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Originally Posted by gugie
Well, technically it wasn't a repair, more like preventative maintenance.

It's a well known fact that the time it takes to replace a tube grows exponentially with the number of observers.
I don't know if we conclusively proved that theory, but we obtained enough first-hand research results to qualify getting a paper on the subject published in any reputable peer-reviewed cycling journal.
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