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Old July 6th 19, 08:05 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bret Cahill
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Default Construction Latex Sealant for Fast Easy Cheap ConvenientReliable Small Puncture Repair

I average a small puncture every 10 - 20 miles and stopping more than
a few minutes is not acceptable. It's better than patches even
working back home.


Are you sure you have suitable tyres?

In the last 3500 miles I have had 3 punctures. Long term average is
probably about 500 miles.


He lives in a desert with cactus spines everywhere.


Cacti are the problem in Tucson.

The major problem here are goat heads, tribulus terrestris, torrito in Mexico.

They came from the Mideast or some other place. It's a real problem if livestock eat them.

You rarely get just one goat head. Usually you run over a patch and get 3 - 8 at a time, half of them puncturing the tube.

Farm workers pick them up next to the fields and track them into parking lots so you can get flats even if you stay on the pavement.

The only good thing about goat heads is they often stay stuck between the tire lugs for miles plugging the leak as well as pin pointing the location of the puncture.


Bret Cahill

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