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Bicycling

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16. getting them on and on is more of a manufacturere thing

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 05:03 PM

Aug 2015

the size of tires (or rims ) is a standard..but a standard with some 'wiggle room'

and yes good tires+good liners+good pressure (keep pressure up)

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Od guestion about fixing flats [View all] olddots Aug 2015 OP

A question from be about your flats TexasProgresive Aug 2015 #1

"you might take the flat fixing as a time for reflection" jberryhill Aug 2015 #15

How often do you get flats? What size/type of tires are you using? PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #2

Not a great fan of slime tikka Aug 2015 #3

it depends where you ride Novara Aug 2015 #4

those little buggers are all over L.A. olddots Aug 2015 #5

hmmm w0nderer Aug 2015 #11

I'm not sure which brand my liners are Novara Aug 2015 #13

getting them on and on is more of a manufacturere thing w0nderer Aug 2015 #16

both are great w0nderer Aug 2015 #18

Carry two spares wheels with tires, change would be about 30 seconds. happyslug Aug 2015 #6

exactly w0nderer Aug 2015 #12

Go tubeless frylock Aug 2015 #8

How often do you check the pressure in the tires before riding? Thor_MN Aug 2015 #9

Continental Gatorskins jberryhill Aug 2015 #14

Changed tires = no flats in 70 hours . olddots Oct 2015 #19