Picking your tires.
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Picking your tires.
Anyone else do this?
I just spent the last hour watching the daytona 500 (ok don't make fun of me!) and picking all the glass out of my tires. There must've been at least 200 chunks in there.
I just spent the last hour watching the daytona 500 (ok don't make fun of me!) and picking all the glass out of my tires. There must've been at least 200 chunks in there.
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How do you get that much glass in your tires?
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Originally Posted by el twe
How do you get that much glass in your tires?
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Anyone else do this?
...picking all the glass out of my tires...
...picking all the glass out of my tires...
Even though I make every effort to "not ride through sh*t", those glass particles are still out there. The higher pressure tires seem to resist glass intrusions better.
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never did it; what's the highlite of this?? are you trying to say that it was driveable for some time?? Are yu deciding whether to keep it??? i'd just throw it away, and get another tire.
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Originally Posted by molten
never did it; what's the highlite of this?? are you trying to say that it was driveable for some time?? Are yu deciding whether to keep it??? i'd just throw it away, and get another tire.
Anyway, tires accumulate glass. Some people like to pick it, some don't.
I'm just paranoid that all that glass would eventually wear it's way into my tire, I ride through a lot of broken areas.
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I pick the glass out after every ride. Takes 5 minutes top. And it save me from watching daytona. man you must be dizzy from watching those cars going around and around on a that oval. I'm getting nausea just thinking about it.
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I used to do it when I had softer tires. My Contis never got a piece of glass anywhere near them.
Man I miss those tires 80 PSI and for the most part they just crunched anything I rolled over. I never flatted on 'em, never had to think about 'em, and never saw anything even remotely close to a pin prick in 'em.
Man I miss those tires 80 PSI and for the most part they just crunched anything I rolled over. I never flatted on 'em, never had to think about 'em, and never saw anything even remotely close to a pin prick in 'em.
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Originally Posted by clausen
I pick the glass out after every ride. Takes 5 minutes top. And it save me from watching daytona. man you must be dizzy from watching those cars going around and around on a that oval. I'm getting nausea just thinking about it.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Nah, I saw like 3 huge crashes, it was worth it.
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Originally Posted by clausen
For me a well set up pass going around a hair pin or through a set of S curves in a open wheeler thats auto racing. NASCAR I find is just a bunch of bill boards going around and around bumping into each other.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Too much dominance from team red in F1 but I do enjoy watching that and cart along with le mans and rally's. Everyonce in a while I'll watch irl, both go in circles but for some reason it's not as exciting as nascar.
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Though I've never experienced it myself, is there any actual risk in letting chunks of glass stay in there?
My theory's always been it'll eventually cut it's way into the tire but I've never had that happen before.
My theory's always been it'll eventually cut it's way into the tire but I've never had that happen before.
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If I don't notice a shard in the tire while riding/dismounting...I pick 'em!
(insert Deliverance banjo music here, followed by thoughts on...)
(insert Deliverance banjo music here, followed by thoughts on...)
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Originally Posted by slvoid
...is there any actual risk in letting chunks of glass stay in there? My theory's always been it'll eventually cut it's way into the tire but I've never had that happen before.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Anyone else do this?
I just spent the last hour watching the daytona 500 (ok don't make fun of me!) and picking all the glass out of my tires. There must've been at least 200 chunks in there.
I just spent the last hour watching the daytona 500 (ok don't make fun of me!) and picking all the glass out of my tires. There must've been at least 200 chunks in there.
The ones I had were very bumpy, there were the old ones that had Kevlar bead to bead. I just wanted something more comfortable. Great tires IMO. !! Must be one of the strongest road tires. I finally have kevlar belted tires on almost all my bikes, but none are as resistant to flats as the Armadillo's were. Which ones do you have?
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Sorry to go off topic even more, but car racing, I always get excited about but it always bores me to watch it, no matter what it is... F1, NASCAR, ALMS. I hope the new F1 rules will bring it closer to racing and away from the parade it currently is. I don't have any "armadillos" (don't know what they are, but guessing some sort of road tire?)
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Originally Posted by dee-vee
Its amazing how much glass there is. Where the hell does it all come from?
Okay, it was a really big bottle...
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Originally Posted by vincenzosi
The bottle that was flung at my head the last time I rode through Manhattan?
Okay, it was a really big bottle...
Okay, it was a really big bottle...
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That must've been one strong mofo.
You're not talking one of those Heineken Keg Cans, right?
You're not talking one of those Heineken Keg Cans, right?
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Nah it was a keg can.
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I figgered... Good thing, too... I was gonna let the military know the Hulk was on the loose again