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Stephen Harding
Guest
About 200 yards to go to reach the office door after a bit over 15 miles this morning.
Down a little "handicap ramp" from sidewalk to access road. Up the "handicap ramp" from road to
sidewalk on the other side.
[NOTE: I'm on campus here. I'm not *really* riding sidewalks.]
A slight, sharp turn to center on the sidewalk and my front wheel washes out from under me and I go
down on my elbow to the pavement!
What the ...??!!!
Front tire is soft from a slow flat in the making! Nice red scrape on my elbow but all is mostly
well. The bike still sits in my office with front wheel off awaiting lunch (now) to fix.
Second flat this year, both on this bike; my "joy riding" bike, the Trek 2000.
This is my first crash (excluding some "sudden dismounts" on my MTB doing more technical terrain
than my competence allows) in about ten years, and the worst one in probably...20??
Well I'll survive, but those damned IRC tires on the 2000 have got to go! Something durable in
23-25mm size. Haven't had luck with Contis in that range, forgot the type. Maybe Michelin? The
Bontragers I ditched after a mere month of use. Too fragile. They flatted all the time.
So if there's a decent, not too expensive favorite tire for a
700cx23/25 tire that you've found to be durable and flat resistant, I'm all ears!
Ouch, ouwww, ooh...
SMH
Down a little "handicap ramp" from sidewalk to access road. Up the "handicap ramp" from road to
sidewalk on the other side.
[NOTE: I'm on campus here. I'm not *really* riding sidewalks.]
A slight, sharp turn to center on the sidewalk and my front wheel washes out from under me and I go
down on my elbow to the pavement!
What the ...??!!!
Front tire is soft from a slow flat in the making! Nice red scrape on my elbow but all is mostly
well. The bike still sits in my office with front wheel off awaiting lunch (now) to fix.
Second flat this year, both on this bike; my "joy riding" bike, the Trek 2000.
This is my first crash (excluding some "sudden dismounts" on my MTB doing more technical terrain
than my competence allows) in about ten years, and the worst one in probably...20??
Well I'll survive, but those damned IRC tires on the 2000 have got to go! Something durable in
23-25mm size. Haven't had luck with Contis in that range, forgot the type. Maybe Michelin? The
Bontragers I ditched after a mere month of use. Too fragile. They flatted all the time.
So if there's a decent, not too expensive favorite tire for a
700cx23/25 tire that you've found to be durable and flat resistant, I'm all ears!
Ouch, ouwww, ooh...
SMH