77Univega
01-02-05, 04:36 PM
This is from another thread; it should have been posted here:
--Has anyone invented retractable brushes to remove sharp debris from bike tires while on the fly?
There used to be a product called "Tire Savers" which were wire scrapers designed to glide a fraction of an inch over the surface of each tire. The idea was to knock off the road debris before it got pushed into the tire on the next revolution of the wheel. Any new developments in that direction?
...Maybe you could glue some sort of relatively stiff-bristled brush to your brakes (where exactly you glued it would depend on what kind of brakes you have) so that the brush would touch the surface of the tire just before the brakes touched the rims. That way you could apply brushes without brakes
--Aha! Tire-cleaning brushes attached to the braking mechanism. That is an excellent idea whose time has come. Bicycle accessory inventors' opportunity for RICHE$.
--Has anyone invented retractable brushes to remove sharp debris from bike tires while on the fly?
There used to be a product called "Tire Savers" which were wire scrapers designed to glide a fraction of an inch over the surface of each tire. The idea was to knock off the road debris before it got pushed into the tire on the next revolution of the wheel. Any new developments in that direction?
...Maybe you could glue some sort of relatively stiff-bristled brush to your brakes (where exactly you glued it would depend on what kind of brakes you have) so that the brush would touch the surface of the tire just before the brakes touched the rims. That way you could apply brushes without brakes
--Aha! Tire-cleaning brushes attached to the braking mechanism. That is an excellent idea whose time has come. Bicycle accessory inventors' opportunity for RICHE$.