Wouldn't you know it?
A little while ago I posted some nonsense about my rear tire wearing thin. Monday night I finally got to replacing it, and the threads were showing almost all the way around the tire. Really, there were probably two spots on the tire more than an inch long that had rubber with _no_ threads showing through.
So I pulled out a relatively good hutchinson carbon comp from my stash.
Rode in tuesday - ok
Tuesday I make a post about flat tires.
Tuesday evening on the way home - ffffffffffffffffffffff.
I was actually fortunate, there were no mosquitos, and I had good CO2, so I didn't have to bust my ass pumping.
But still - Karma, or what?
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I know I should not write this, but I think I've only had one flat on the road in the past two years... The funny part is that I was riding my commuter bike with the 525 gram 700x28 Continental Contact tires. If you've never seen one, think of how thick you need to make a tire this size that heavy. And, as I started to change it, the skies opened up and it poured buckets.
Now the really good part. A Jeep Cherokee drove past, then stopped and turned around in a cul-de-sac and came back. The guy asked if I needed any assistance, but I assured him I was fine. The weird thing is this "guy" was a kid who looked to be in his late teens just driving with his pouty-hot gf in the passenger seat. I didn't ask him if he was a rider or not, but I think he was just a helpful kid who was not interested in being cool, and not afraid to help the old dork at the side of the road. Which was pretty cool.
"f you've never seen one, think of how thick you need to make a tire this size that heavy."
Helluva sentence. I guess I've been riding with Duano too long.
Does anyone else remember when some of the local MTB hotshots used to drill an extra valve hole in their rims and then run two 1.75 latex tubes inside a 2.125 tire? In those days inflation pressures close to 40 psi were common, and so if one tube punctured the other would just expand to take up the space and you could ride on to finish the race, still with an effective 30 psi or so. Not sure if that would work with a tubeless setup (ala Nascar tire liners). One pro I know says she runs 20 psi in her tubeless tires. Fast, but it barely keeps the bead seated.
3 down, 72 to go...
I've actually put a set of those conti's on a friends bike, yeah pretty much bullet proof, especially since she weighed about 120.
I've never heard the double tube story before though, that's not a bad idea.
"3 down, 72 to go" HAH!!!!
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