| Re: When I'm wrong I'm wrong - number four, number four, number four...
Bill Baka wrote:
> Stan DeHaven wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.
A plastic Mr. Tuffy liner can eventually wear a hole in a
tube after some years of service. Steel shipping strap might
cause similar problems sooner.
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