Frank Krygowski wrote:
:On 8/11/2018 8:04 PM, Andy wrote:
: On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 2:20:57 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
: On 8/10/2018 9:02 AM, Andy wrote:
: On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 7:47:58 AM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
: On 8/10/2018 1:14 AM, Andy wrote:
: I had to repair a flat. Have some questions.
:
: Is it best to apply patch to a completly flat tube?
:
: I found a small copper wire in tire.
:
: Is there something to minimize what can puncture tire?
:
: Thanks
:
:
: Pathing covered in images 4 through 8 he
: http://www.yellowjersey.org/tubfix.html
:
: If you find a way to escape flat tires do write back.
:
: One way is to not ride. :-)
:
: One thing that helps is to ride away from the gutter. If you ride on the
: section of road that's routinely contacted by car tires, you'll find
: it's swept clean of most debris.
:
: Lots of glass shards, wire bits etc. get tossed out of that area toward
: the far right, where most cyclists like to ride.
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: - Frank Krygowski
:
: Interesting.
:
: We have frequent street sweepers, so the bike lane is usually pretty clean.

:That must be nice. In my area, the street sweepers arrive just twice per
:year. And in my area and in other towns I ride in, it's absolutely
:normal for the bike lane to have much more debris than the road surface.

Some of the routes I ride in are swept once a week outside of snow
season. The bike lanes or edges of traffic lanes are still full of
glass and debris, for the reasons you noted before.


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