One of my biggest, longest running pet peeves is changing a wasted tube on/under a bike tire. I was thinking about it yesterday and realized that before switching to the world of 700cx25mm, I probably went YEARS between tubes. Usually I’d just change them when switching out tires. Granted the average bmx tire is designed to take a fair amount of abuse while looking “cool” the entire time, but I still can’t seem to win with road bike tires.
About 2 months ago now I switched from my beyond worn out Schwalbes to the Panacer variety touring tire. Exactly what makes one tire touring and the other just a road tire is up for debate, but usually (hopefully) the tire’s “flat-resistance” is (should be/BETTER be) through the roof. Most tire company use creative marketing, while Schwalbe makes a real tire.
While I went through a very love-hate relationship with the schwalbes, once they were on, you were good – some 1300 miles without a flat, and through New Mexico and Arizona no less. The “other” tires, man, they suck – they’re terrible.
I mentioned the other day about Angel saving my ass on the bike ride this past Sunday. He was good enough to front me a tube, which, within 16 hours, went completely flat. The tire had a nice, thin, stiff thorn which cut right through the heart of its anti-flat technology, and of course right into the tube. In the better part of 2 months, I’ve removed more foreign objects from this tire that it’s not worth mentioning anymore.
So, a trip today to the bike shop, and likely a trip back in time to Schwalbe land. Their tires really are bomb proof, but heavy and slow-ish given the 2 inch thick casing that surrounds them; also they’re impossible to find anywhere local without waiting a week for a shop to order them.
So, nice.
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Most bmx kids have probably seen this video since I imagine it’s been posted a 1000 places. Since my bmx-internet time is held only to the terribleone website, that’s where I found it,
Etnies Backyard bbq – t-1 ramp, found on terribleone.com/and etnies.com
Watching that Joe Rich guy ride his own ramp never gets old; Morgan Wade sighting too.
j
About 2 months ago now I switched from my beyond worn out Schwalbes to the Panacer variety touring tire. Exactly what makes one tire touring and the other just a road tire is up for debate, but usually (hopefully) the tire’s “flat-resistance” is (should be/BETTER be) through the roof. Most tire company use creative marketing, while Schwalbe makes a real tire.
While I went through a very love-hate relationship with the schwalbes, once they were on, you were good – some 1300 miles without a flat, and through New Mexico and Arizona no less. The “other” tires, man, they suck – they’re terrible.
I mentioned the other day about Angel saving my ass on the bike ride this past Sunday. He was good enough to front me a tube, which, within 16 hours, went completely flat. The tire had a nice, thin, stiff thorn which cut right through the heart of its anti-flat technology, and of course right into the tube. In the better part of 2 months, I’ve removed more foreign objects from this tire that it’s not worth mentioning anymore.
So, a trip today to the bike shop, and likely a trip back in time to Schwalbe land. Their tires really are bomb proof, but heavy and slow-ish given the 2 inch thick casing that surrounds them; also they’re impossible to find anywhere local without waiting a week for a shop to order them.
So, nice.
____
Most bmx kids have probably seen this video since I imagine it’s been posted a 1000 places. Since my bmx-internet time is held only to the terribleone website, that’s where I found it,
Etnies Backyard bbq – t-1 ramp, found on terribleone.com/and etnies.com
Watching that Joe Rich guy ride his own ramp never gets old; Morgan Wade sighting too.
j
