maybe its a dodgy source of tubes if you already have a rimlock and the protecting strip for your spokes...
Sorry i couldn't be of any help...
Big Leigh

[eichkay]

Nah it puncters like half way up the wall.. And i run them at pretty much full pressure.


Half way up the wall means your squashing the tube between the ground and the rim and pinching the tube... MORE AIR, MORE AIR get it up around 30psi and see what happens.

[50nut]

flats suc .i had 5 in a month.kept on poppin em layin it over to much around tite corners.hackin hard with me mates.c--nts to change as well

[daff]

yeah, when i was ridin i got a 3 inch rip in my tyre, must of hit some glass or somethin and it was only a few days old, son of a biitch

[DirtCowboy]

If you ve got thorns and what not where your riding it try using one of old tubes cut out the stem and then run a cut around the middle of the tube just a single cut. When you put in the new tube put it inside the old tube and it gives you basically a second skin this used to work at my parents farm on bmx and me old XR 80 when i was a little tacker.

Hope that old trick works for you.

Joel....

[Evanzie #23]

Hey Joel. Cheers man. Thats an awesome idea. I'll give that a shot for sure.

[DirtCowboy]

Yeah no worries mate its something that super simple but it usually works a treat and is easy as to do so keep us updated on how it works out for ya.

Joel...

[Evanzie #23]

Got the brand new tube sitting there waiting to go in. Just been lazy lately. Was going to do it Saturday but 4th jump of the day at my compound the ambo had to come. So i kinda got side tracked.

[DirtCowboy]

yeah i ll pay that one, oh well should be all sweet when you get that done. Oh well i hope ole mr go big is feeling a bit better.

[Evanzie #23]

Hey Joel. Did what you said and, my tyre is now 4 rides old and still going strong. Thank you!

[scott_855]

that does sound like a good trick, i mite give it a go wif my bmx tires