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No More Fixing Flats
According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering
roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...assitance.html -- Jay Beattie. |
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On Jul 10, 9:09*am, Jay Beattie wrote:
According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Lewis. ***** |
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On 11 July, 15:13, ru4linux2 wrote:
On Jul 10, 9:09*am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Lewis. ***** Needs a 48" wheel or larger/ |
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On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote:
According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular 399g tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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AMuzi wrote:
On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular 399g tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. typo: 300 gram tubs -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 11 July, 17:25, AMuzi wrote:
On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular XXXx [300g] tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. I prefer 9oz tubs with a (now) 15/16" cross-section, even if they are French. They were once 23mm and around 300g, and have been adjusted by flattening the seam. Easy, but time consuming. The adjusted tyre (s) now sit securely on the rear rim. I wouldn't have bothered only for Jobst fretting about softening rim mastic and thought I better use these things as they were designed, not as they were manufactured. The protruding ferrules dont help and I may remove them, the rims are GP4 copies, heavy and stiff. Spoke tension is 170lb and the inner wall is thick (how much?). |
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On Jul 11, 9:25*am, AMuzi wrote:
On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular 399g tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. -- Andrew Muzi * www.yellowjersey.org/ * Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Which brands & models are 339 tubs? If they give siginificantly less flats, I'm game tor tubies again. |
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Jay wrote:
On Jul 11, 9:25 am, AMuzi wrote: On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular 399g tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Which brands & models are 339 tubs? If they give siginificantly less flats, I'm game tor tubies again. My apologies, the typo should have been "300g" -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 12 July, 09:23, Jay wrote:
On Jul 11, 9:25*am, AMuzi wrote: On Jul 10, 9:09 am, Jay Beattie wrote: According to this morning's Oregonian newspaper, AAA is now offering roadside assistance to stranded bicyclists in Oregon and parts of Idaho.http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...gins_roadside_... -- Jay Beattie. ru4linux2 wrote: All you need to do is to use AirFree Tires. They have worked extremely well for me, on several different bikes, for about 10 years. Peter and I are enamored of regular 399g tubs while Lewis prefers a pound of urethane. Choice is good. Humans are individuals with varying needs and tastes so one size hardly ever fits all. -- Andrew Muzi * www.yellowjersey.org/ * Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Which brands & models are 339 tubs? If they give siginificantly less flats, I'm game tor tubies again. If you can find good tubs at a good price, buy at least five for need of puncture rotation so that you are always carrying at least two good spares. And then spares for future replacement, as long as what you have is really good. Having changed onto your only spare and having most of the ride to come is not the best of feelings. Using skimmers works, mostly. Repairing a tub at the side of the road is probably OK once you;'ve had practice at home. Tubs do not as a rule suffer from pinch flats. Lower inflation pressures also make them less susceptable (in comparison with a HP of similar casing and tread) to thorn puncture. |
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On Jul 12, 3:30*pm, someone wrote:
deleted If you can find good tubs at a good price, buy at least five for need of puncture rotation so that you are always carrying at least two good spares. And then spares for future replacement, as long as what you have is really good. Having changed onto your only spare and having most of the ride to come is not the best of feelings. *Using skimmers works, mostly. *Repairing a tub at the side of the road is probably OK once you;'ve had practice at home. *Tubs do not as a rule suffer from pinch flats. *Lower inflation pressures also make them less susceptable (in comparison with a HP of similar casing and tread) to thorn puncture. I would avoid electric pumps after patching rubber construction that confine air. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8153387.stm A German man has blown up his flat while trying to mend an inflatable mattress, local fire officials say. The man from the western city of Dusseldorf used car tyre solvent to repair a hole and left it overnight. But when he tried to inflate the mattress the next day, it was ignited by a spark from an electric air pump. The explosion blasted the sitting room wall into a stairwell and blew out windows. Both the man, 45, and his daughter, three, suffered burns. more in article |
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