Re: Goat heads

I think part of the advantage of Big Apples is that you can run them
at such low pressure. Then the goat heads stick in the tire, but
aren't pushed in hard enough to penetrate the rather thick tread.

I did flat a 559x60 Big apple with a piece of truck tire wire, but the
wire was still sticking out of the tread when I stopped. it wasn't
broken off at the surface like every other piece of truck tire wire
I'd gotten a flat from.

             Mark



On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote:
> FWIW, I've found Big Apple tires (I've only used the 60s, both 559 and
> 662, both wire and "Liteskin" versions) the most goathead resistant
> tires I've used. They are not "proof" but they are close: I've ridden
> a few hundred yards into a field and come out the other side to flick,
> literally, hundreds of the damn' things off my tread and ride off with
> no air loss at all over the next week. But some do get through: my
> Fargo has a front with an annoying slow leak that I must locate and
> kill.
>
> I wonder if other, narrower, lighter Schwalbes (Marathons?) suitable
> for pavement touring are as resistant?
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Arlyn Aronson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>  the only fix for them is self sealing tubes.
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