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Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« on: September 17, 2013, 10:25:03 PM »
Talking to a biking enthusiast friend today and he told me of an alternative to buying improved tires or puncture-resistance tires or those grande-expensive kevlar sleeves.

What he did was take some Venetian blind slats, left them in the sun so they got soft and really bendy and then placed them into his tires making a cheap anti-puncture armor. He says he hasn't had a puncture since '98. You just have to use the right size slats for your tire size.

So there you go.
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2013, 10:33:49 PM »
Cant possibly work. Its not an uber expensive solution purchased from the local bike snob shop. Now if it was $200 and sold to you buy a hipster in spandex, it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread.   :rofl:


Seriously though cool tip.


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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2013, 10:40:28 PM »
Quote from: Boomhauer on September 17, 2013, 10:33:49 PM
Cant possibly work. Its not an uber expensive solution purchased from the local bike snob shop. Now if it was $200 and sold to you buy a hipster in spandex, it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread.   :rofl:


Seriously though cool tip.




Not all local bike shops are snobbish.
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2013, 10:47:34 PM »
Fail.  Must use carbon fiber as it is laterally stiff and vertically compliant.
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2013, 10:54:30 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on September 17, 2013, 10:47:34 PM
Fail.  Must use carbon fiber as it is laterally stiff and vertically compliant.

Fail. You must use the imported stuff: Carbon fibre.
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2013, 11:43:11 PM »
That would be crabon fibre.  And AYHCSMB, as Bike Snob NYC would say.
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2013, 08:04:53 AM »
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1096488_-1_400234__400234

$14.99

Hipsters don't wear spandex, btw.  They ride fixed gear bikes in skinny jeans or cut off plaid pants.
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2013, 08:26:35 AM »
But but how can I mock people different from me if my biases are incorrect?

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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2013, 08:35:16 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on September 18, 2013, 08:26:35 AM
But but how can I mock people different from me if my biases are incorrect?

Chris

I see what you did there. :)
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2013, 10:12:57 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on September 18, 2013, 08:26:35 AM
But but how can I mock people different from me if my biases are incorrect?

Chris

 :laugh:


Oh and the venitian blinds.....most are made of cheap metal or plastic....that gets the tiniest kink or sharp spot and it'll wear a spot in your tube quickly.
Sometimes you just can't beat purpose made products. 
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2013, 10:27:57 AM »
It's also highly likely that your buddy also maintains proper tire pressure
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2013, 01:07:37 PM »
Just fill em with foam and be done with it.  :lol:

Aren't they making non-pneumatic tires now that almost perfectly mimic pneumatics?

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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2013, 01:18:34 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on September 18, 2013, 01:07:37 PM
Just fill em with foam and be done with it.  :lol:

Aren't they making non-pneumatic tires now that almost perfectly mimic pneumatics?

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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2013, 01:20:59 PM »
Tubeless tires work pretty well.  Lots of folks use them on mountain bikes around here.  They're mostly self sealing too, though a bad puncture will require a patch and/or tube to get home.

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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2013, 01:26:59 PM »
Quadruple fail.

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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2013, 02:47:15 PM »
Quote from: jamisjockey on September 18, 2013, 08:04:53 AM
Hipsters don't wear spandex, btw.  They ride fixed gear bikes in skinny jeans or cut off plaid pants.



... or mom jeans on a girls bike.
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2013, 02:50:22 PM »
FWIW, that's not a girls bike. 

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« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2013, 02:57:29 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on September 18, 2013, 02:50:22 PM
FWIW, that's not a girls bike. 

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Ok, I'm colorblind, so maybe I'm wrong... but isn't it a nice girly purple? (If a "unisex" bike is in a girls color...)
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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2013, 02:58:33 PM »
he still looks like an imbecile - absolutely the seat is to low or the bike is to small for him.
plus he looks pathetic 

https://www.google.com/search?q=proper+bike+fit&client=ubuntu&hs=WXO&channel=cs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=b_g5UvbEHeL4yQGEkoDIAg&ved=0CEwQsAQ&biw=1232&bih=626&dpr=1
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« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2013, 03:00:43 PM »
Quote from: makattak on September 18, 2013, 02:57:29 PM
Ok, I'm colorblind, so maybe I'm wrong... but isn't it a nice girly purple? (If a "unisex" bike is in a girls color...)
I don't pay attention to bike colors.  I was going by design. 

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Re: Handy tip for you bicycle types.
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2013, 06:51:07 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on September 18, 2013, 03:00:43 PM
I don't pay attention to bike colors.  I was going by design. 

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Looks like what I've heard called a "comfort bike".  Something that would be sold to a occasional and very unserious rider.

Of course, nobody makes what I want.
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« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2013, 07:09:39 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on September 18, 2013, 06:51:07 PM
Of course, nobody makes what I want.

What's that?
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« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2013, 07:24:37 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2013, 07:27:01 PM »
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« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2013, 08:49:20 PM »
Quote from: gunsmith on September 18, 2013, 07:27:01 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_army_bicycle

not this?

Gettin' there. 

A decent commuter bike that fits me, with a Brooks wide leather saddle.
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