Originally Posted by
Trsnrtr
I flatted today, also, on a road with 8' paved shoulders. Through inattentiveness, I hit a good sized rock dead on and pinch flatted the rear. The OP's theory didn't hold water on this road, especially since we have had snow almost twice a week average for the last month. This road (and shoulder) would have been plowed just yesterday.
I didn't realize there were any rocks big enough to cause a flat left in Illinois, thought the last glacier took them all away....
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