Great info, thanks! I've long had theories about how this might go, but it's great to have images with solid information!
Random thought: I wonder if thinning the outer rubber on a tire could, under some circumstances, lead to less flatting? Hear me out... As we can all tell by looking at used tires, the rubber part doesn't provide much resistance to pictures or cuts. I believe it is the casing that provides most of the flat resistance. And while you'll sometimes have something punch all the way through in one go, most of my flats seem to come from something getting embedded in the rubber and then pushed in further and further with every rotation of the tire. That's the whole theory behind tire wipers. I wonder if less rubber might hold debris less firmly, and the puncture-causers might be more likely to fall off as you ride. Perhaps resulting in fewer flats? Reed On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since the tread wore off last summer I told myself I'd keep riding 'til > the casing started to show or the next flat. > Been carrying around a spare on rides ever since. > Ran through a field of glass on a century last weekend and got a flat and > replaced the tire on the spot. > Interesting thing is that when I got home, thinking the old tire was worn > out, I cut it in half to look at the wear to see if I got every penny out > of it. > > No!!!!! I think I could have ridden much longer on it. Casing and tread > thickness at edge of file tread with no wear on that line/area where it > meets herringbone tread, where you don't ride on it is 2mm. Casing and > tread in deepest worn area was 1.2mm. > So, its like I only wore the tread down half way? Unless somehow the > riding tread was thicker than 2mm? But the squared off area is very narrow > so not a lot of space to go thicker than 2mm? Wonder how thick it was to > start. > > Pics below. Just for fun I threw in a pic of the foldable bead.: > >> >> -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
