Originally Posted by
DnvrFox
My tire fairy is a goat.
Last ride - a couple of days ago - I got five goatheads - 3 in the front tire and two in the rear.
I knew that if I rode on, the goatheads that had not penetrated the tube yet would, as they were on the bottom of the tire. So, I had no choice but to gingerly remove each goathead, praying that it would be OK. That worked fine for the first 3, but on the 4th, on the back wheel, - pssstttt - and the air came out.
As I wasn't feeling great, and the tires were brand new and stiff, and it was pretty cold, I decided to call the rescue wagon, who sweetly and understandingly came to pick me up.
The bike is still in the garage with a flat, and the temp is 2F. SOmeday soon, I will get the bike down and fix the flat. I am considering kevlar liners (the tire does have kevlar, but a goathead will go through just about anything.)
This is why I carry two tubes and an excellent pump and a patch kit.
I've had up to twenty of those darn goatheads in each of the front and back tires at the same time back in the summer of 2011. Yes I was on my road bike and yes both tires went flat and the tires were gatorskins with liners!! I had two tubes and two Co2...enough to get me home.
Anyway, don't ask why I decided to ride across twenty feet of "grass" on my road bike; never again
I learned my lesson that day.
