Re: Goat heads

Markl,

Once you experience goat heads, you'll remember them. : )  The head part is
about the size of a thumb tack head. They are very sturdy and will go
through about any tire.

I grew up in an area of Colorado that had goat heads, and soon learned not
to take my bike off of the pavement at all. Never. I now live 90 miles away
and there is not a goat head problem in this area.

In 2005 while touring in Washington state we stayed at a campground where I
rode down the dirt road to the tenting area and parked my bike next to the
closest tree. There it stayed until the next morning. Several of the guys
had gone up and down the road to town and back and rolled their bikes
further into the camping area. They had flats front and rear the next
morning from goat heads.

The good thing about goat heads is they are sturdy. Even if you ride on the
tire long enough to break the head off, it is easy to see the thorn part
sticking in the tire. You can easily pull it out with the tweezers you keep
in your patch kit.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:01 AM, MH <hoagy-OlwQ/[email protected]> wrote:

> Do goatheads stick to tires, shoes and feet?
>
> Not sure what they are from the pictures.
> With the plan to ride in Colorado and being
> lucky in Wisconsin I thought I'd ask. We have
> stickers on stems around here in the undisturbed
> sandy soils.  They aren't to much of a bother if
> I stay out of them when walking to make camp.
>
> I've got a Marathon Plus for the rear tire.
> Will the goat heads aka puncture vine bother
> these tires?
>
> Thank you for your thoughts,
> -Mark Hoagy
>
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