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I had the opertunity to walk my roadrunner home about 2.5 miles in the hot sun after only 15
miles on the bike. It was not due to the rim tape. When I inspected it, it was due to goatheads (thorns) and not to anything defective with the bike. I replaced both tubes the rear with a steel reinforced diamond plated tube that weighs about 15 lbs and got a super heavy duty front tube with about 6oz of slime. yes they are heavier but walking sucks andd walking in the hot sun sucks more, and fixing a flat and pumping it back up to 90 lbs in the hot sun is just as bad. As far as the weight yes they are heavier but its lighter than a pump, patch kit and the general pain to fix a flat
Joe
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From: brian smith <clocker@...
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Sent: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:27:12 -0400
Subject: [actionbent] Re: [RBENT] Digest Number 207- Recommend the Action Bent Yahoo group
-----Original Message-----
From: brian smith <clocker@...
To: rbent@yahoogroups.com
Cc: actionbent@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:27:12 -0400
Subject: [actionbent] Re: [RBENT] Digest Number 207- Recommend the Action Bent Yahoo group
On Thursday, Jun 2, 2005, at 09:36 US/Eastern, raz711@... wrote: > A year ago for instance, (referring to JS/one) the group wisdom was > that you should immediately > remove the tires and either add or replace the thin factory rim tape > which was > leading (not surprisingly) to flats. Purely anecdotal ....... but i have well over 5000 miles on my JS/one with all original equipment except for clipless pedals. Only one flat (rear wheel) and that appeared in the side of the tube (however the tube might have been twisted) patched it and it continues to hold pressure well. Being 3 miles from home and uncomfortable walking in cleats I elected to ride home on the flat figuring if I ruined rim, tire or tube they were all replaceable ....... but no detectable damage ....... perhaps because I'm so skinny (125 lbs) Regards ....... Brian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/2xaSZB/SOnJAA/Y3ZIAA/bK00lB/TM"><B>Click Here!</B></A> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actionbent/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: actionbent-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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