Patrick, I feel for you really I do. It's bad enough dealing with goat heads, but on top of that you get talking heads.
I have never cycled through goat heads but I am familiar with them from camping in Canyon de Chellly in Az. I remember dreading putting my hand down to crawl out of the tent. Yikes. In any case I'm probably not qualified to give flat tire advice, since my # of flats have declined dramatically since retiring. No commuting into town. I've had two flats this year, one on a Marathon Racer on the tandem and one on a new Pari-moto. I run Grand Bois cerf on the Ram and have about a thousand miles without a flat. I plan to attend a conference in Santa Fe next April and hope to go early and bike in ABQ. ( One day of Santa Fe is enough for me.) Not sure which bike I will bring but will look to you for a tire recommendation. Have you tried riding on prayers? I remember coming home from work one very dark, rainy night on the Ram, with Ruffy Tuffy's. I was on a dirt road, which I discovered, much to my dismay, had been graded that day and was very rocky. I remember thinking, " I hope I don't flat." when bam, my back tire went. Since then I only think, "I will not flat." blessings in the pipeline for you, Michael On Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:28:44 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Some listers expressed skepticism that my very generously priced P-R > clinchers would survive the goathead hell that is ABQ, NM. Well, I've given > them a proper trial and the answer is, "not without help". When it gets to > where you are afraid to ride the bike because you fear a flat will make you > late -- this stops even me. I rode a bit less than 8 miles to Stevie's > today and, at quitting time, yes, the front was flat. (I swapped tubes and > inflated and made it home whole and sound. Amen.) > > So: Last option before offering them to someone else: Stan's in the toobs. > Will report. If Stan's don't work, back to the Kojaks. > > Patrick Moore, who just received orders for two (2) boxes of 100 (one > hundred) 16 mm REMA patches in ABQ, NM. > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
