I ride to work on a bicycle but keep getting punctures?

Question

I ride to work on an old bicycle. The problem is every day I am between 30 minutes and 2 hours late because I keep getting punctures. I average approximately 19 punctures per journey and yesterday I got 23 punctures on the way there and 26 on the way back. It is getting to the stage where I am considering walking because it would only take about 10 to 15 minutes to walk there.

Answer 1

Get new tires and tubes, stay off the sidewalk and on either bike trails or the road. Also, keep your tires properly inflated or you'll get "pinch flats". These happen because you don't have enough air in your tires and the tube gets pinched between the rim and the road and gets cut open. Or just walk if its only 15 minutes.

EDIT- cute trouble, very cute

Answer 2

Well put the seat back on your bike. lol

Answer 3

You might find this interesting.http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independe...

You must be really quick at puncture repairs with all that practise, I hope you find the answer cos at the moment I would say you should just walk.

Answer 4

You have to be kidding........... I havent gotten that many punctures in my lifetime and I bike about 4000 mi/yr and have for many years.......perhaps you mean something else?

Answer 5

If you don't see glass or a nail or anything else in the inside of your tire it is most likely from under inflated tires. If you don't check in there and something like a piece of glass is sticking thru, you will just get another flat.

Pump up your tires every day or so (air leaks out quickly) and to the maximum pressure if you are riding on a street.