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Avoiding patching a tube (anatomy of a flat)
On Fri, 01 May 2009 08:59:58 -0400, dgk wrote:
[---] I'm using the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires. They really are very flat resistant, but I pay for it with rolling resistance. Is it really that noticeable? |
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Avoiding patching a tube (anatomy of a flat)
When I lived in Arizona, I would always have flats from thorns, and
the thorn resistant tubes did not do much good. One day I met someone who had something called "tire savers" basically a small wire that ran against the tire, and knocked things off the tire before the tire hit the ground again. It was the difference between night and day. I have not seen them for sale lately although I think I bought some at bike nashbar at one time. You could easily make your own. Actually, I think I will do a google search, and see what I come up with. Tom |
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Avoiding patching a tube (anatomy of a flat)
On Fri, 01 May 2009 22:31:17 +0200, Andrew Price
wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2009 08:59:58 -0400, dgk wrote: [---] I'm using the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires. They really are very flat resistant, but I pay for it with rolling resistance. Is it really that noticeable? I don't know. I can't do an a/b test so I use it as an excuse when kids whizz past me. But when I first mounted them I do recall thinking that it was tougher to pedal. I'm old, the bikes old, so who can tell? |
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