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From: zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Patching TPU innertube
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:23:11 -0500
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On 1/9/2025 8:21 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> 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.
>>
> 
> Newstap if you have a iPhone/ipad not sure about Android but possibly is
> some Usenet app?
> 
> Roger Merriman
> 

Wait....is she on ....Vista?!?!?