Tires: How wide is too wide?
07-15-23, 08:43 AM
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The heavy tubes were probably the ones marketed as thorn resistant. I bought one of those to use on a trip in thorn country. We car camped in North Dakota and were day tripping on the Maah Daah Hey trail and nearby roads. The tube was really thick, except it was very very thin where the valve stem was. That was a disaster, when you have a very thin spot like that and the rest of the tube is thick, any stresses are only applied to the thin spot, as that is the only spot that can flex, stresses are concentrated there. And the valve stem where it was bonded to the tube came loose from the stem. We had stopped to chat for a minute, and suddenly I hear this psssssssssssssssssssssst noise, and that was when my rear wheel went flat.
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07-15-23, 08:44 AM
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cant say its the same tree, but those honking big trunks all get bikes leaned against them for the "show the scale" shots.
07-15-23, 08:44 AM
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As of 2 days ago, I now have a new tubeless 44mm Snoqualmie Pass Endurance on the back wheel (practically automounted), and a tubed Barlow Pass EL on the front. I'm going to hedge my bets and put sealant in the front tube.
07-15-23, 08:45 AM
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07-15-23, 10:09 AM
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Or this tree.
