The better belted tires do resist them somewhat; my Big Apples for example wil suffer a penetration rate just a fraction of my thin road tires where one of, say, every five get through.
I've ridden into a bad patch offroad with the Big Apples and flicked off literally a hundred or more from both tires -- spin the wheel, use your foot as a scraper, see them fly off like popcorn. Just fixed another one .... On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Rex Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:05 AM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> About five goathead flats so far this week -- well, that number >> includes a tube that tore at the valve. Still, I'd rather patch than >> ride wooden tires. > > I doubt that any tires would help... I had a set of tires on my touring bike > that went 5000 miles without a single flat -- until I pulled off the road > looking for a place to camp and rode into a patch of goatheads. I got 4 > puncture holes in each of the tires and pulled almost 30 thorns out of the > tread... bad stuff. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
