Originally Posted by
greatscott
Are you saying that Cleveland is thorn country? So what type of thorns are there?
There are some plants/bushes that produce thorns and that are in the NE. When in Cleveland and on one of my first MtB rides at Punderson Pk (before they outlawed bikes from their trails, a long time ago) I got a flat just as I was about back to the car. Turns out I had 7 woody thorns in the casing.
That family i mentioned that suffered many thorn flats, until we figured out the thorn bush along their one side, had bushes that are pretty common. Little stiff thorns about 1/4" long and act like a sewing needle to weave between the casing fibers. Andy