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lots o' MTB flats

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  1. So I have been doing a lot more mountain biking recently I
    have been averaging about 1 flat every other ride. The
    last 5 to 7 have been from thorns suck through the tire
    and into the tube.

    I'm running a Bontrager AC jones on the front wheel and a
    Specialized Team Control on the rear of my Trek 8000.

    The obvious answer would be to stop running over thorns. But
    then I couldn't ride the trails around here.

    So I was wondering if any of the folks out in internet land
    had any experience with some tires being much more resistant
    to punctures than others. Or used products like tire liners,
    or this slime stuff that I keep seeing references to (the
    way I see it, slime doesn't actually save me inner-tubes,
    but would just prolong the inevitable).

    I have tried running the tires at a range of pressures.

    Just wondering what the list's thoughts were on this.

    Roger

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  2. Quoted message said:

    I was wondering if any of the folks out in internet land
    had any experience with some tires being much more
    resistant to punctures than others. Or used products like
    tire liners, or this slime stuff that I keep seeing
    references to (the way I see it, slime doesn't actually
    save me inner-tubes, but would just prolong the
    inevitable).

    The heavier a tyre, the more rubber between thorns and tube,
    the fewer flats. I run the heaviest tyres I can buy, plus
    the heaviest thorn-resistant tubes, plus the thickest
    liners, plus Slime. I haven't had to patch a flat in the
    field in months. My tyres weigh a lot, but I don't care, as
    long as I don't have sit out in the bush patching a flat in
    the blazing sun.

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  3. On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:36:10 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D

    0 T_N e T said:

    My tyres weigh a lot, but I don't care, as long as I
    don't have sit out in the bush patching a flat in the
    blazing sun.

    The blazing sun helps the glue dry faster. However, it's
    quicker to replace the tube and keep the patch kit only for
    the _second_ flat on the ride, using the spare tube for the
    first one. Then, patch a batch of tubes at home less often.

    I patched four tubes yesterday. It's quicker to mass-produce
    four sitting in a chair at a table on a perfect sunday
    morning with kittens running around than it is to patch one
    in the field.
    --
    Rick Onanian

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