Joined: May 2008
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
I used tire scrapers or flint catchers with my tubulars and clinchers. Some say that they don't help at all. Given the noise and doubt, I have removed them.
Scottryder, do you have experience that the actually prevent flats?
KtotherF: They are bent wire with surgical tubing as springs to put light preasure on the tire. In other words, part of the wire mounts to the brake bolt as a bracket with the surgical tubing on the end. A wire that is curved to match the radius of the tire has bent ends the slip into the surgical tubing. Need a picture and I don't have one handy.