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http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system
Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. -- JS |
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I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to
pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. |
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On Wed, 17 May 2017 16:36:18 +1000, James
wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. No I read it :-) And, yes it looks like insulation lagging used on air-con systems. Maybe it is :-) They have made an anti flat foam for years that you can inject into tires and I always thought that might be a way to avoid flats, if that worried one. They also make some sort of stuff I believe that they call "slime" that you inject into the inner tube that is supposed to plug leaks. (or just carry spare tubes :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote:
I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:13:05 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. I've got a mountain bike frame that I use as a utility bike. I removed the front forks and replaced them with a solid fork and added drop bars as I find them more comfortable. The most noticeable difference is that the 1.5 inch tires don't seem to lose pressure as quickly as a road bile with 23mm tires. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 5/18/2017 1:14 AM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:13:05 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. I've got a mountain bike frame that I use as a utility bike. I removed the front forks and replaced them with a solid fork and added drop bars as I find them more comfortable. The most noticeable difference is that the 1.5 inch tires don't seem to lose pressure as quickly as a road bile with 23mm tires. Not surprising, given the lower pressure and greater volume. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:14:41 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:13:05 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. I've got a mountain bike frame that I use as a utility bike. I removed the front forks and replaced them with a solid fork and added drop bars as I find them more comfortable. The most noticeable difference is that the 1.5 inch tires don't seem to lose pressure as quickly as a road bile with 23mm tires. -- Cheers, John B. I've converted a number of older rigid frame/forks MTB to drop bar and bar end shifteres. They make fantastic touring bikes and tires for them can be bought almost anywhere. A lot of people like them for riding on dirt roads or roads with big cracks and potholed pavement. With brifters a drop bar MTB is the cat's meow. Cheers |
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On 5/18/2017 12:02 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:14:41 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:13:05 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. I've got a mountain bike frame that I use as a utility bike. I removed the front forks and replaced them with a solid fork and added drop bars as I find them more comfortable. The most noticeable difference is that the 1.5 inch tires don't seem to lose pressure as quickly as a road bile with 23mm tires. I've converted a number of older rigid frame/forks MTB to drop bar and bar end shifteres. They make fantastic touring bikes and tires for them can be bought almost anywhere. A lot of people like them for riding on dirt roads or roads with big cracks and potholed pavement. With brifters a drop bar MTB is the cat's meow. http://www.yellowjersey.org/3rmt.jpg -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Thu, 18 May 2017 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote: On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:14:41 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:13:05 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/17/2017 2:36 AM, James wrote: I thought this might be interesting to some people, enough for them to pass comment. Perhaps not, or it got lost in the noise about 14 year old record and Shimano Headsets? On 15/05/17 13:19, James wrote: http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. It didn't seem different enough from a dozen similar attempts over the years. It looks like yet another example of bicycle-related re-invention. Plus I rarely ride the mountain bike these days. I've got a mountain bike frame that I use as a utility bike. I removed the front forks and replaced them with a solid fork and added drop bars as I find them more comfortable. The most noticeable difference is that the 1.5 inch tires don't seem to lose pressure as quickly as a road bile with 23mm tires. -- Cheers, John B. I've converted a number of older rigid frame/forks MTB to drop bar and bar end shifteres. They make fantastic touring bikes and tires for them can be bought almost anywhere. A lot of people like them for riding on dirt roads or roads with big cracks and potholed pavement. With brifters a drop bar MTB is the cat's meow. Cheers I wonder, after you changed the original telescoping front fork to solid and add drop bars and brifters, can it still be called a "MTB" :-? An aside. The utility bile is all aluminum, frame and forks, and still weighs more then my all steel road bike :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 2017-05-14 20:19, James wrote:
http://www.mtbiking.com.au/news/banger-anti-flat-system Looks like the black foam lagging a plumber might use when installing hot water pipes. I have tried a lot of stuff and IMO the only method to avoid flats on the MTB is a sturdy tire, tire liner with a old tube slid over it plus a tube with 0.160" or 4mm wall thickness, and running at nearly max allowed pressure (I run them 50psi). All of that. No flats in years and I ride hard. I had the occasional hard blow-out but that's got nothing to do with punctures. That is when a tire fails in a more spectacular way with pieces of it flying off. Happens maybe once a year so not bad, and usually after I hit something the wrong way. With that setup I can bomb down rocky sections like I did yesterday and not worry about becoming stranded with an unfixable gash in the tire. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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