Paigette=Flats!

[paigette]

I'm trying not to take this as a cosmic sign:

Two weeks ago, I went for my first group road bike ride. Before we left the park, I had a flat. I fixed it all by myself.

TODAY, I went for my first mountain bike ride, with coworkers, we are 4.99 miles into the beginner trails & PSSSSSSSSSTTT!! My back tire went flat!

2 Flat Tires, 2 Different Bikes, in 2 Weeks!!! WTF?

And I could not, for the life of me, change the MTB tire by myself!!! Took it to the LBS, they mentioned that flats are REALLY common on the MTB trails here, so they are adding SLIME to my tubes today.

[sbctwin]

slime is a good thing in mtb tires, in my opinion. I have slime in my commuter (mtb) bike. I wanted slime in my road bike tires, but for some reason they couldn't get it to go in...I have 650c wheels and they said I had to use the slime liner instead. In my early riding this year, I had 5 flats on my road bike in one month...that is why I went with the slime liner. But, I recently have had 2 flats with the liners...both times a small sliver of metal penetrated tire, liner and tube....I hate flats, mainly because I can't seem change the tire on my own and get very frustrated when I try ....

[paigette]

Thanks for your reply!

Just got back from LBS and they put SLIME Gel in the front tire & a SLIME LINER AND GEL in the back tube. I don't get why the back tire got extra stuff??

Anywho, I'd just like to say that up until the flat, it was an ABSOLUTE blast! I did have to walk up & down this one huge hill, but other than that, I stayed on the bike!