Three *centimeter *goathead thorns? Goathead thorns more than an inch long?
And you didn't flat? That's a miracle.
Philip
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On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:31:47 PM UTC-7, Wildcat96 wrote:
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> Sorry to take this post further off topic, but regarding goatheads, I
> recently ina
Sorry to take this post further off topic, but regarding goatheads, I recently
inadvertantly road my Sam through a nasty patch and picked up at least 20 in
each Force Field Fatty Rumpkin tire and have yet to have a flat. The longest
thorns were maybe 3cm. Needless to say, I am continually impre
Three flats in two years from goatheads running the Marathon + smartguard
on my Hilsen. In all cases, they just missed the main tread, entering
where the tread meets the sidewall.
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Years back I rode my bike through a field of goatheads at Brannan Island
State Park in the California Delta. No point in pulling the little buggers
(100's!). Just took off the tires & tubes and threw them away. Cheaper to
replace than to use many dozen patch kits! Not to mention hours of my
Did sombody say "Goathead"???
*https*://*www*.*flickr*.com/groups/*goatheads*/
Vicious little things. But they are pretty small. Thicker tires like the
Marathon Plus can defeat the *majority *of them. The trick is to stay out
of the gutters and constantly scan for runners the plant sends onto
On 09/25/2014 10:13 PM, ted wrote:
Yes it is hard to tell scale from the photo you used (btw where/how
did you get it).
google image search for goathead
But the spines on goatheads are nothing like 2cm
long. http://www.cottoncrc.org.au/industry/Publications/Weeds/Weed_IdentificationTools/Wee
I'm happy not to live in goathead country! 20 years ago I was at a family
reunion in Utah and borrowed my nephew's MTB. That was my first experience with
the little buggers. Just awful. I can't imagine what they must do to road
tires!
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The picture scares me! I put thorn proof tubes in my wife's tires and they
worked. Sixty plus thorns in the tubes before I stopped counting. No flats.
Philip
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I think goat head thorns are in the 3 to 8mm range. The marathon smartguard
blue layer is 5mm add some tread thickness and casing and I think they have
a chance against even goatheads.
Whether or not you want to ride tires like that is a whole different
question. Some folks don't seem to mind t
BTW, that close-up Steve posted is nothing. I've come out of the bosque
with literally hundreds in my tires -- as thick as ants on a carcase.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
> Those might resist goatheads -- not certain from the photo -- but they
> look as if they would be
Those might resist goatheads -- not certain from the photo -- but they look
as if they would be death to ride.
Several of the local remedies: best: Stan's, tubeless for low pressure
tires. Worse: Thick tire liners; the local roadies, pre-Stan's, would cut
the bead of a used racing tire and use it
Yes it is hard to tell scale from the photo you used (btw where/how did you
get it).
But the spines on goatheads are nothing like 2cm
long.
http://www.cottoncrc.org.au/industry/Publications/Weeds/Weed_IdentificationTools/Weeds_by_common_names/Cathead
On Thursday, September 25, 2014 6:50:24 PM
On 09/25/2014 09:00 PM, ted wrote:
Steve asks "... is there /any/ pneumatic tire, ..., that would be
usable in goathead country without sealant?"
I think the super stout marathon variants with a thick layer of
something under the tread would suffice.
e.g. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-marat
Steve asks "... is there *any* pneumatic tire, ..., that would be usable
in goathead country without sealant?"
I think the super stout marathon variants with a thick layer of something
under the tread would suffice.
e.g. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-marathon-plus-smartguard-city-tyre-2013/
Oh, OK, so they're beefier. I ride Kojaks on the other Riv and while they
suffer punctures regularly, they don't get one every 5 miles as did the
P-Rs.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 05:53 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
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> He runs his pressures high, at 150 l
On 09/25/2014 05:53 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
He runs his pressures high, at 150 lb: 25s at 100, 32s at 80. I run my
23s at sub 90/100 and my 30s at 60/70, and I'm 170-175.
But that aside, good review. Wish he'd also reviewed the Roadeo.
Note that if the Stampedes are anywhere as nearly thin as
He runs his pressures high, at 150 lb: 25s at 100, 32s at 80. I run my 23s
at sub 90/100 and my 30s at 60/70, and I'm 170-175.
But that aside, good review. Wish he'd also reviewed the Roadeo.
Note that if the Stampedes are anywhere as nearly thin as the old Parigi
Roubaix, they *will not be useab
...just click the link and scroll down a scoche/smidge:
http://www.roadbikerider.com/top
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