Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
Strangest thing about goatheads: When I moved here 20 years ago, I flatted all four tires on my two bikes in the first two weeks, and it was all road-riding.
I get fewer goathead flats while road riding but it does happen. Most of the time, the goatheads on the road have been dragged there by cars or by other cyclists who have picked them up from the side of the road or trail when they stopped and got off the road or trail for some reason. Newly constructed trails and roads have more of them because the plant is a pioneer plant that doesn't compete well with other kinds of plants.
Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
Right now I can't remember the last time I picked up a goathead; These days I seem to get flats most often from those tiny wires from worn out steel-belted tires.
You do know that the Goathead Gods have placed a hit on you now, don't you? Never taunt the Goatheads!