Patrick, no goatheads on the roads around here. The usual cause of punctures is glass, radial wires or other road debris. Ge70erally when it's pouring down rain and I'm late for a meeting. Not acceptable.
I run the Supremes at 70 psi in front and 90 in the rear. On Sunday, May 4, 2014 11:08:01 PM UTC+3, Patrick Moore wrote: > > One of my tasks as a low-on-the-totem pole beginning mechanic as Stevie's > Happy Bikes in Corrales, NM last summer was to "thorn proof" the everday > bikes brought in for tuneups. This involved slitting the old tube to use as > a tire liner, installing 900 gram "thorn proof" tubes with 1/2" thick > bottoms, and adding a cup of Slime to each of the tubes. If the customer's > bike had reinforced tires already, he was generally considered to be > largely immune to goatheads. > > The problem was that, with all these accoutrements, the bikes rode as if > they had wooden wheels with iron tires: you have to keep the pressure way > up for any decent rolling; and if you run them soft it is simply amazing at > how much resistance there is. > > The problem is not so much the weight as the horrible rolling resistance > if you run the tire at any pressure other than rock hard. > > Me, I'd rather fix a flat per 15 mile ride than ride tires like that (I > mean that literally), but there is a Middle Way, at least for goatheads; I > can't speak about other kinds of penetrants. > > 2 oz of Stan's in a 28 mm road tube kept above 50 psi seems to be just as > infallible for goatheads, and this has allowed me to run very, very > delicate tires that, Pre-Stan's, would literally get a goathead flat every > 2 to 5 miles. > > FWIW. > > > On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Jay in Tel Aviv > <jayi...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I do not like flats on my way to work. I used to run Marathon Pluses, and >> upgraded to 35mm Supremes when I got my Riv 3 years ago. Last year I got a >> flat and replaced the rear tube with a Slime tube. >> I have avoided better performing tires so far because the occasional flat >> is not something I want to deal with. But with all the good feedback around >> on the new Barlow Pass tire, I am wondering if using them with a Slime tube >> might be the best of both worlds. Or the worst, if the extra weight works >> to counter the benefits of the tire. >> >> Or maybe I would be better off just putting on a brand new Supreme and a >> regular tube. >> >> Hmm. Thoughts? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
