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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Patching TPU innertube
Date: 9 Jan 2025 13:21:28 GMT
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Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:49:34 +0000, Radey Shouman
> <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Paying large amounts for
>> something that may not be objectively better 
> 
> Back when I was just learning how to cycle, my spouse wanted to buy
> the best tires because his wife was riding out into the boonies and
> couldn't change a flat.  The salesman told him that the most-expensive
> tires were the worst for his purpose.

Certainly tyres intended for speed generally are more fragile, and
expensive compared to cheaper tyres with an eye to winter road
cycling/commuters.

Likewise nice gravel tyres while they do have protection they don’t compare
to heavier cheaper hybrid etc tyres.

MTB is about only one that it’s not quite true with expensive tyres on the
more technical end offering increased durability against sidewall rips and
so on! Though an expensive XC tyre can have paper thin sidewalls vs a cheap
tyre that will be bit more robust.
> 
> I've changed a lot of flats since then, and now I've gone back to
> yelling for help instead of sitting on gravel in the hot sun.  I can't
> remember when my last flat was, though.
> 
> My computer died a few days ago, and I'm not fully back on line yet.
> Luckily, Agent is self-contained and could be restored from back-up.
> 
> Vista stinks, and this is lousy weather for shopping.
> 

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Roger Merriman