In his posting, Grant says nobody ever wears out tread on tires anymore. OK, this is embarrassing, but *twice in the last two years* I have had flats resulting from wearing through the tread of a Panaracer Pasela. The thing is, it's hard to notice the tread on a rear tire if you have fenders.
The second offense was on my recent tour in the Sierra. Heading down from Carson Pass, I heard the ominous hissing sound. Darn I'm unlucky, I thought as I began to unload the panniers to fix the flat. On seeing the tire, and the hard evidence of my neglect, I realized that in fact I was very lucky to get a flat that day, instead of the previous day on the climb when it was raining and there was no shoulder. A Highway Patrol officer stopped and inquired if I was OK. As I carry a spare tire when I'm touring, I assured him that all was under control. Later on that day, when I stopped at Hams Station for a late breakfast, the same Highway Patrol guy walked past my table saying, "So I see you fixed your tire." I'm sure he would have given me a lift had I needed it. Nice guy. -- Anne On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:46 AM, John Bennett <johnat...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've had a super slow week, and yesterday was the slowest day of all. > > Grant wrote this last night: > > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/knothole_post/303 > > Dave thought of this a little while ago: > > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/304 > > As Grant said, "If you plan to buy something anyway and we have > it....hope to hear from you." > > Cheers, > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
