Am in agreement with Jim on this. A number of years ago, rode my long-departed Atlantis in a early season rain/late season snow ride. About 60 miles. Ended up with three flat tires. And of course, only two spare tubes. Rode the last couple of miles on a flat tire. Sadly, my progress was so slow otherwise, it didn't make that much of a difference. (FWIW, the tire was a 26" 50mm Big Apple)
(Also reminds me of my dream bike - a 61cm Atlantis designed for 26" wheels.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I have hypotheses about this: > > 1. Rain washes debris into the traffic lane, which makes it available for > tires to run over. > 2. The water acts as a lubricant to facilitate penetration. It may also > serve as an adhesive to stick the debris to the tire tread. > 3. Any debris that is embedded in the rubber may be repeatedly pressurized > as the weight on the tire squeezes water into the hole, forcing the debris > to penetrate deeper. > > > > On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:24:29 AM UTC-6, Reid wrote: >> >> Why do tires always get flats with the first good rain of the season? Is >> it just to remind us that Nature is always lurking out there? Some kind of >> strange magnetic resonance between rubber, rain, and sharp things?? >> >> Reid >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/kiq8mIpON4oJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
