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04-06-10 | 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzz2050

I suppose some more rubber between your tube and the ground can't hurt, but I don't think it would do you much good. The extra thickness of an inner tube just isn't that much considering. I've heard tell of people using tires as tire liners (I think there is a thread in commuting).

Using a 2 tire approach, you get twice the flat protection, and half the lively, quick tire feel.

I tried that an it actually caused a flat. I cut off the sidewalls so the old tire (which had a sidewall buldge) would fit inside the new tire, and along the edge of the old tire it "sawed" through the tube. I could see a line on the tube that ran along the line where the edge of the old tire was, and the pin hole was right on that line.

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