Re: [RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-07 Thread Steven Frederick
" If you're running GB Hetres, what is your experience with flats?" One flat in 2k+ miles, a very clean puncture from a bit of heavy wire/staple or something along those lines. But I'm not terribly flat prone. (touch wood!) Steve On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Eric Norris wrote: > Well, s

Re: [RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread Joan Oppel
2-3 flats in 4,000 miles of riding, urban, rural, gravel mixed.Joan   On 02/04/14, Eric Norris wrote: Well, so much for one of my fantasies (about the very low incidence of flats with Grand Bois Hetres and other high-volume, low-pressure tires). Got my first flat last night while I was out for a sh

Re: [RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread Jim Bronson
I've gotten flats on the last two brevets I did on my Pari-Motos. I think I'm going to have to throw the back tire out soon, the center section has worn smooth and I'm not sure how much farther it can go. It has maybe 700 miles on it. Oh well, I enjoy the ride. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:53 AM,

Re: [RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread Tim Gavin
I have Lierres (38mm, my Riv Road won't fit Hetres) and had 1 flat in almost 1000 miles so far. I swapped the tube and then patched the flat one. I never did find what caused it; it left a small, single hole. I have about 500 miles on a set of Cerf Blues and had no flats so far. Tim On Tue, F

Re: [RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
1 flat on my first 20 mile ride (metal wire), but none since ~1000 mi. Toshi in Oakland (flat in Orinda), CA On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:23 AM, wrote: > None. 2 years and Philly streets are nothing to sneeze at. > > -J > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

[RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread justinaugust
None. 2 years and Philly streets are nothing to sneeze at. -J -- 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

[RBW] First Grand Bois Flat :-(

2014-02-04 Thread Eric Norris
Well, so much for one of my fantasies (about the very low incidence of flats with Grand Bois Hetres and other high-volume, low-pressure tires). Got my first flat last night while I was out for a short ride in the dark. Close enough to home that I hoofed it the rest of the way and fixed the flat