Re: Very Slow Leaks.

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:

On 5/11/2025 3:50 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thu May 8 20:10:23 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

 
On the contrary, it sounds like everyone here can patch a tire except
one guy!

 

You never get punctures because you never ride.
 

 
He has a touring bike, they tend to be fitted with rather more robust
tyres...

 
My touring bike has had Panaracer Paselas for many years. When one good
friend died, I inherited a Pasela with some extra flat protection -
maybe called "Tourguard" or something? (I forget, and I'm not home to
check.) But I don't think I've mounted that one yet.

Even so they would be thicker casing than the Gatorskins plus more tread
and generally tyres that even if they roll well will be durable, and I’d
expect them to be bit more durable than Gatorskins.

I certainly had no issues with the Specialised All seasons which are bit
heavier but still a road commuting tyre, the flyover is the only place I
get road spray and bit of glass about and zero issues.

But the clearances at 32mm on that bike was fag paper tight so any grit or
salt on the road and you could hear it grinding! So swapped out to some One
pluses ie the road version of the Marathon plus, in a 28mm form, which also
means that I can pass through the underpass without concern about glass .

That bit of roads is well rather grim and  car centric stuff from the
50/60’s even has railing and so on which are rare sight now. Ie you have to
cross at crossing as the road has pedestrian barriers and so on.

 
I get few flats, which I credit mostly to riding away from the road
edge. Car tires sweep the road clean where they touch the pavement.
 
 

There are lots of reasons to not be a gutter rider! To be fair in london at
least the roads are swept regularly and the segregated cycleways generally
are fairly clean as well bikes don’t produce much debris! Get more
vegetation though only one is it very noticeable and it’s akin to the lanes
around my folks place it’s mildly annoying than dangerous.

Roger Merriman