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06-22-11, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GaryPitts

Geez... that has to suck having two flats on one outing

This was back in the mid 70's...IIRC our ride record was 11 flats among 7 riders on a 60 mile Sunday afternoon ride.

Which is one reason most of us rode clincher tires rather than sewups on our road rides.

Aaron

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