Gaping hole in tire

On 2008-09-24, _ wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:12:23 -0500, Tom Sherman wrote:

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An aluminium alloy bat can be swung faster, so it will transfer more
energy to the target.

Are you sure?

Despite the v^2 term, the source of the enrgy remains the same (the
swinger's muscles) and (aside from the negligable quantum effects), if the
swinger puts all that he can into the object,

If the bat is too light he may not be able to put as much energy in--
you can only move your arms so fast.

which then stops and puts all that it has into the recipient, the
means of transport from swinger to recipient should not matter.

The bat only stops when it hits the ball if it's the right mass
(assuming it's you always strike with the same part of the bat and hold it
the same way).

If the bat is too massive, it will keep going after it hits the ball. If
it's not massive enough, it will bounce back off the ball.

So you want one that's just right, subject to being heavy enough that
you can get enough energy into it in the first place.

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:14:18 +0200, Alexandre Kampouris
wrote:

Yes, it was a Marathon Plus indeed, but the difference in weight is not
that huge, I just tested two brand new tires hanging in equilibrium
from on a kitchen scale placed at the corner of a table:

37-622 Marathon Plus: 967 g
37-622 Marathon : 679 g

As stated earlier, I'm actually quite satisfied with the standard grade
Marathons, and I don't see any reason to change, as they never gave me
any particular trouble which could lead me to seek an alternative.

Likewise. I'd *much* prefer to fix one or two punctures a year than
to drag all that extra weight around.

My latest bike had tires like yours as a default offering, IIRC. I
preferred sticking with the devil I knew.

What's the point of using a wider tire? The 40s are limited to 5 bars
instead of 6, isn't it?

They were on the bike (a Fahrradmanufaktur T700) when I bought it, but
like you, I prefer narrower tyres. On my hack bike ("die
Bahnhofsgurke") I have 37mm Schwalbes (the ordinary ones) and on my
road bike 23mm Vittorias.

Opinions do vary though - some say that the wider 40mm tyres give a
more cushioned ride, for hardly any increase in rolling resistance. I
only bought another one so as to keep the same size on front and rear
wheels, although in practice, it probably doesn't make the slightest
bit of difference.

I had to put one on a rear wheel in August of last year, to
replace a tyre which had become irreparably damaged. I was in
Arnstadt that day, and no-one there had "normal" Marathons, only the
"Plus". I took it off when I got home, though.

Did you ride all the way to/from home through the Harz Mountains?

I have been a couple of times to Wernigerode and Halberstadt, but on
that trip, I circumvented the Harz by going:

Braunschweig== Magdeburg== Bernburg== Köthen== Halle==
Weißenfels== Jena == Weimar== Arnstadt== Gotha== Eisenach and
back. It gets pretty hilly around Jena, though - at one point I noted
440m above sea level.

Last week I made my first multiple-day bike trip in Lower Saxony. The
landscape was not at all difficult, albeit a bit windy. I had only ever
made day trips before, at home or away, but had never actually used the
bike as THE means of transportation between places. It was an intensely
satisfying experience, and I really regret not having tried it earlier.

Lower Saxony's a good starting point, as apart from the Elm and the
Deister, it's just so flat. Can get windy, though, as you noted.

Tomorrow I'm off to InnoTrans.

I haven't made any plans this year - I'll be in Berlin on Friday for
other business, and may have the chance to drop in on Innotrans for an
hour or so, but I'm not counting on it. Any chance you could post a
brief report on fmtr? I'm sure there must be many others who'd be
interested but don't have the possibility to get there.

Andrew Price wrote:

I have been a couple of times to Wernigerode and Halberstadt, but on
that trip, I circumvented the Harz by going:

Braunschweig== Magdeburg== Bernburg== Köthen== Halle==
Weißenfels== Jena == Weimar== Arnstadt== Gotha== Eisenach and
back. It gets pretty hilly around Jena, though - at one point I noted
440m above sea level.

The Saale valley looks very beautiful to me.

Do you have camping equipment, or do you sleep indoors?

I haven't made any plans this year - I'll be in Berlin on Friday for
other business, and may have the chance to drop in on Innotrans for an
hour or so, but I'm not counting on it. Any chance you could post a
brief report on fmtr? I'm sure there must be many others who'd be
interested but don't have the possibility to get there.

I now tend to hang more around icf, because of the persistent static
level originating from Random Q. Crosspost and fiends, but I still lurk.

I'll nevertheless try to write a summary of my outsider's observations
in the coming days. The Big Canadian Conglomerate had the best locations
outdoors, and very high visibility, to the point that I didn't
immediately realize that the AGV on display wasn't part of their
exhibit. But then I noticed that it was the record setting manufacturer
which was attracting the crowds, with dozens of people waiting more than
one half hour just to have a peek inside its latest offering. (I gave up
after 15-20 minutes, and the queue had barely moved).

I returned today for the second and last time, and I have visitors until
Sunday, so be patient.

Alexandre

Glue canvas on the inside with puncture solution. As long as it's not
on the contact part of the tyre, this will nearly always last the life
of the tyre. If the cut is big, you can sew the cut first with dental
floss or carpet thread.

I've often done this.