Puncturing Pneumatic Tires

[D_Price]

Whoops you are correct. I am completely wrong. Post taken down.

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Check out rule R9. Case L in the blue box specifically outlaws tire sealant. (IIRC, this was in a team update.)

[frcguy]

Riveted through a tire? Yikes! How did you guys manage that?

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Riveted through a tire? Yikes! How did you guys manage that?

Rookie mentor?

Edit: No, I see you've been doing this a while. I haven't seen this particular thing yet, but we just started riveting seriously this year, and we opted not to do pneumatic wheels this year.

[Ryan Dognaux]

We managed to get a rivet mandrel impaled all the way through the tire and intertube. It was funny seeing a small metal dot and then pulling out a long rod. On the plus side, it's made us have spare parts ready to go to easily swap wheels.

[electroken]

Watch your tire pressures. Too low, and when you hit the rock wall the tire (and tube) will fold and compress against the wheel edges. The result will often be 1 to 4 holes in the tube. These pinch flats are well known to offroad bicyclists and motorcyclists.