I’m a pretty wimpy cyclist at this point- maybe 80-100miles/week. I don’t ride on rough roads, or anything that I would even begin to describe as hazardous, I run my tires between 90 and 100psi, and I have been averaging about one damaged tire per month. Its not that I’m flatting out, I just seem to be getting nice deep cuts into the tire on a fairly regular basis. And they’re not garbage tires either, Specialized Mondo slicks. They’re admittedly a few years old, but they only have about 350 miles on them and the rubber seems like it is in good shape, no cracking or anything. What the hell am I doing wrong? I can’t afford to drop $40 or $50 every month for a new tire.
I replace a tubular tire when I get a flat.
90-100 psi might be your problem. I tend to replace mine once per season unless theres a blowout. I’ve only flatted twice in my life.
I don’t understand, you are averaging 1 damaged tire per month but your tires are a few years old? Did you buy a whole bunch at once?
I ride vittoria evo corsa CX IIs for training and racing and replace them about every 4000 miles. Of course, you could hit something on day 1 of a new tire and ruin it.
Training tires…Conti Gatorskins or Vittoria Rubino pro…3000 rear 4500 front
Race tires…every year
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I don’t understand, you are averaging 1 damaged tire per month but your tires are a few years old? Did you buy a whole bunch at once?
I ride vittoria evo corsa CX IIs for training and racing and replace them about every 4000 miles. Of course, you could hit something on day 1 of a new tire and ruin it.
My current bike is an '06, bought new in '07 by my dad, who put 80 miles on it and then let it sit in the attic for a couple of years. I acquired it at the end of April this year, nice gash on the rear tire in the first week, found a cut on the front tire today.
90-100 psi might be your problem. I tend to replace mine once per season unless theres a blowout. I’ve only flatted twice in my life.
Too high? Too low?
I replace my tires very infrequently. Not sure after how many miles (I changed them based on look and I don’t keep that good of a track of how many miles I do). Maybe every 18 months. And that’s riding in NYC.
90-100 psi seems a little low. I’m no where near a tire expert, but I know people say that low tire pressure increases the risk of getting a flat. You may want to try riding them at the max psi listed on the tire sidewall. Also, I used to get a ton of flats from a bad pair of wheels that came with a new bike. When I replaced the wheels I no longer got any flats…
I’m not flatting at all, I’m just cutting up my tires, and I have no idea if riding on damaged tires puts me at risk for flatting. I can only assume it doesn’t help. I rode on the damaged tire today with no problems, but I’d also rather not risk an accident because I’m too cheap (poor, actually) to replace a tire.
I ride at ~100psi because I’m a shade under 150lbs.