Hey all,
I got three pinch flats this week and I'm mighty mad! It happens at the jump park.
Here's the details, maybe someone has some ideas on why this is happening besides low air pressure:
I ride a Transition hardtail dirt jump bike.
I'm new to dropping the bigger stuff and don't always totally clear them properly. I've been doing drops mostly.
I have a Kenda Kenetic 2.35 folding in the rear and a Kenda Blue Groove Stick-E 2.4 wire bead in the front.
I like to run my air pressure at 25 lbs.
I am 135 lbs.
I'm doing drops of about 3 to 3-l/2' height with a greater width to make the tranny, not always successful there.
This just started happening. One thing is I just got new wheels. I was using 24 spoke XC wheels and upgraded to 32 spoke ones. The front tire is, I think, a 2 ply and the rear a 1 ply I believe. I ran low air pressure. I never got pinch flats then but now I do all the time!
Is this the problem the 1 ply versus 2 ply? Should I be upgrading the back tire? Is it just the air pressure? How low can I run air on the 1 ply versus the 2 ply?
Any ideas?
I got three pinch flats this week and I'm mighty mad! It happens at the jump park.
Here's the details, maybe someone has some ideas on why this is happening besides low air pressure:
I ride a Transition hardtail dirt jump bike.
I'm new to dropping the bigger stuff and don't always totally clear them properly. I've been doing drops mostly.
I have a Kenda Kenetic 2.35 folding in the rear and a Kenda Blue Groove Stick-E 2.4 wire bead in the front.
I like to run my air pressure at 25 lbs.
I am 135 lbs.
I'm doing drops of about 3 to 3-l/2' height with a greater width to make the tranny, not always successful there.
This just started happening. One thing is I just got new wheels. I was using 24 spoke XC wheels and upgraded to 32 spoke ones. The front tire is, I think, a 2 ply and the rear a 1 ply I believe. I ran low air pressure. I never got pinch flats then but now I do all the time!
Is this the problem the 1 ply versus 2 ply? Should I be upgrading the back tire? Is it just the air pressure? How low can I run air on the 1 ply versus the 2 ply?
Any ideas?