Graham D

I have a Volt Metro folding bike and so far haven't been able to locate a suitable bag for it. The official folded size is 35" x 21" x 16". I just wondered if anyone else with one of these bikes has found a suitable bag. Graham

Hello. A few months have passed by now. I just thought I should give an update. Following your advice, I purchased good Schwalbe tubes, Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres (20" x 1.75) and re-taped the rims carefully with Velox cloth tape. Since then I have cycled well over 1000 km with no punctures. The Marathon Plus use 70 psi whereas the CST tyres maximum was 45 psi which may be helping things. My confidence is restored! + I like the feel of the Marathon Plus tyres. Thanks for all your advice. Graham

Thanks for your replies which are all very helpful. There is rim tape on the wheels, but I did think it looks pretty sharp at the edges. That may indeed be the cause of the problem. Can you recommend a good rim tape? Is Schwalbe high pressure tape good? Graham

I am retired and live in the lovely Scottish Borders. Three weeks ago, after a fair bit of research, I bought a Volt Metro folding bike which is really excellent for my purposes. It easily fits into the boot of my Ford Fiesta so I can go off somewhere and have a few hours exploring the countryside. I just love it! However, I am having a problem with it and I would appreciate any advice from other members. I have ridden 300 km on country roads so far had 4 punctures whilst doing that. This has meant that wife has had to come and rescue me from the last three rides as it’s not too easy for me to repair the punctures at the side of the road. Each time I have checked carefully and there seems to be no sign of any thorns or other things getting through the tyre – indeed, there is no sign of anything. The puncture always seems to be on the inside of the tube rather than the sides or outside. There doesn't seem to be any sharp spoke ends or anything obvious on the inside of the wheel. The bike came with 20” x 1.75” CST Kevlar City tyres. After researching a bit more, I thought the problem might be solved if I used Slime in the tyres so replaced the front tube with a Slime tube. As the rear wheel is more difficult to remove, the dealer (who is 40 miles away from me) replaced the tube after the first puncture with a Schwalbe tube. I then used a bottle of Slime for that. On the next two rides I had a punctures in both front and rear tyres. Obviously the Slime didn’t work. I realise that, with this bike, there is a lot of weight on such a small wheels - particularly the rear one but, is it usual to get so many punctures with an electric bike when there seems to be nothing obvious causing them? My next thought is to invest in Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. I would have thought with those and Slime in the tubes the chances of punctures would surely be lessened. The problem doesn't seem to be the tyres though. Can anyone offer any advice at all? It’s got to the point where I’m scared to travel too far from home in case I get what seems to be the inevitable puncture. Am I just unlucky? Graham