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Airless Tires? And How Heavy Is "Heavy"?
Nanc wrote:
Some of you weirdos from ARBR are least tolerable. But your x-posting is just silly. Please don't lump all of us from ARBR together. I blocked NYC XYZ long ago due to his excessive cross-posting. It really is quite irritating. He only recently started posting to ARBR... I figured he was a regular from one of the other groups and had just recently starting adding ARBR to his cross-posting list. This will be my last post to multiple groups. I apologize for replying to all... just didn't know from which group Paul Hobson is a regular. ~ Nanc my apologies, nanc \\paul (this is my last xpost too) |
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Airless Tires? And How Heavy Is "Heavy"?
"Paul Hobson" wrote in message ... Nanc wrote: Some of you weirdos from ARBR are least tolerable. But your x-posting is just silly. Please don't lump all of us from ARBR together. I blocked NYC XYZ long ago due to his excessive cross-posting. It really is quite irritating. He only recently started posting to ARBR... I figured he was a regular from one of the other groups and had just recently starting adding ARBR to his cross-posting list. This will be my last post to multiple groups. I apologize for replying to all... just didn't know from which group Paul Hobson is a regular. ~ Nanc my apologies, nanc \\paul (this is my last xpost too) Newsgroups trimmed. Both Paul and Nanc are right as rain of course. Cross-posting to many groups is an abomination. I have always been vehemently opposed to it. I will occasionally drag certain threads over to ARBR to keep it from terminally expiring due to a lack of posters there, but I only do it very reluctantly. I have decided not to do it anymore no matter what. It does nothing but create a mess. ARBR can either make it on its own or it can die and go to Hell where all newsgroups go eventually. By the way, the reason cross-posting NEVER works is because ALL newsgroups are just chock full of idiots, morons and imbeciles. Eliminate those types and who knows what might be possible. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Airless Tires? And How Heavy Is "Heavy"?
The MArathon plus has better rolling resistance rather than using a
tire of same width then adding MrTuffy. The protection is like a foam sandwhiched bet rubber layers. On our last trip from Germany to Vienna, some rented bikes in Germany to be dropped off in Vienna. The bikes were equipped with MArathon Plus. MEchanic says that they have never had flats on those tires - granted the roads were clean. |
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GaerlanCustomCycles wrote:
On our last trip from Germany to Vienna, some rented bikes in Germany to be dropped off in Vienna. The bikes were equipped with MArathon Plus. MEchanic says that they have never had flats on those tires - granted the roads were clean. Here's another vote for the Schwalbe Marathon Plus. Datapoint 1. Over the last 25 years I normally expected 5-6 punctures each riding season, mainly from bits of wire or glass. That's about 1 puncture per 1000 km. Last year with the Pluses, I had zero punctures in 5500 km. Datapoint 2. Last summer a friend had zero punctures using Pluses on his 4500 km tour across Canada. (http://tinyurl.com/dvyag) For me, the miniscule increase in rolling resistance has been well worth it. Cheers, Angus |
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Hiya, folks -- how about the standard Schwalbe Marathon? They come with the SMGTe. angusinalberta wrote: GaerlanCustomCycles wrote: On our last trip from Germany to Vienna, some rented bikes in Germany to be dropped off in Vienna. The bikes were equipped with MArathon Plus. MEchanic says that they have never had flats on those tires - granted the roads were clean. Here's another vote for the Schwalbe Marathon Plus. Datapoint 1. Over the last 25 years I normally expected 5-6 punctures each riding season, mainly from bits of wire or glass. That's about 1 puncture per 1000 km. Last year with the Pluses, I had zero punctures in 5500 km. Datapoint 2. Last summer a friend had zero punctures using Pluses on his 4500 km tour across Canada. (http://tinyurl.com/dvyag) For me, the miniscule increase in rolling resistance has been well worth it. Cheers, Angus |
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I personally ride the Marathon 20x1.5's. Knock on wood, have not had
a flat in at least 3 years. I think the secret is the more pronounced thread pattern compared to other tires. When you hit a glass bit, it goes in betwen the grooves and is spit out as the wheel turns. I think tire technology has imnproved in thelast few years OR maybe just getting lucky |
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GaerlanCustomCycles wrote:
I personally ride the Marathon 20x1.5's. Knock on wood, have not had a flat in at least 3 years. I ride them too (on an SMGT and a Brompton). My other half rides them on a Nazca Fiero Tour, having found the security better for her than the speed of Stelvios. So far I've had two punctures over, oh, about 5 years. One on the Brom, one on the Streetmachine. Covering a lot of miles, and broken glass. They're good tyres, I'd only change to the Plus if I was in an area of Total Puncture Hell. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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