How do you deal with a flat?
02-12-17, 10:46 AM
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02-12-17, 03:09 PM
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530*2 - 280*2 = 500. I am saying you can carry as much as 500g more in this situation and still be lighter. I don't know what the stuff I carry weighs, but I need at least one cartridge of co2 because I hate pumping on the side of the road.
02-13-17, 08:10 AM
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Note that the tool contains an inflator -- presumably each patch pod contains that plus the patch.
Protecting yourself against multiple flats would require multiple patch pods which increases both weight and bulk. Patchnride recommends carrying 3 patch pods. Curiously, the $35 tool only comes with two...
Protecting yourself against multiple flats would require multiple patch pods which increases both weight and bulk. Patchnride recommends carrying 3 patch pods. Curiously, the $35 tool only comes with two...
Agreed, the patch tool posted by the OP is jinky, and not likely to be all that useful. Jitterr and I were discussing the weight of the Nexo tires that you posted a link to earlier, where no repair kit, pump or spare tubes would be required.
02-13-17, 11:33 AM
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The weight is competitive with Schwalbe Marathon Plus which is as flat proof as it gets -- which I still managed to flat many times and which is like riding in sand.
That neither of these products is yet available is telling. One thing I always try to keep in mind is banerjek's iron clad rule of product development, namely that things always work better before they are released than afterwards....
