Oldtrikerider@aol.com wrote:
> I would have to second Bob's comments regarding the usefulness of tire
> savers. They do seem quite effective in removing goatheads. While Boulder county
> doesn't seem to be plagued with them the roads in nearby Weld county are.
> You can see them growing at the edge of the asphalt. Another item which is
> very helpful (a must for children's bikes) is the goo that one puts inside the
> tube but I didn't say that did I? ;-)
>
> Paul Patzkowsky
> Longmont, Colorado
I commute to work on tubulars through the downtown Raleigh, so I ride through a fair bit of broken glass. I find it hard to believe that tire wiping doesn't help as advocated in:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
The rollout of a 27" tire is almost 5 feet. When I roll through glass I think that I'm able to get my hand down on the back tire within one or two revolutions, the front tire a little longer than that. When I'm wiping my tires I occasionally feel the odd piece of glass rubbing against my ungloved hand.
It may be a futile gesture when I'm booking along in a paceline at 25 - 30 mph, but in riding from stoplight to stoplight downtown riding I think that it surely must help.
-Eric
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Eric Goforth
Raleigh, NC USA