| Re: When I'm wrong I'm wrong - number four, number four, number four...
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:05:33 -0600, "Mike Kruger"
<mikekr@mousepotato.com> wrote:
>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.
>
Considering that my tubes are getting holes a lot quicker than that I
might be willing to live with the limitation. I have been warned that
it is important to keep tire pressure up if using Mr. Tuffy to prevent
the tube from shifting and getting cut by the tuffy.
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