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10-12-08 | 04:46 PM

#26

10 Wheels

Galveston County Texas

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Bikes: 02 GTO, 2011 Magnum

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Originally Posted by uke

If you need to ride 100 miles a day to feel like a real rider, go ahead.

I tried that two weeks ago. 100 mile rides back to back.
Reward; Sore Butt.

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10-12-08 | 04:47 PM

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unterhausen

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From: Happy Valley, Pennsylvania

I find that I have a lot more flats when my tires have a lot of miles on them.

10-12-08 | 05:00 PM

#28

DesertRoller

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From: Glendale, Arizona

Bikes: 05 Specialized Roubaix

I live in AZ too & I'm using tire liners in Gatorskins. If I have a bike lane, I stay as close to the left as possible (thorns love bike lanes).

10-12-08 | 05:05 PM

#29

theone29

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i have mr. tuffy in all my bikes and haven't got any flat this year. well worth the hassle for a 1/4 pound extra on the bike.

10-12-08 | 06:47 PM

#30

sac02

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"I haven't gotten a flat yet; therefore I don't carry a tube and pump."

Infallible logic, truly.

I think I will revisit umd's "Is BF getting stupider" thread now...

Mac

edit: oh yeah, the original point of the thread for the OP: Gatorskins and Tuffys have fared about equally for me (which is to say pretty well). Never used slime. I would imagine the combination of two or more would be pretty bulletproff, albeit heavy.