Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: zen cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Patching TPU innertube Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:23:11 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <87h66it8m4.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87ed1m3uqp.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:23:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d60c5873866b79150e7c9623188c420d"; logging-data="4164929"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18kTeju6iwRlQ8h0UMM6E1+lklp0+4SumE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:y5GVxZHnGVvCYpCtlOVG/4UWGck= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3212 On 1/9/2025 8:21 AM, Roger Merriman wrote: > Joy Beeson wrote: >> On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:49:34 +0000, Radey Shouman >> 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?!?!?