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In reply to the discussion: Od guestion about fixing flats [View all]

w0nderer

(1,937 posts)
11. hmmm
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 03:45 AM
Aug 2015

in south fla, we got plenty of those (wild tobacco/goatheads)

liners and decent tires deal with them

slime stops any patching you can do, once it leaks out..you can't patch on road..sometimes at all
(not to mention you piss the mechanic in Local bike store the EEEEFFFFFFFFF off) (i used to automatically charge $10 cleaning fee for slime)

best liner is .....not tuffy
it's rhino dillo..that's from 7 years in a bike store
(same 7 years commuting 1 hour to and from store 6 days a week 52 weeks a year ...vacation..in a bike store..stop smoking!)
rhino dillo + conti touring plus (700 35's) == 2 flats in 7 years (had to replace the tires every 4k miles back and 7 k miles front though)

if smaller then go gator skin
or schwalb

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