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Too many flats... here's one solution.
I have been having an inordinate number of flats from thorns and glass on my 29'er. As I was fixing one today I remembered a little gizmo that I used to have on my road bike. The thing was called a tire saver, and it was basically a wire that rubbed gently on the tire. It would knock the stuff out of the tire before it had a chance to do any harm. I made one for my 29'er, and I'm sure it will save me from patching so many flats in the future. Unfortunately it won't work on anything knobby, just smoothish road tires. I used a wire coat hanger, and made a yoke that attaches with my brake bolt. Two small pieces of plastic tubing connect the yoke to the wire that rubs the tire (another piece of coat hanger). I bent the wire on the tire to the profile of my tire, and the light pressure from the plastic tubing is all that holds it against the tire. I may make it a little narrower so that it can go under the fork crown and be tucked out of the way, but for now it should work nicely. [image: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery2/m...1085970d90d48] -- jtrops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jtrops's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17262 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75435 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Too many flats... here's one solution.
jtrops;1169131 wrote: I used a wire coat hanger, and made a yoke that attaches with my brake bolt. Two small pieces of plastic tubing connect the yoke to the wire that rubs the tire (another piece of coat hanger). I bent the wire on the tire to the profile of my tire, and the light pressure from the plastic tubing is all that holds it against the tire. Nice. Looks a lot more useful than the ones that I made for my bike a couple of years ago. I hope it works for you - mine were hopeless. I tried to buy a pair, but no-one seems to sell them these days. From most of what I've read, that seems to be largely because they're not particularly effective. -- Danny Colyer 'http://www.redpedals.co.uk' (http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/) "I don't think proofreading is adequate. All posts should be waxed and buffed. Then they should wear little tuxedos." - Greg Harper on usenet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danny Colyer's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11637 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75435 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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