Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
In general though you are missing the cost of time. That combined with the fact that your example uses "5 flats" - which is more flats than I have had in the last 5 years.....
8 flats in the past 10 rides, on three different machines...
been a bad ju-ju 10 days... I am freekin livid!
flat sources:
1 - 2 inch dry wall screw which drove itself thru the tire and into the rim - I COULD NOT remove it without using the phillips part of tool...
3 - metal wire bits driven thru tire - wire looks like the remnants of auto tire steel belts...
4 - tiny glass shards - I sweep my tires while riding, more than most riders do... still never enough
worst concentration of flats was in Montecito and Hope Ranch, rich people take poor care of their roads - bad roads a re not a biggie iff'n you drive a new bentley every yr.
I've taken to riding my 30+ yr old Nago Super, which has tire-savers installed
If I didn;t 'patch' I wouldn't have had enough tubes to cover the epidemic...
Tubes are all Conti - which I now think are NOT any better than your std nashbar tube.
tried the 'Old tire' piece of rubber patch - iffy
getting that talc off the old rubber takes more than just a wash or sanding...
.25c patches - I can live with that...
iff'n you really wanna have fun with tahrs, try repairing sewups...
Edit: meant 'Old Tube' piece...