I can't sing the praises of Stan's long or loud enough. It really is a life saver -- at least, a tire saver. (Haw haw haw.)
Now I laugh at goatheads. Slightly more seriously: it is very interesting how different tires respond to goatheads in the same terrain. The 559X1.35 Kojaks (so labeled) roll very well -- not as well as the P-Rs, though; and though I've found fatter tires pick up thorns more than narrow ones, they are relatively immune from goatheads. Ditto the much fatter but still, relative to casing and size, Big Apples: I could ride those sans sealant in our bosque and get only occasional flats. 23 mm Conti GP 3000s or Pro Race 3s get more thorns than the Kojaks, but surprisingly few given their light construction. Paselas, as wide in reality as the Kojaks, got many more than the skinnies. I got a goathead flat on the unprotected P-Rs literally every 5 miles or less. Last segway: a couple of summers ago commuting to my temp summer job at Stevie's and taking a short cut down a particular street down the Mesa, I would pass a field of 1-2 acres that was literally covered end to end with goathead plants. The park near my mother's house was invaded and poison control removed half an acre of grass from the park's perimeter. I torched (propane), poisoned (half gallon), and dug up a 3' square patch in my mother's front yard; a year later it was starting to come back. On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/15/2015 06:02 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> >> I daresay that any extralight Compass tires will be absolutely impossible >> in goathead country without a good sealant, but Stan's and, I hear it's >> even better, Orange Peel or somesuch is there to save the day. >> >> > As far as goatheads are concerned, the Compass extralights should be about > the same as the regular weight Compass tire: impossible without sealant, as > you say. And who could possibly know better than you, living as you do in > the innermost circle of Goathead Heaven? ;-) > > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
