Re: Flat Wheels in Sydney

["George" <integral@mindless.com>]

I have found I get a few flat wheels also. It is mainly because there is a
lot of pins on the road, which puts a hole in the tyre. I have a motorbike
and seem to suffer from this pretty often. The only trouble is when you have
one flat wheel on a bike you can not go anywhere. But whith a train they
have 8 wheels on each carriage so 1 or 2 shouldn't be a problem.


Rob McKiernan wrote in message ...
>Folks,
>I caught a suburban train from Newtown to the City recently and while
>waiting for the train to arrive I noticed that just about every second
>suburban that went past had a flat wheel and some trains more. The most I
>counted was 4 on a Tangara. Nearly all of the G and V sets that passed were
>ok. The flat wheels were present on all types of suburban stock it seemd.
>Can somebody out there tell me why this is so?. Is it bad driving or some
>other mechanical explanation?. Is there any maintenace program for this
type
>of fault?. I have travelled a bit on overseas systems (Rome, Paris, London,
>Washington etc) and it seems to be a uniquely Sydney problem. It's been a
>while since I've travelled in Melbourne but I never heard the problem
there.
>Do other cities experience in Australia experience this problem?
>
>Regards,
>Rob
>
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