| Re: When I'm wrong I'm wrong - number four, number four, number four...
Stan DeHaven wrote:
> dgk <sonicechoes-spamless@zero-spam-hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:jb96v09vle2bjj95ppkmppeiq1pnt5btas@4ax.com:
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>>On 22 Jan 2005 03:12:18 -0800, "marco007esq"
>><mjralias-google@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>Like I said..... PARANOID
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>>Seed was perhaps a bad word. I think they just spread broken glass.
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>>The bridge pathway is sort of narrow, really just one tight car lane.
>>So sometimes pedestrians, skaters, and bikers get annoyed with each
>>other. Not often but I have seen a few heated "discussions" about
>>right of way. It wouldn't be the first time that I've ridden on a bike
>>path that seemed to be a magnet for glass.
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>>On the other hand, perhaps someone just dropped a beer bottle. But
>>that sort of thing happens more during warm weather.
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> Have they started selling a kevlar belt for bike tires? I have seen some
> options on new bikes (mostly commuter folders) that feature kevlar tires.
> I am thinking of a lightweight kevlar ring that would go inside bike
> tires to prevent a sharp piece of glass (from a beer bottle or such) from
> puncturing the innertube.
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> Maybe that does not exist yet? I have been thinking about upgrading my
> Giant Cypress with fenders for commuting, but having flat tires is a show
> stopper for me. Maybe I am a bit paranoid as well.
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> Stan
You might want to experiment with steel shipping strap. The kind that is
about 1/30 of an inch or so and about a half inch wide. I you could get
that inside your tire it should be impervious to just about anything. In
a former life before I got into electronics I used the stuff to anchor a
load to a pallet and that stuff was strong, like spring steel.
Just an idea.
Bill Baka
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