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10-10-2006, 01:33 PM
...so I was riding across an unpaved area of a parking lot this weekend -- no signs were posted warning me not to -- and I got these sort-of-cement-sort-of burrs stuck in my tires. They did a beautiful job -- they held the inner tube just fine until I stopped at the corner and said "What's this?" and pulled the first one and heard this PFTsssssssssss as the air started leaking out.
The little thorns break off nicely, also, so even if you replace the inner tube, the embedded spikes will puncture the next tube as well unless you've carefully tweezed all the thorns out of the tire. Which I did.
This strikes me as kind of evil, but, you know, whatever. Still -- pretty crappy to spread these things out (they blend right in with the loose rock and gravel) but not post a sign warning people not to ride across or, worse, walk their barefooted children over.
Anyone know what the heck these things are called? "Caltrops," a friend suggested, and the idea is the same, but that's not what these were.
The little thorns break off nicely, also, so even if you replace the inner tube, the embedded spikes will puncture the next tube as well unless you've carefully tweezed all the thorns out of the tire. Which I did.
This strikes me as kind of evil, but, you know, whatever. Still -- pretty crappy to spread these things out (they blend right in with the loose rock and gravel) but not post a sign warning people not to ride across or, worse, walk their barefooted children over.
Anyone know what the heck these things are called? "Caltrops," a friend suggested, and the idea is the same, but that's not what these were.