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Old 05-28-13, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
I've had significantly fewer goathead flats after installing tyre-savers. It takes many revolutions of the wheel to pound the goathead through the tyre-casing, tyre-liner and tube. The tyre-saver scrapes them off on the very first 1/2 revolution of the wheel.

Not quite so significant reduction in glass-shard flats. I suspect they're small enough to just slip under the tyre-saver.
I wonder why those tire savers that people lost interest in using them when clinchers came along?
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