My first Flat

[Catrin]

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I always check my tires thoroughly for tears, scrapes, miscellaneous crap after each ride. also pump my tires and check my brakes, handle bar, stem and seat before every ride.
Prevention is also part of the cure

marni

I do this as well. My mountain bike tires have Schraeder valves and I strongly dislike those. I lose much more air when taking the air pump on/off than I do with all my other tires which have Presta. Part of me hates to replace perfectly good tubes because I don't like the valves but....